Baby Baylor & Family

This session with Baby Baylor and her family was incredibly fun! I always enjoy my sessions with the Cobb family and we are fortunate to count them among our friends as well as clients. Baylor is 6 months old now and the family wanted to get some group shots along with her standard baby plan session so we met at Rocky Mount Bed and Breakfast in Prattville for the shoot. Sharon, Baylor's Great Aunt, owns the B&B and not only was it perfect for our session, but it is also a popular wedding and special events venue. We captured many elegant and timeless images during the session and as always, had a wonderful time!

The Cobbs were among my first clients and I am so grateful for their continued support and encouragement. I have tested new techniques and equipment on them many times and always with fabulous results. They have willingly been my "guinea pigs" time after time and have passed my name along to several other clients who are now returning customers as well. There are images throughout my portfolio of these wonderful friends and I am looking forward to documenting many more years of happy memories for them!

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Courtney's Maternity and Baby Connor

I've known Courtney for several years and it's always exciting to capture memories for people I am already friends with. Pregnancy certainly agreed with her and she had a glow that was obvious in her maternity portraits. When she brought Connor to me for his newborn session, I was immediately enamored. What a beautiful baby boy! She had three specific poses she knew she "couldn't live without", so we focused mainly on those and I was amazed by how sweet spirited and tolerant he was of my poking and prodding. He allowed us to get these beautiful shots and I am so grateful to Courtney for giving me the opportunity to help her document this very special time in her life. Feel free to leave congratulatory comments for the new mommy! I'll make sure she sees them!

Happy 1st Birthday to Brooklyn and Skylar!

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Well, I can't believe it but my twin girls have just turned ONE! Time flies by so quickly and I am so proud of their acheivements but also saddened by how quickly they are growing up. We don't plan to have any more children (unless God decides otherwise) so I'm planning my last First Birthday Party and celebrating the first year milestones for the final time. Even though my cup has literally runneth over this past year and there have been times when I wondered if I would survive, it's easy to forget all those moments of stress induced psychosis when faced with the finality of a first birthday. My little angels are growing up! It seems just yesterday my husband and I were heading to the hospital for a long a day of labor which ended in the miraculous arrival of our twin girls, Brooklyn Michelle and Skylar Marie. Brooklyn was born at 7:08pm weighing 6lbs 1oz and Skylar followed 8 minutes later at 7:16pm weighing 6lbs 10oz. Well, that was just yesterday so I guess tomorrow we'll be dropping them off at a college dorm - hopefully one very close to home but there's no way to tell these days. And as I'm writing this and choking back the tears that are threatening to well up in the back of my throat...I am reminded of why I do what I do. This is why I am always seen at every gathering with a camera surgically attached to my hand. This is why my kids know the sound of a shutter clicking as well as they know the sound of Cheerios being poured onto their high chair trays. This is why every computer hard drive in my house is overflowing with images of my children and yours. I take pictures...I capture memories that might be lost forever if not frozen in time by the lens of my camera. I do this for my family because I understand the importance of not letting these moments pass by unoticed - uncaptured. I do it for you for the same reason. Thank you for allowing me to share such a special part of myself with you - my clients and my friends. It's in moments like these that I truly know, I am where I'm meant to be. I am doing something important and valuable - not only for my family but for many many others. I am so grateful that God has given me this gift and allowed me to go on this journey. I am so blessed!

Santana: Senior 2010

I met Santana's mom, Dallas, through my church praiz team and felt an almost instantaneous connection with her. Santana is her oldest, a high school senior this year. Her two younger daughters are twins, so we had alot in common right from the start. Dallas and her three daughters are all beautiful (but don't take my word for it - you'll get to see first hand after their family shoot in November!). Santana is heading off to cosmetology school after she graduates but how she ever chose a direction is beyond me! She is so incredibly talented in a variety of areas, I'm shocked she could even select which avenue to pursue! She is an artist, dancer, designer, writer, and the list goes on and on. Something tells me she will be amazingly succesful at whatever she pursues. It was a joy getting to know her and she was obviously a natural in front of the camera. Her mom says this senior shoot will likely serve as the beginning of her modeling portfolio as well - which of course makes me very happy! I will be keeping this wonderful young woman in my prayers as she moves closer to beginning a new and exciting chapter in her life. Thank you, Dallas, for allowing me to be the one to capture these exquisite images. What an honor!