Maternity Session | Family of FIVE

These are dear dear friends of mine and seriously what a beautiful family they have. Edna is just GLOWING and more beautiful then EVER!!! Rob is madly IN LOVE and the kids are just plain oh WONDERFUL!!!

I look through these pictures and still smile thinking about what a great time we had but also because this couple's love is just felt in every way! Don't believe... you know the kissing pictures... I think they enjoyed them WAY to much ;) I wont even tell you how many times I was like... "HEY HEY"... LOL!!!!

Families like these make my job just so much more rewarding! I cant wait to meet who's inside that tummy!!! Love you both!

The "A" Family | Family Shoot

This family was such a sweet one. They were all about posing and giving me these great big smiles. I felt so bad though... it was FREEZING this day... and with LOTS of wind. I asked them a couple of times if they wanted to take a break to warm up cause they were shaking and my fingers were getting numb! LOL!!!!

But we all hung in there and I'm glad we did because I LOVE the way these turned out!

Can you believe this is Mom and Dad??? Mom is stunning and Dad is so handsome! I love how in love they still are!!!!!

Daughter Melissa and husband Rane... seriously how adorable are they!?!?!

The Family



Son Carlos and wife Kendra... they are sooooooo cute together!

I was SO EXCITED to take the below pictures... Melissa just found out she having a baby so of course we had to do something cute and fun wtih it! :)

The "I" Family | Family Shoot

This family came to me with a "rush" request and I just couldn't say No. Angelo's grandma was in town for a few days and he wanted to capture some family memories with her before she left back home. It was so sweet of him!!!!

Now I must say... when I met Grandma... I could NOT believe she is 90yr old!!!!!! She looks FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!! She was super sweet too, loving on the babies while giving Angelo a little bit of the crazy eye when he tried to get her to switch positions to pose for the camera... LOL!!!!!! ;)

This family has a TON of love for each other that it just melted my heart. After pictures with Grandma we let her rest a while and took some of the family... seriously how cute are they when they came up to me and said... "Can we get a picture of our family kiss?"... SERIOUSLY?!?!?! Sooooooo cute! They even have the cutest family hand "shake". <3 href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbeEt9PFnXsttex2S9rP482HMiTttR_kzZovsBss06sW-8n7ouUg_gavUm9mTaFw9FiU4edHM9eRa7UF3hY2jn0CdvP2LNpn8IMXvUbYNSzwIsNpObpPUQafKVws6s6y7WrdPXAv2PP5W/s1600/pic+2.jpg">

Check out sweet Grandma

Family Shoot | The "G" Family

This family is also very dear to my heart! They knew me before I was even legal!!!! LOL!!! When Barbie asked me to take her family pictures there was no I could say no... just wait till you see how cute her little girls are! <3 Her little princess wasn't feeling well (due to teething) but with letting her run around and play she was all smiles!

Her other princess Carina is such a model. She would see the camera and would strike a pose... LOL!!! It was too cute! <3 <3

Family Shoot | The "J" Family

How do I even begin to describe this family???? Words just aren't enough! Thank god for our husband's knowing each other and FINALLY introducing us! Nikki has become MY PERSON... if your wondering what I mean... think Grey's Anatomy... you know Mere and Christina... and how they call each other "my person".... well Nikki is MY PERSON! I love her and her babies EVEN more (sorry Nikki but you know it's all about the babies)!!!!! <3 Don't worry I'm not leaving her hot sexy husband out of the equation... she knows I cant resist his goatee.... ;-)

This session was SO MUCH fun. I could have taken pictures of them ALL day long! What a beautiful family they are! <3 <3

Family Shoot | The "C" Family

This family is very dear to my heart! I met this FABULOUS Mama through a Mommy board that we both were in. At that time we were both pregnant with our 1st babies and now we both have 2 babies and they both are SOOOOOOO CLOSE in age! Its funny how that happened but I promise we didn't call each other and plan it... ;-)

Stephanie is super sweet, has a heart of gold, and has become such a great friend to me. Her hubby is more then amazing and her babies... I cant even find the words for their sweetness!

Family Shoot | The "L" Family

I know it's been a while since I've blogged but I'll get caught up... promise! It's been a BUSY month!!! But I'm so grateful for it!

Anyway... back to the post... :)

Have you ever seen the show called "Modern Family" or "The Middle"... this family is definitely one of those families. The entire time I was cracking up. I meet them at their house to take some family pictures of them by their beautiful Christmas tree which almost didn't make it since the night before Jackie's fabulous husband Kelvin knocked down the tree and almost caught a black eye for it. ;-) Good thing he got it all fixed and ready for me.

