Sneak Peek: Miss Maci [New Orleans baby Photographer]

Look who's 6 months old already! Miss Maci was sitting up and ready for her close-up last weekend in the Quarter. She endured multiple outfit changes and cooler than expected temperatures with grace and charm, although the teething got the best of her a time or two. Apparently tulle is good for teething. Who knew? ;)

bubbles + baby lashes

Sometimes the most fun thing about what I do is finding the shots that I didn't intend to take. The shots that happen in between the shots I'm really working for, but that when I see them later I just love them. This is the lovely Miss Maci and one of those "in between" shots.

Sneak Peek: Ava [New Orleans Newborn Photographer]

It seems like yesterday I was doing A + C's maternity session. And now look who's here! Sweet little Ava has arrived. And what a beautiful little girl she is with dark, curly hair and pudgy round cheeks. Little miss Ava was wide awake when I arrived (as you'll see below!) but patience and persistance paid off and we eventually got Ava into a nice deep sleep for the rest of her photo shoot.

A+C - I hope you enjoy your peek! And congratulations again on your new baby girl!

Pumpkin Time

While Dylan was at Mothers Day Out this morning, Logan and I headed out for a little adventure of our own. We met up with some other moms and kids for a little get together at the local "pumpkin patch." I put that in quotes because, well, it's not really a pumpkin patch per se. More like a large collection of picked, stacked pumpkins. But it's cute and it's as close to a real pumpkin patch as we get this close to the city. :)

Not that it matters, because the kids certainly don't care. Logan had a great time exploring the pumpkins. And me... well I had forgotten how nice it is to get out of the house for something other than errands!

Look mom! A scarecrow!

Look! I found the pumpkins!

Sneak Peek: Lila [New Orleans Baby Photographer]

Sweet little Lila is ONE! I can hardly believe it. She's taking her first steps and it won't be long until she's running now. We had to push our session back due to the rain on Sunday, but we managed to squeeze it in before the skies opened again.

sweet daddy moment

[fyi, never trust me when I say I'm just checking my settings... you never know ;)]

Sneak Peek: O Family [New Orleans Family Photographer]

Last week I met up with the O family to capture some family pictures, as well as to commemorate sweet little Emma's one year milestone. Our session was unexpectedly cut short and we'll pick it up again this weekend. But in the meantime, I thought I'd share a few images from our first, brief session.

My Funny Boy [New Orleans Child Photographer]

Yesterday morning as I prepared for little Hudson's (below) newborn session, Dylan saw me pull out my camera to get it set up. He immediately exclaimed, "I need my pit-tures! I need my pit-tures!" And off he ran to his room to get his "pit-tures" (aka camera). So in honor of my sweet, funny boy, here he is with his "pit-tures". What do you think? Do we have a photographer in the making?

Sneak Peek: Hudson [Gulfport Newborn Photographer]

Have I mentioned this week how much I love newborn sessions? Oh yeah, I did. In Aiden's post. :) But never the less the truth stands. So needless to say, I was even more impressed that this sweetie traveled all the way from Gulfport, MS for his session. And I'm so glad he did. It took us a few minutes (okay, closer to 120 minutes) to get him to sleep. But once he conked out, he was the perfect little model.

K - Enjoy your sneak peek! I'm so glad we were able to work it into the schedule.

ETA: Fixed the pictures. Blogger did something wacky to the color.

Introducing Aiden Tran [New Orleans Newborn Photographer]

Welcome to an extra-special, extra-big sneak peek here on the blog.

You see, my friends Corine + Beebe Tran, of the fabulous Studio Tran, were blessed last week with the birth of their second son, Aiden. And of course I jumped at the chance to do a newborn session with the little guy. What can I say? I just adore newborn sessions. Those squishy little faces, itty bitty hands and feet, and curly little bodies. With two little boys of my own I know how quickly that changes! Soon he'll be alert, then smiling, laughing, walking and running. But hopefully these images will help preserve those first weeks and everything that makes a newborn special.

C+B - Congrats again on your new boy - he's beautiful!

Adorable green + Brown hat from my friend Jessica's Etsy shop.

Awesome blue bowl cocoon by my friend Carla.

Sneak Peek: Cooper [New Orleans Baby Photographer]

This lovely family drove all the way in from Gulfport MS for our session with 2.5 year old Cooper. And what a cutie he was - beautiful blond hair and big brown eyes! And like most 2 year old boys, Cooper was a man on a mission. A mission to explore the park, climb every tree and cross every bridge. Luckily, I'm a woman with two little boys myself and I'm pretty used to grabbing shots on the go.

And for Natalie... look, smiles! And lots of them. :)