I simply adore this age.  All the coo’s and smiles, drool and rolls…it’s a bit of heaven on Earth.  The sitting up stage is one of the best times to photograph babies.  I had the honor of photographing her on the day of her birth.  You can check out the blog post about that day HERE.  I can hardly believe how fast time has flown by!

For the past 3 years I have done this and am always amazed at the powerful stories you share with me.  This year I want to share an update on our 2010 single parent winner, Andrea.  Here is what Andrea wrote to me:

“At the time I won the single moms contest in early 2010, my husband of almost 15 years had just left our family for another woman.  It was a sad,hard, and confusing time.  However, I knew that God has never let me down, He was faithful.  No matter how hopeless I felt,  I knew he would pull me through.  My kids are doing so much better and I would never take back the closeness that I have with them because of our struggles.  I have recently been blessed with being able to build my own home through the blessings of others.  It’s my first home and I am so excited!  The kids and I moved in just last week and we are already making incredible memories in our new home.  I am so thankful for the opportunities I have been given and I feel so empowered by all I have been able to accomplish being a single parent.”

I hope her story will give someone the encouragement they are needing today.

Make sure you share this with your friends with Facebook, Twitter, email, etc..  Let’s make sure this reaches as many single parents it can!

I got to spend the morning of my birthday with these beautiful cousins.  They were all in town together so grandma wanted to make sure pictures were taken…and boy did they know how to work a camera.  🙂

I was doing some cleaning up on my computer today and realized I never blogged this session from the fall season!  I love this little family.  They always bring such energy and humor to a session.  I thought it would be cool to blog a picture from the last 3 years.  They book every fall and every fall I get to see this handsome boy getter more grown up.  Life is amazing.

Here is 2009:

Here is 2010:

And this past fall, 2011:

and just in case you were wondering if the adults have fun at a session with me…here is proof.  😉

This little beauty had to be the most alert 7 day old I’ve ever photographed.  Not only was she awake pretty much the entire session, but she had such beautiful eye contact!  Her parents left her as a surprise so mom did the nursery in grays which I think is awesome.  The first image below was actually the moment before she opened up for a giant yawn, but it looks like a huge smile with a wink.  🙂 🙂