Update

We were finally able to hand out with our dear friends again recently. We spent a whole afternoon and evening together enjoying each other's company. And I fell in love with Bella.

First are a few of my favorites of the new little family. I love the intimacy of this shot as they gaze upon their precious baby girl.

She snoozed on and off for her whole visit. Her mommy said she was fussy, but I thought that was crazy considering what a sweetheart she was in comparison to many ones as young as she. Turns out the poor wee thing has a tummy ache that day.

A quiet little daddy moment.

Asleep again in mommy's arms. Isn't it funny how we never think well of ourselves? For instance, this young lady thinks nothing of her looks. But, as you can see, she is greatly mistaken.



Oh, the dimples are just divine. . .

. . .and the dear lashes.

As pitiful of a face as this is, it only lasted a moment before it was gone and replaced by a smile.



This next series of images are some of my favorites as they already show what a sweet, loving, and cheerful personality she has.







Does she not have eyes that shine right through you?

I know that they won't have their true color until she is about 18 months old, but they are such a nice smoky slate blue right now, so it seems.

Night, night.

Great Picture Moment

I was going through our hard drive today and found this picture of Liam and Spencer.

And I LOVE it!!!

Master Sean Hudson

I swear, I have the hardest time narrowing down the pictures that I plan to post. I at least try to keep them diverse. But who doesn't like looking at pictures, anyway. . .right?

This is Master Sean who is 4 and is so much bigger than my dear 5 year old Liam that, because he could not seem to remember Liam's name, Sean kept referring to him as that "little guy". {{sigh}} My poor "little guy". :)

Is not this little face just too cute? I call this my perfect portrait shot.

LOVE this one. You can tell I was getting him on the go.
And here we have the goofball that he is showing up. If you remember from my previous post, this was while they were doing the chicken dance.
This one totally trips me out because he and his sister kept jumping down the steps but this one doesn't look so much like he was jumping as it looks like he's striking an Elvis pose. "Thank ya, thank ya very much."
WHAT an expressive face. And those lips. A girl would kill for naturaly red lips like that.
Again, those lips.
I actually have many shots of this crooked little mouth. It seemed to be a very absent minded habit of his.
This next one is really one of my absolute favorites of him.
Who me? Handsome? Never.
When we got the umbrellas out, we opened them for both of them, but Sean liked to close his and then couldn't quite get the hang of opening it back up. Thus the intensity as seen in the hunched shoulders here.
{{happy contented sigh}}LOVE it!!! Yes, I am saying that a lot, but I DO.
Another favorite. Stance, long grass, pants tucked into the galoshes. The whole nine yards.
Okay, it doesn't seem right to keep saying that I have so many favorites, but I can't seem to help it. I'm not being egotistical. . .really. Do you believe me?
I love the mood the fog lends to this image.
Can you believe I ever thought I did not like photographing kids? Take them to a cool place and let them be themselves and you've got magic. Not that it's smooth sailing, by ANY means, but I am learning that there is more to photography than weddings and am lovin' it. ;)