Then we took a trip to the beach which was just so much fun with them in the car. The girls were our "navigation" which is okay but they were sitting in the BACK of the car... LOL!!! Jackie and I were playing catch up the entire time since we haven't seen each other in a while (she's the BEST neighbor EVER) so we weren't paying any attention to the directions... LOL!! Yeah... we got lost and PASSED the beach but it was a GREAT ride!

Seriously speaking... this family is just WONDERFUL!!! It was truly MY PLEASURE to have them behind my lens! I cant wait till we do it again!

Santa Baby Ari - Mini Shoot | The "E" Family

This family came to me wanting Christmas pictures with LOTS of focus on their beautiful baby girl Ari. I had found this dress and knew I just HAD to send it to Sandra. It would go perfect for the pictures!

Sandra and Wally were so laid back and just let me run after their little one with the camera. It was a lot of fun. Who would have thought it was freezing outside with these sweet smiles! <3 href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinE9XAKK1qGc4KDHgk_CXd0diaukSBUwgB1_9VcMHlljsX4kw4P8BhRATY3k9Ui5vwkrJS9792iFXlmOC1yHN2AmhEMngxkVkqhNcV3OmiAcQaNPzMM8w2YphjqSfTMe9js523Iv1Ty2VM/s1600/Big+picture+1.jpg">

The "R" Family | Family Shoot

I've known Heather for about 2yrs now. She did Carlos 1st birthday cake and is going to do Sophia's birthday cake as well. She is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And... OMG do her cakes taste DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!! You can check out her FB page HERE

She's actually the one that came up with this location which I FELL IN LOVE with! Seriously... I called Carlos and asked him if he would buy it for me... LOL!!!! The location was beautiful and the family matched perfectly!

Ethan and Jacob are adorable. They would randomly run up to Mommy and Daddy to give them hugs and kisses! How freaking sweet!!!

The B Family | Family Shoot

I had the pleasure to have this family behind my camera and boy was it exciting! I swear to you... they have the most BEAUTIFUL set of BLUE eyes I have EVER seen! Seriously!!!!!!

Leah is such a pretty typical 15mth old.... always wanted to run around and play and Connor 5mths old was such a sweet little handsome guy! Oh those baby blues!!!!!

Lisa and Phil were soooooo cute as well. The entire time I was taking pictures of them they were saying sweet words to each other like "I love you" or Phil would say... "Lisa, you have such pretty eyes".... <3 Awwwww!!!!!!!!!!

The "N" Family | Family Shoot

This family is very dear to my heart. She's my sister-in-law, he's my brother-in-law, and she's my niece. We were planning on going to another location but I'm so glad we didn't because these came out beautiful!

I never knew Florida could look soooooo "fall-ish"!!! I love it!!!! It was a lot of fun having Kelsey there to tell jokes... she had us all cracking up with her silly-ness. :) Gloria and Danny are perfect models so I cant complain. This family is just so freaking cute!

Happy Anniversary | Family Shoot

Where do I begin??? This family brings a big smile to my face when I think about them.

It was Pablo and Teresa's 23yr wedding anniversary and their kids decided to surprise them with a family shoot since they knew their Mom really wanted some pictures done. I was super excited to go along with the surprise since even though they are family we don't get to see them often at all (by the way... let's change that!).

Last Friday we all went to eat dinner at their house and you should have seen Mia (her daughter) and I sneaking every chance we got to talk about the shoot. LOL!!!! Teresa had NO IDEA considering she had called me the day before to book a session and I told her I was "completely booked". ;) Even while at dinner Teresa would come up to me and say:

"Would December work for you?"
Me: "I'm all booked, but let me see what I can do"

Teresa was totally giving me the "look" like... "Seriously"... LOL!!! I felt so bad but was so excited that, that night her kids were going to surprise her and finally tell her about the shoot. On our way home from leaving their house I got a phone from Teresa saying "You PUNK!".... LOL!!! Teresa was SO EXCITED!!!

So on Sunday we met up at 10am and weren't done till 5pm!!!!! I must say we did have a fabulous 2hr lunch in between (Thanks Pablo again for lunch!) and although it took the whole day... I would do it again in a heart beat. I cant even tell you how much fun I had with them! They were all so willing to get in ANY pose I would put them in and even gave ME ideas of what different things we could do!

If I had to sum up that day only using one word I would say it was a BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Carlos and I left with big smiles on our faces and when we think back... we STILL smile!

Pablo, Teresa, Mia, Felipe, Danny, Rachel, and Christian THANK YOU SO MUCH for the wonderful dinner on Friday night and for giving me such a WONDERFUL memory of my 1st BIG group! You guys ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

To Pablo and Teresa... Happy Anniversary of 23yrs!!!!! I can only hope and pray to one day be like you guys. The love you both have for each other is inspiring! You and your family have a special place in my heart!