Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 10:00AM Kinley is such a little sweetheart. She was all smiles and giggles when I met her for her one year session at her house. It couldn't have been a better morning for some spring photos. Although there were small little rain drops, it was brief and we ended up having a great time outside in her neighborhood.
Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 8:02AM Cora is an adorable little lady. Today she is doing something very special. She is painting a masterpiece. But before she puts on her painting outfit we had a little hearts and smiles session. Last time we met, she was just learning the convenience of crawling. But now she has a new feat. We caught her standing! Although it wasn't for long, it was still a great moment. Cora was just too eager to paint!
Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 9:40AM Exactly one year from the day we took these photos, Maddux gave Tosha and I the greatest moment in our life. He came into our world on one of the coldest day of the winter season. Since then, the amazing journey we began to take as a family has been such a sensational one.
Tears welled up in my eyes from the moment I saw the bond between Tosha and our son, and then between the two of us. We spent the only night in the hospital with barely two hours of sleep from all the rush of his presence flowing through our veins.
I can't begin to count the number of times I'd walk him up and down the stairs, in the dark hallways and late at night in his room in order to comfort him to sleep. That moment he reached his little hand out to feel my scruffy face just to make sure I was still there to watch over him just made this more real.
When his eyes followed our every movement and he began to shoot smiles back at us or started to laugh at our tongue clicks and high voices, loving him took it to another level. That was until he started to use those legs of his to get around. Oh how we both miss his crawling days. Not only did it make it easier to take quick photos, but Maddux walking, then chasing Mateo, and climbing stairs while babbling about his magnificant day with us meant that he's grown and learned so much in a twelve month time frame.
And the best part about it all is that this is only the beginning.
Happy Birthday Maddux.
Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 9:39AM I wrapped up 2013 with a photo session with Bonne Finken for her next album to be released later in 2014. It was so much fun, however getting there wasn't. There was a heavy snow storm in the morning, which I did drive through but forturnately, I made it safe. Altough I can not show any photos from this session yet, I just wanted to say it was really, truly a fun time. I can not wait to share the photos from that day as I am also part of the creative process in putting the CD together. For more on Bonne, you can visit her website at http://www.bonnefinken.com/ or her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BonneFinken.
Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 9:39AM I caught up with Ashley and Jess's family for the second time in 2013 for a short Christmas family mini session. The little ones were as active as ever but I had a great time looking for locations in the Downtown Des Moines Sky Walk. It was just nice enough for us to go outside for a few shots.
