I was able to spend some more time with this lovely family since baby ‘O’ turned 1 yr old! His big bro, ‘J’, just turned 3 as well so I got some shots of the two of them. Aren’t they adorable?

And what is a first birthday without a cake smash? YUMMM!!

It was so wonderful to spend more time with you guys! I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!

This session was a lot of fun! I always love an urban outing! I know the guys aren’t always up for a photo session, but hopefully this one was mostly painless! He had to endure my dorky sense of humor, but I didn’t make him do anything too ridiculous!

This young man is almost 21 and never did senior portraits, so I know mom is really happy now that the photos are done!

He’s very easy on the eyes and the camera loves him, so hopefully you all will enjoy your sneak peek!

This little sweetie was such an angel during her 3-6 month shoot! She was full of smiles and was in such a good mood. I just bet she is like that pretty much all of the time!

The hardest part is knowing it’s been five months since I did her newborn photos! You can see a few of those here and here if you want to walk down memory lane with me!

The entire family is just pure sweetness and I had a blast with them! Thank you guys so much for allowing me to photograph baby ‘A’ during her first year! I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!

I so enjoyed my time with this lovely family! They have 3 boys, all about 2 yrs apart (if I remember correctly). They were so well behaved and we had so much fun exploring the park! And they let me get some shots in as well!

This sneak peek is way overdue - I’m very behind on blog updates! Although I cannot complain about my pregnancy as it’s been very easy, I am still not working at normal capacity, which has put me behind. I’m so thankful for my clients who have been so understanding!!! Thank you for being patient with me!!

Sweet ‘P’ family, I hope you enjoy your sneak peek! Gallery will be up soon!

Got to meet up with this lovely family last week - 3 families and the grandparents! It was a gorgeous day but no wind so it was hot hot hot!

One of the families stayed behind for more shots and we moved to the top of the hill at the Victorian garden. Ah, so much better! There was a nice breeze there, which made all the difference!

Thank you, ‘S’ family, for thinking of me - it was great meeting all of the family!

I love this in black and white, too!

These were taken at the Victorian garden with the ‘S’ family. I’ve been photographing them since their youngest, little Miss ‘M’, was 3 months old! It was great to spend some time with them again!

Now this little one, Miss ‘M’, is now 2 years old. And typical for that age, she was constantly on the move and very difficult to photograph, but oh so cute!

Now this young man was a ham and would pose for me every chance he got!

Another poser here!

And love this shot of mom and dad! It just screamed black and white…

And this shot has a story all its own. Miss ‘M’ wanted to use her brother’s heads as bongo drums. They just patiently let her bang away on their heads! What a riot! LOVE this shot!

Thanks again you guys! More to come soon!

I’m so sad that I won’t be seeing this family again - they are moving to Canada. But, I was thrilled when they called to have me photograph their baby ‘P’ just before she turned 6 months old! I was able to do her newborn portraits so I was excited to see how much she had grown!

She is as sweet on the inside as she is on the outside! The parents wanted to do our session at their ranch since it would only be their home for a short while longer and held so many memories!

I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!!

When Mandi told me she would let me photograph her gorgeous baby bump I could hardly contain my excitement! She trampled through the woods and twigs just for me - what a trooper!

Isn’t she gorgeous? Next time I see her she will be a mom - sniff. I met Mandi when she was just a teenager, babysitting for my nieces, serving in the nursery at our church… now she’s married, living in California, and expecting her first baby - a girl named Gracelyn. It was such a pleasure to get to photograph her during this time and I hope to photograph the baby, too, some day!

Thank you for being such a trooper and putting up with me, Mandi! Here are just a few of the images I got - more to come soon!

I can’t believe how much ‘S’ has changed since I started photographing her at 4 months old! She has beautiful, auburn curls and such a sweet personality. Big brother, ‘D’, wanted to get in to the action as well so we got a few shots of him, but I must say he needs a session all his own. He was way too busy for my camera!

Here is a sneak peek! Thank you so much, Juli, for bringing your kiddos out and allowing me to have fun photographing them!

When this young man walked in to meet me for the first time, I just looked up, way up, at this guy, towering over me at 6′6″ tall, thinking, ‘Wow, this is Jane’s baby boy about to graduate!!’ It made me think of my 2 boys and that I would be in this position one day - looking up at my boys, towering over me - my baby boys - and thinking, ‘Wow, my boy is graduating!’ What a bittersweet thing!

And you know when you can tell that someone is really special - this guy was just as polite and respectful as could be, watching over his little brothers (trying to sneak around with a bb gun), and petting the kitty that would NOT leave him alone during our shoot (seriously, this cat would just tag along the whole time and keep getting in my shots so she could be by JR!)

He plays the lineman position in football, plays basketball and loves weight lifting. He love bond fires, church and playing video games as well. And is about to head off to college! I’m sure he will breeze through with girls chasing him all the way!

So, anyway, here are a few from JR’s session. We shot these on his family’s amazing property! Loved the light there and the open field, the horse barn, etc. Too fun! Hope you guys enjoy your sneak peek!!!

HA look at this - you can see the above refernced kitty in the background on the fence. I can’t tell you how many times JR moved to get away from her and/or threw her off the fence. She just wouldn’t take the hint!

And check out this ring! The LCS football team won state in their division! Go Bulldogs!

Well, it’s official now. Really official. I’m pregnant. NO WAY you say. Yes way. At 42 I’m having my 3rd baby. 18 weeks along now. I’ve actually known for a while but hadn’t really announced it here because I really wanted to find out what gender this bundle of surprise was.

According to my doctor, I’m having a boy. Oddly enough, my 2 boys, currently living outside of the womb, cried when I told them - and not tears of joy, either. Maybe they just want someone to torment, I don’t know - you know, with bugs and snakes and stuff. Anyway, go figure, they wanted a baby sister. BAD.

Everyone thought I was having a girl. E.V.E.R.Y.O.N.E. Well, except one of my sisters, who just confessed this to me today, conveniently. I just knew it was a girl, too. I knew both of my boys were boys and just knew this one was a girl. It’s hard not to be a little let down because my mind was so made up no matter how much I fought it! I’m certainly over it now because I truly have the best boys a mom could ask for - sweet, sensitive, mamma-lovin, boys. One more will be a treat!

I must say, though, I don’t see it. Really. Ultrasound images aren’t exactly portraits, mind you, but supposedly they show what needs to be shown. But honestly, based on this image, looks like a girl to me. Seriously, I’m not just saying that out of some subconscious, secret desire. I don’t see the, um, important boy part (penis). I see a line and what ‘might’ be the peanuts but but but… The doc swears he saw it, though. But I need MORE - I want it to glare at me! See, what if I decorate a boy room, buy all the boy clothes, get all settled on a boy and have a girl? Man, I can’t tell you what that would do with my borderline OCD brain - seriously it would fry it. I’d go comotose right there on the delivery table.

So, what do you think? Here is the pic, folks. The one that tells all but yet tells nothing. Good grief why am I such a planner??