Lilacs

I love Lilacs.
Love them.
They are such a fragile flower.
They do not last too long when clipped, and have a heavenly smell.
But the best thing about lilacs is that they aren't just one flower;
but dozens of little flowers making up the whole beautiful thing.
This bush right outside our living room window has the flowers in the middle of blooming.
Their color is so very pale, and are on the verge of being white and not really lilac.

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Lily-bugs

Oh. My. Goodness.
This little one was so new and precious!
I've never taken pictures of one so new
(other than my own babies)
it was quite a challenge for me.
But I learned so much and can't wait to try what I learned on the next new little one!

I cannot resist me a yawning baby.
They make the cutest pictures!

Stadleman's + Two

This is round two for me with this family.
I took their pictures a few years ago when they only had one adorable little boy,
and now they've got two heart-breakers on their hands.

They are a beautiful couple with beautiful boys!

8 months

Holy-Moly
he just gets cuter and cuter.
...and yes, I still have a bit of a baby foot-fettish
He loved the rocking chair and would make it go....got a few giggles out of me making it go.

8 Years

Isn't this fella a handsome one?
This year we weren't all about the cutsie pictures for this guy.
We were there for a purpose --- and he definitely had is his own ideas about posing (love it!)

It all came down to our real purpose, which was creating this invitation. I think that the pictures turned out splendidly (he looks like he's 12, not 8!!! ACK!)

and the invitation is just as I pictured it would look like.

6 month cuteness

Aren't baby hands the cutest?
They have dimples and chubbiness in just the right places and in just the right amount.
Can't go wrong there...

Lamprecht Family

I had a blast taking this family's pictures on Saturday morning.
It was pretty cold when we started, but everyone was such a good sport.
(...and it helped that I brought along my super-awesome assistant to help with the kidlets--he handed our dum-dum's to them...)
I've known this family since I as about 17 or so.
Eliza and I were roommates in college right before I got married and she went on her mission.
AND Tess used to babysit my boys when she was still in high school (and they were still little guys)

...and may I say that this little guy is the CUTEST ever!
(and I have a gaggle of my own boys to fawn over in their cuteness...)
He was so willing to take pictures and so cooperative...I just had to snap this one.
And he was so obliging too.