Baby Boy "B" is 1 year old!!!

...and I can hardly believe it! This year really must have flown by because it doesn't seem that long ago I was taking his newborn pictures! And now he is walking and talking and just so full of energy! I really hope mom and dad enjoy these pictures of their little man :)





He was dancing to "5 little monkeys" here. He would mostly just sit still for bubbles and singing. Very busy but very cute and a lot of personality :)






"B" was not very impressed with a huge cake sitting in front of him. At first he showed curiousity but as soon as he touched it he wanted nothing more except for daddy to hold him. I did manage a couple of pictures though...

Beautiful Baby Girl "C"

Everyone I know is pregnant...it's amazing! And most of them are having girls (except one!). So this is possibly a preview of the next few months of newborn pictures!!

Little C is so sweet and tiny, born on Superbowl Sunday (4 weeks early!). She's a rock star and is very much alert and active for such a newbie. Here she is 12 days old and stayed awake almost the whole 2 1/2 hours she was here.

All of these are in black and white because "C" had been dealing with Jaundice so she was still quite yellow in the pictures...I like newborns in black and white anyway so it's good for me.

I really hope to get to see "C" and mom and dad again in the future! Enjoy your little one!

Technical Difficulties

If you are coming to check in on my recent sessions, you'll notice all my pictures are missing. In an effort to help protect my pictures from being stolen, I made them viewable to Friends and Family only within Flickr. I didn’t know doing this "breaks" all your links (nor did I get a warning). Thus all my pictures on my blogs are missing. I'm currently in contact with Flickr trying to get this issue resolved. However, if it can't be fixed, my blog may be getting a facelift only to show pictures going back the past few months.

Thanks for being a follower of my blog!

Barbara

Baby Girl and Big Brother | Maternity Photographer Cornelius, NC

One of my good friends (also a photographer) is having a baby ANY DAY NOW. I'm hoping by this weekend so everyone send labor pixie dust her way :)

This was a fun session that included her 4 year old son. He is struggling with "photographer's child syndrome" just like my two, but he did ok for me.

We love this one...our favorite!! Such a handsome little guy!







Now for the fun to start! This whole series is really cute because "C" was having so much fun painting moms belly. Lots of laughs and giggles here...




And I had to get some of just "C"! Here is one of my favorites.



And one more of the belly! :)

Baby "J" is 6 weeks old! | Cornelius, NC Photographer

Although "J" is still a newborn he really was very alert and didn't want to miss anything. We did get a few sleepy baby pictures but mostly he was looking around and very curious in everything going on. I had fun with this session. It has been a while for me working with a baby so tiny and I really do miss it. I love these little ones so much!

We had some snow and ice this weekend but I'm glad mom and dad made the hike to my studio to finally get some pictures of little "J".

Enjoy!






This picture cracks me up. Really what 6 week old is this strong!? Mom and dad ... he's going to be crawling before you know it!





This was one of the first pictures I took. A ham in front of the camera already!

"J" Maternity | Cornelius, NC Photographer

I was very excited for this session...it is my first real session in about a month and MATERNITY is one of my very favorites to do! In 2009 I photoed these two getting married and now look, only 6 weeks away from being mom and dad for the first time.

Mommy "J" has the perfect little belly! I can't believe she is as far along as she is...she looks great!

I can't wait to meet baby girl. I know she's going to be perfect!

My Niece | Charlotte, NC Photographer

Over New Year’s weekend I went home to Georgia to visit with my mom. My sister and her family also made the trip down which happens just once a year. So I took advantage of my 13 year old niece who loves being in front of the camera as much as I love being behind it :) Teenagers!!!

Well we went to Savannah (on what had to be the coldest day in record for the area) to River Street. I love this part of Savannah and it's perfect for pictures. The lighting was great…the subject was great...the only thing not great was the cold, but we managed :)






In our effort to warm up, we jumped into one of the little shops. They happened to have these cute little umbrellas that I love so much. Conveniently they had the correct color for what my niece was wearing...PERFECT. So I bought one and we headed back out into the cold. It's a good thing a few more doors down is River Street Sweets. Nothing like a bite of pralines to warm the soul!!