1 year old "N" {Belvidere IL, Rockford IL smash cake photography}

I am happy to finally present this gallery to "N's" mom and dad.  It feels like I have been working on it forever now.  "S" contacted me a while back to schedule "N's" 1 year cake smash and I was so excited to meet this wonderful family.  "N" was a little shy at first and unsure about the pictures.  Part of it was probably because the first part of our session was indoors.  She was at a new place, new faces around and me telling her where to sit and look.  She did warm up a little bit inside thanks to mom and dad helping out.  Once we went outdoors, "N" was a totally different girl, you can tell she loves being outdoors and her personality lit up.  She also was a big fan of the cake smash and who wouldn't be with the yummy cake by Ali Beth Bakery.  Not only did we get to do an outdoor cake smash we did it in the evening and the light was just gorgeous.  Thank you so much "S" and "M" for choosing me to capture those memories for you.  I had such a great time working with you guys and it was a pleasure meeting you.  Here is a preview of the session.  The gallery is all done and I will be sending it to you shortly.

"L" Family spring portraits {Belvidere IL, Glen Ellyn IL, Chicago IL, family, child, on location, photography}

Wow, what a busy few weeks I have had.  The "L" family came to visit me for their family portraits March 25th and I am finally done editing their session.  I know it looks like I have not done much lately but it has been a very busy couple weeks.  I have been completely booked with sessions which is wonderful.  I enjoy every minute of it, I get to meet so many wonderful clients.  The "L" family was definitely a much awaited session.  I watched the weather anxiously since we wanted to head outside for our session.  The weather cooperated and we headed outside and got some beautiful portraits.  The blooming trees were such a wonderful backdrop.  I don't think it would have mattered anyway as all the members of the family were so photogenic we did not need anything  else.  Talk about beautiful eyes.  I had such a wonderful time during the session.  Ms. "L" made me work for her portraits but it was definitely worth it :)  I ran into computer issues and it put me behind on editing and getting the pics out to the clients.  Thank you so much for being patient with me during all of that.  It took a few days but I am up and running again and trying to get back on track.  I am so happy with how these pics turned out.  Enjoy a few sneak peaks and I hope you guys love them as much as I do!!!

Sweetness! 1 year old Ms. "T" cake smash session {Belvidere IL, Winnebago IL, Rockford IL photography}

How can you not love all these rolls!!! I love chunky babies and Ms. "T" definitely delivers in that category.  She is so sweet too you just can't help but to want to eat her up.  She was such a great model and I am glad we had so much pink going on.  All that "pink goodness" as her momma would say.  She has two older brothers so mom definitely loves her little princess in pink. As a proud mom of two boys myself I definitely get to live vicariously through all the girly photo shoots I do.  Here is a preview of this super fun and 1 year session.

And here is one of the clean up

Expressive 3 month old "G" {Belvidere IL, Aurora IL, baby, child photography}

This little guy and his family came for his 3 month session all the way from Aurora and I am glad I got to meet Mr. "G" and his family.  His older brothers came along and my son who is 5 was super excited about that.  They got along very well.  Mr. "G" did not give us too many smiles during the session but he sure gave us many different expressions.  He is full of personality already.  Poor little guy was such a trooper considering he has already started teething and you can definitely tell his gums were bothering him.  He was definitely a pleasure to work with as well as were his parents, they were very hands on and definitely made the session very fun.  Hope they like the pics we got.  Here are a few sneak peaks.  Enjoy.

5 day old Ms. M {Belvidere IL, Chicago IL, newborn, child, family photographer}

I know I have neglected the blog a little lately but I am so happy to share this session.  Little Ms. M is so beautiful and looking at mom, dad and brother we know where it came from.  This was a first on location session I brought my friend along to assist me and let me tell you it was wonderful.  She did such a great job helping me pose "M" and helping me out with everything from start to finish.  It took the pressure off mom which was great so she can relax a little while we worked with the baby.  I knew we were going to have a great session from the time we entered the building.  Thank you so much "J" and "T" for inviting me to your home to capture these memories for you.  You have a beautiful home which made for a wonderful setting for the pictures and you were so great to work with.  I had a lot of fun.  Here are the previews and I hope you enjoy the pics.

     Love the way this one turned out, such a sweet moment between mom and daughter.

    One of my favorites from the session, just love the way the colors turned out.