Lil Miss

Being 5.  

She has got it down. 

This week alone she started to ride her bike all by herself. 

Miss Independent. 

{A little girl and her lambie}

I love capturing at this moment. 

Our Lil Miss.

Briggs {7 months}

Can anything be cuter than this?

 Look at those cheeks! 

And those baby blue eyes! 

While we were home for Thanksgiving, I took some shots of this growing baby boy. 

His baby pics can be found here and here. 

I was with Baby Briggs and his parents on Wednesday night of Thanksgiving, and 

the boy is one of the most layed back children I've ever met.  He just 

hung out with all of us adults and absorbed all the craziness that was going on.  

I hope they have lots of babies!  heehee

I feel honored every time they ask me to take pictures of their family because I am 

in no way a professional.  I make amateur mistakes and take photos just for fun, but 

when you look this cute it is hard to take a bad picture.  ;-)

May your days be merry

If I am ever in a bad mood, I only have to look at pictures of my nephews to 

get a smile.  These three handsome boys are adorable.  

A sneak peak into their family session.

{these boys and their daddy}

 {Santa, we've been really good this year}

These boys did so much better separately than trying to sit together and smile. 

Group photos of the three of them are always a little touch and go,but when I put them on their 

bed and told them to jump and play they did awesome. 

See -- pictures don't always have to be torture.  :-)

I think mommy and daddy are happy!

Say Cheese!!

I like taking pictures. 

Let me rephrase that... I LOVE taking pictures. 

I love capturing a great shot of one of my kids. 

I love seeing their personality in a photograph. 

I get lost in looking at old pictures that I've taken. 

I LOVE anything related to photography. 

I am not a professional. 

I am a casual photographer who has a great Nikon camera that I shoot in Automatic. 

Which is a no-no, but its not that I don't know how to take a picture manually. 

It's that I let everyone in my family be a photographer. 

The hubby grabs my camera just to get good shots occasionally and Miss Rosie Posie is 

becoming quite a great photographer too. 

This isn't more evident than in a little photo shoot we did last week just the 6 of us. 

I realize the value of having a professional photographer take pictures. 

I tried scheduling a photographer this fall, but timing and our schedules don't leave a lot 

of time for photographers to get a session in. 

Oh, and how I really wanted outdoor photos this year of ALL 6 of us.   

I have photo sessions with the kids a couple times a year, where we get dressed up and 

mommy gets to play with different shots I want to try.  

I even rearrange the furniture and create backdrops.

I rarely never get the Hubby to play along though.  

 I did catch him in a very good mood last week though, and talked him into getting dressed up and 

playing model for me while we shot a picture for Christmas cards. 

Yes, it is that time of the year. 

Are you not listening to Christmas Carols, yet?

 The Hubby does get some great shots! 

 She informs me every day now, that she is daddy's girl.

 {Lil Miss almost 4}

 {Rosie - one month from 10}

It is hard to get THIS smile from her. 

She has the most beautiful smile and when she shows it my heart grows. 

{Bubba -- 8 years old}

This guy has style. 

The girls do not have a problem with me picking out their clothes for pictures. 

I know there will come a day that mommy's style won't be their style, 

but for the most part they love what I throw together. 

This guy on the other hand has an opinion on what he has to wear. 

He knows what he likes and is particular, even to what shoes he is going to wear. 

Notice no shoes are shown on any picture, but he spent 15 minutes deciding what high-tops would 

look the best. 

{Gigi - Age 7}

What can I say about this beauty?

She's gorgeous and knows how to work the camera.  

She comes up with her own poses and every picture is stunning.  

 There was lots of love as we ran around a field of prairie grass trying to get pictures. 

It was comical. 

For shots with all 6 of us in them, I would set up the shot press the timer and run to my spot while trying to put my hair in place, straighten my jacket, not fall, and try to smile. 

I don't recommend this way to get a shot.  It's exhausting and half of the photos I look like I'm panting. 

Occasionally you get a shot worth something. 

I picture where all 6 of us are at least looking at the camera, because that's all I really need.  

  {my babies}

So for an hour on a Sunday afternoon and 30 minutes after playing on the playground, 

I got pictures for me to get lost in years from now. 

Pictures are priceless. 

 There are too few pictures of Mommy and Daddy, but Rosie was 

able to even get a great shot of us two.  

Again, priceless! 

Someone gets their awesomeness from their Aunt... this guy

No biasness (yes I made up a word) involved this guy is the cutest 10 month old ever! 

From birth, he has been the happiest, smiley-est, and calmest baby I have ever known. 

 So of course, when we watched the boys last week I snapped a few more pictures of him. 

Who wouldn't with that smile?

 This guy is a moving and a shaking. 

You take your eyes off of him for one second and he is off. 

 But when he has something to keep his attention, like 2 brothers and 4 cousins running around, 

he just stops and watches. 

I am sure the next time I make it home he will be taking steps.  

Where does the time go? 

I love getting these shots though to capture these moments in time. 

It is why I love photography! 

3 Month Old - Briggs

Okay, there is a reason I am not a professional baby photographer. 

Maybe more than one reason. 

(I did not get that "own your own business" gene from my dad)

But babies, especially 4 month olds, are hard to get to cooperate. 

Of course, I got some beautiful pictures of this adorable little guy, but 

we worked for it. 

{ The cutest little personalized elephant} 

 I love shooting pics of this family because they are gorgeous.

 And this mom and dad love their baby boy.

I know I've said it before, but this guy looks so much like his daddy. 

I can't believe how much he has grown from the first time I saw him. 

Time flies and that is never more evident than when seeing a baby grow up before your eyes. 

Baby Briggs Pictures here.