Princess Poops-A-Lot

She likes country music, she likes her dad's belly, and you can only call her princess if it is followed in some way by poop...so that she doesn't get a big head! And this girl really likes to poop. How the sheep skin rug and I managed to dodge it, I don't know! Must have been my lucky day. She is the sweetest little ball of love though. I wanted to cuddle with her more than I wanted to take her pictures.

Shabby Chic

There's nothing about her that's shabby. She's stunning. But her session was full of variety, little bit of shabby, plenty of chic, just like her life. Bouncing back and forth between Europe and the States, she and her husband are living the dream. At least my dream! Though the lack of ice, Mountain Dew and ranch dressing can drive a girl a little nutty after awhile, I think my arm could be twisted into living in Europe half of the year. I'm just saying, if you need me to be your full time photographer, I'll come with you! :)

For Those Who Love to Shop!

Just the Girls

Last Friday it was just the girls, well except for the little boy hiding in the belly. This *beautiful* little girl got to play dress up, run around the house in her undies, and snuggle with her mom. It's a good thing she has a brother on the way to fight off all the boys that are going to be chasing her around soon!

Sweet Cheeks

This cutie was over 9 pounds when he was born, so at 4 weeks old he had the cutest chunky legs and round belly! His mom seems completely smitten with him and does such a wonderful job of making him a happy little guy. She has the sweetest, soothing voice that puts him right at ease.

Lillian Grace

Lilly was named after two of her great grandmothers, and she is every bit as delicate and pretty as her name implies. She has the most beautiful, smooth baby skin I've ever seen thanks to her mama's wonderfully olive complexion.

Even the sweetest little girls cry sometimes...

And this is the chandelier I mentioned in her mom's post...
nurseries like this make me want to have a baby just so I can decorate!

It's a Surprise!

Last week I managed to have a session scheduled on a day it didn't rain or even threaten to, yay! My favorite thing about this couple was how much they laughed. He put on fun music for her, joked about the absurdity of what a maternity session really is, and they just went on being themselves. Meanwhile I stood guard at the glass doors and made sure no children learned about baby bellies before they were meant to. Jenn and Mike don't know what they're having, which I personally find so fun! In the days of 4-D ultrasounds and all the great world of technology can offer, isn't it nice to just keep it simple?

As convient as technology can be, sometimes it just takes the fun out of things. Even with all that I have at my fingertips, I can still find myself feeling uninspired. And it seems, as always, the best thing to do is just get back to the basics. This Sunday just happens to be Pinhole Photography Day, the very thing that sparked my interest in the first place! So if you find yourself like me, occasionally complaining that your brand new Mac Pro is as slow as a dinosaur and wondering why it's necessary to plug a cable cord into your television in 2009, maybe it's time for good dose of old mother nature. I'm sure Ansel wasn't complaining about his photoshop actions taking too long to run...