Sweet Baby Darby :: 6 days old

I have been so excited to introduce you to this little one! Darby Grace was born on July 24 weighing

 in at 8lbs 1 oz and 20 inches long. She is an absolute doll... with a little button nose, 

pouty lips and a pretty awesome hair style :).

Gotta love a Tennessee Football Fan from birth! 

It was a beautiful day outside so I was thrilled when Angi & JD said they wanted some 

photos in their beautiful yard!

She is just the sweetest, most snuggliest thing... and even snuck in a few smiles for me here and there :)

Congrats Angi & JD! God has truly blessed your family with such a perfect little one.

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Helena :: 18 months old {Nashville Child & Family Photography}

I know you'll recognize this little beauty because she has been around this blog quite a bit. 

{ 9 days old :: 3 months old :: 6 months old :: 9 months old :: 1 year old }

Sweet baby Helena is already 18 months old... and is going to be a big sister!

Helena told me she adores Nashville and wants to come visit whenever possible :)

Got that, Erika & Kevin? :)

Helena is so smart! All weekend she was blowing me away with all of her words and ideas on how to

 do things on her own. Her favorite thing to do was to put on the closest pair of shoes she could find, 

grab Addie's leash, make her "Sit Abby! Sit!" by the door, and try to attach her leash so they 

could go on a walk together. Of course, Addie was all about it! 

She is going to be a wonderful  big sister - Baby Holleran is due right around Helena's 2nd birthday!

And what better way to end an awesome photo shoot than with a trip to the marvelous Sweet Cece's!

Erika, thank you so very much for coming down to visit. I can't even begin to

tell you how much it means to me. I truly miss seeing you every day but am ever so grateful

for our continuing friendship. Love you!

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Sweet Baby Helena :: 1 Year Old {Nashville Child & Family Photographer}

{Update :: I'm a little embarrassed and so sad that I just realized this post was never published! I wrote

 it in October - at the same time Chris and I were moving and starting new jobs and all of that - and I'm

 afraid I overlooked the "Publish Post" part of it! I didn't even realize it until today as I'm about to 

publish Helena's 18 month photos - yikes! I suppose I'll save those for tomorrow :)

Happy belated 1st Birthday Helena! }

I can't believe it's already time for Helena's first birthday! I've been photographing her since she was just

 a few days old. If you'd like to watch her grow step-by-step, click on the links below 

(you'll see my photography grow too! :)

{ 9 days old :: 3 months old :: 6 months old :: 9 months old }

Kevin, Erika, Helena and I headed down to one of our favorite spots for this very special session...

enjoy!

She is {----this----} close to walking!

Clearly she's had plenty of practice in front of my camera :)

So much to learn and explore...

Happy 1st Birthday Sweet Baby Helena! Your Aunt CC adores you :)

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I heart faces :: michigan orchard bliss

I took a super long nap this afternoon (lots going on... more on that later :) so I'm up waaaay past my

bedtime editing and browsing blogs... so I thought I'd get in a little i heart faces 
submission in to validate this time as being productive :)

The theme this week is Orchard and if this photograph of my sweet cousins daughter
isn't the perfect representation of Pure Michigan Apple Orchard Bliss then I don't know what is...

Click here to view some of the other awesome entries!

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The Tiffany's :: Family Session

How adorable are these boys?! Jakob and Landon are brothers and best friends... just as it should be. 

The Tiffany family and the Fitzpatricks are good friends and next door neighbors. 

I can only imagine the mischief the four these boys are going to get into together over the next few years!

Mandy had asked for a session both to document their family, as well as to document Landon's first birthday!

I was pretty excited when she told me about their property she wanted to use for the session. 

I love that Larry and Mandy were married at this exact same spot. 

{happy birthday sweet landon}

{brothers}

Jakob did a great job keeping his little brother happy by the water... and Landon did a great job looking adorable :)

Thank you so much Larry, Mandy and the boys! I really enjoyed our time out at the lake... 

those sweet faces had me smiling the entire time.

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