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Ryan and Mattie's Slideshow

Mattie at 1 year

And here is Ryan's older cousin Mattie! The last time we went out for a shoot she was Ryan's age and couldn't move around much.. this time she was on the run! It was so fun... there were a couple times where it just turned into a game with her and she would think she was being all sneaky running away from the parents, she'd get caught, and give the greatest smile and little squeal! It was absolutely precious. Everything was such an adventure, whether it was the flowers that looked like good food or the crazy looking cactus that... well, looked like good food too! She is at such a fun age!


Two shoes are totally overrated...









This is when the flowers looked like good food but something about them just didn't look quite right! Love her expression.



Run run run!



Mattie has the greatest cheeks..



She may be super hungry but being thrown in the air never fails a smile!



This could sum her up for me, all smiles!





The happy fam...



The break-away!!



I just love this one..



cuteness!





Thank you so much for having me Jenny and Saudri, you are the greatest and it was fun to see you guys again! Happy Birthday Mattie!!

Ryan

This past weekend I had the pleasure of shooting my friend's little Kiddo's together since everyone was in town! Amy, Jason and Ryan came out for Mothers Day from Arizona and so we got Ryan and her cousin Mattie together for some pictures. Each one of these cuties is going to get her own post because there were too many favorites to choose from and I can't quite narrow it down. To have all of them in one would have been ridiculous!

Here is precious little Ryan at 9 months old! (You can view her in a previous post HERE.)


She is so stinkin' cute! She totally flirts with her gorgeous smile...



She can stand up on her own too, as long as she has something to hold onto. Ryan will probably be walking super early!



I just love this one.






Amy is so fun to watch with her little girl... they both have the best smiles.



Cabbage patch!



Flirt!



The fam...














Thanks so much for having me guys! Can't wait till you can come back out again :)

David

This little Kiddo is so CUTE! And not to mention such a sweet little heart. David and his family and I hung out a little bit ago to capture him at 9.5 months old [which is by the way one of my favorite ages!] and we had such a great time together. This little one is so loved and attended to... just watching him with his family made me wish that everyone could know the feeling of being this loved and attended to. I just fell in love with his thoughtful blue eyes, big happy cheeks, and his sweetly calm nature.






He has two little teeth coming in too!




David and his mom... so sweet...




And with his dad...




Being a true 6 month old... looking for what he can put in his mouth next!




Here's the whole fam with Grandma and Grandpa too! I love this one, you can just see David feel so loved...







Totally a fave!























Thank you all for such a great afternoon together, it was such a treat! And thank you Mrs. Bruck for the picture of me and David... so sweet. My wild hair went a little nuts but I love it regardless:







:)

Ciao!

Mattie...

This little one was so much fun to photograph! It's just such a beautiful thing to watch parents interact and love on their new baby, to see that this precious child is the recipient of truly unconditional love. Mattie is so precious and I fell in love with her cheeks and contagious laughter... she is such a joyful baby!





















Check out the slideshow HERE!

Time for a break!

This weekend I took a break from the smoke and headed out to Phoenix for a quick visit to my close friend Amy and her family! We had so much fun hanging out, and Amy and Jason are the proud new parents of Ryan Madison who is only 12 weeks old! They came out to visit a couple weeks after she was born but there was a lot of competition for their time so I got to enjoy them all to myself this weekend which was a huge treat :) Saturday was a visit to the Pumpkin Patch and we got some really fun pictures of them as a family... when Amy said they didn't have any pictures of the three of them together I knew we had to take care of that! Ryan is just adorable and so very precious, I loved being with her and her parents and I can't wait till next time.

The pumpkin patches are a little more fun in AZ than here, they have corn fields that have been turned into mazes, a petting zoo, and a train for the kiddos to ride! Well it's really a quad pulling a bunch of cans on wheels where each kid gets their own can to sit in, and they ride around the corn and the animals. The kids were impressed with it so thats all that matters! We were most impressed with the ostrich though...










We tried a fun pose for Ryan on a pumpkin....



Don't worry folks... her dad was holding her on the other side :)

She had most fun interacting with her mom and dad though...


















The sunset was aMAZing!!






and here is the happy family...






So fun! Thanks Jason and Ames!!