Goodbye 2011...

I'm happy to report that this blog update is being completed within a month of my last one, and considering I had an insane month, I am very proud of myself! One of my new year resolutions is to update at least every 30 days, so I am on the right track so far. Since switching my blog to his new website, I have found that I have left some sessions out while I doubled up on others...hoping that won't happen anymore with timely updates! Holidays are so hectic for photographers as everyone is excited to get that last family pic for Christmas cards. So not only did I have a busy couple of months of holiday hoopla, I was busy with my "hobby" as well.

I will keep this one short as I have so many other things to take care of this week! I hope everyone had safe and happy holidays. Thanks to everyone that took interest in me this year...it was an AWESOME year for me and I can only hope for more awesomeness in 2012. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

 I'm not sure if it  gets much cuter than this family! I have known Melissa, her parents, and her sister for many years and was really excited when she asked me to take her family photos. We met back in York and took these pictures in a family friend's back yard. It was windy and a little chilly, but they turned into great photos! These kids were so sweet and did a great job. I loved adding the family furballs in the end, I was able to capture the kids being, well kids!!

 These two seemed to have an awesome sibling relationship (and if they don't, they sure fooled me)!

                                       THANK YOU MOORE FAMILY!
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Lucky, lucky me....I got to do another gender reveal! This is my highschool friend, Julie and her family. She is due this spring and got her husband talked into doing a Gender Reveal session. We did this he day before Thanksgiving and what was extra special about this one is that both sets of grandparents were there to watch as well. Their little girl will be 2 this year and will become a big sister to a little brother!

CONGRATS and THANK YOU for letting me capture this special moment!

I couldn't help but add this....this is proud big sister to be and my daughter walking back from the gender reveal!

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This little gal and her family just steals my heart!  Of course I may be a little biased (these people are close friends of ours). Meet baby A and proud parents, Adam and Sarah. This little miss was born a couple of months ago. She was about 10 weeks old when I did this session and I couldn't believe how many different great pics we got of her. She slept through the first half of them, making it easy to capture those precious, quiet moments. Yet, she was such a trooper that we got plenty of smiles out of her too! Welcome to the world baby A, I hope you enjoyed your first Christmas!

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This little man is all boy, and all 2 years :)...while 2 and 3 year olds can be the most challenging for photos, they can be just as fun. You don't typically get pics of 2 year olds sitting perfectly with a giant, yet normal smile. BUT, you do get these pictures that seem to capture their personality. I worked with this little guys mom for a couple of years and he was born just a couple of weeks before my daughter. I have been taking his photos since he was just a Little guy. It was so nice to see his family again. Thanks for choosing me again for another great session!

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Just a quick Christmas session with this sweet little girl at her home. The last photo is PRICELESS. I can only imagine her excitement when she started opening all those presents this year!

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This session set a record for shortest amount of time...I doubt we even hit 10 minutes. These are my neighbors that needed a couple of pics for Christmas cards. I was really excited when they told me they wanted to do them in the snow!

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This last group of pics are some projects I did for Christmas gifts, cards, etc.

I am really excited to blog about these boys, their families are very special to me! I wanted to save it for a little later but wanted to share this with you all. How cute would this be on grandpa and grandma's wall?

I provide daycare for these three boys. While the technical aspects of these pics aren't perfect, I think they turned out great considering I had no one else to help me get these little men to sit still, smile, AND hold up the sign. I put these on canvases for Christmas gifts to their parents!

Our last name with pics of our daughter! We put this on a wide, narrow canvas and gave it to Gma and Gpa Swim for Christmas! Will be ordering one for our house as well!

Swim family Christmas card!

 

Here are some other great gift ideas that can be given to the whole family! My daughters photos are on the bottom. I printed a 4x6 photo of each letter and slipped them into a magnetic sleeve for aunts and uncles to hang on the fridge!

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I have one more session that I will update soon. It's an extra special family and I have been keeping it under wraps due to them being Christmas presents for family...I suppose I can wait just a little longer! Check back soon for updates!!!