This precious little one is sooooo beautiful, both in print and in person.  She worked hard all day as we shot some adorable images and Mommy and Daddy sat comfortably by until it was their turn to join in.  You may remember her Mama’s maternity session here.  Kimberly and Ronnie are such sweet first time parents and I really appreciated the trust that they put in me and my mucho fabuloso assistant, Wendy, when it came to posing Madison.

Let me remind you, please do not try posing babies like this without being properly trained.  Safety should be the absolute number one priority when handling precious newborns.

These last two have a little “Ancient Chinese Secret” magic added to them.  ;-)  Boy does that date me!  If you remember those commercials, thank goodness I’m not the only one!

Congratulations Ronnie and Kimberly!  She is absolutely perfect!

Last weekend I had the pleasure of spending the weekend in Nashville to attend to attend Kelley Ryden’s Newborn Posing Workshop hosted by the uber-fabulous Mandy Johnson at her gorgeous loft (um, can you say jealous??)!  I think you will agree with me when I say they both have amazing work!  It was a privilege to learn from Kelley & her sister, Tracy, who are 2 of the best in the business when it comes to newborns.  I am so excited to share some of my images from the weekend.

I will be putting my new knowledge to work this weekend when I photograph baby Madison!  Be sure to check back soon to see how they turned out!

Here you go!

If these two beautiful babies look familiar, it’s because this is their second session with me.  They are enrolled in my Baby’s First Year program, so you’ll see them a few more times this year.  And let me just say, they can’t take a bad picture!  I just love twins!  I love that they have such unique personalities even when they look so much alike! It’s just totally fascinating!

Here are Jameson & Sutton, Part 2!

I am loving the job of photographing newborn twins this year!  This is my 4th set and I think I am getting better with every session.  They are so precious when they are this tiny and come in pairs!  These two little sisters seemed so tiny when I walked in, but they had already grown so much since being born a few weeks earlier.  They did a great job posing and we got some beautiful portraits.

So let me introduce you to Abigail and Julia…

And my husband’s comment when I showed him these next 2, “How funny that they both did the Macarena.”  Take a look and tell me what you think…

I also thought it was funny that they lay similarly when it was their turn for this shot~

Aren’t they just beautiful?  And you know how much I love baby feet!  They are such sweet little blessings and I know their family is just in love with these two little girls!

I have had some of the most adorable newborns lately and Emily was no exception.  She is just precious and you want to eat her up!  She gave her mom a bit of a hard time when we were trying to help her fall asleep, but once she was asleep, she let us move her all around and take some beautiful portraits.  I’m so loving newborns these days. 

****WARNING****  After seeing this baby, you will want to have another one!  Here she is!

And you know I love photographing the pets in the house.  Here’s Addie-

Some of you may recognize a few of the family members in this session.  Two years ago, I photographed Gavin as the MDA Junior Ambassador and then followed that with a family session with his entire family.  Their family is undoubtedly one of my favorite clients.  So, when Gavin’s mom, Mindy, called me with the request to photograph all of the cousins for a Christmas card set up as the Nativity scene, I couldn’t turn her down.  No, it’s not what I normally do, but I love this family and would do just about anything that Mindy asks. 

One of the kids was sick and feeling pretty yucky, one was shy and the rest were just having a good old time!  Trying to wrangle all of them was something to see, as all of the parents were there helping me along!  I’m pretty sure there’s video out there somewhere with the outtakes and the behind the scenes action!

So, here was the one of the Nativity shots:

The precious angel…

keeping watch over baby…

and comforting her brother, who was feeling pretty rough that day, poor little guy…

After we got the Nativity shots done, Mindy wanted some casual candids of all of the kids.  We found a fun spot and had to also take one shot with all of the parents and the wrangling.

A little while back I met Jacob & his mom & dad at their house to capture his perfectly adorable face in print.  ;-)  I was not feeling so hot that day, but this sweet 7 month old made me feel better pretty quick.

So, you wanna see?  Well, you’ve twisted my arm then.  Here are a few of my favorites…

And my favorite image from the whole afternoon?  This one!

I photographed Jay with his mom & dad, Joe & Vickie, at home last year for his first birthday.  This year we wanted to do something different.  So, since Jay loves to run around outside, we decided to shoot at My Big Backyard in the Memphis Botanic Garden.  Jay was struggling to adjust to the time change and was off of his game.  He fell a few times and ended up with a slight fat lip.  So, we opted to re-shoot and decided to stay close to home.  It turned out to be perfect!  He gave us all a great work out keeping up with him as we walked the trails behind his house in Harbor Town!

So fun!  Here are a few faves!

I think this shot definitely shows just how much his parents adore him!  I love it.