This was our yearly portrait session with Audrey, but this time there was a new addition – she brought along her new baby brother, Chase. We had a fabulous afternoon playing together in the studio and getting some great portraits for mom and dad at the same time. We couldn’t wait to share so here they are!

One thing that was so funny when we going through these images. We realized just how much Audrey reminds us of her mom, Kristin. We’ve known Kristin and Charlie for almost 6 years now (has it really been that long?!?). We photographed their wedding and it’s so much fun for us to watch their family grow. But when we were editing the images from our latest session, I kept hearing Rene say, “Audrey has the SAME expressions as Kristin!” I love it!

Audrey has such a fun personality and there’s no hiding how she feels at any given time. And so we proudly present to you….the many expressive faces of Audrey.

And now the very latest addition to the Dennison family! Chase is an amazing baby – so tiny and perfect. On top of that, he is such a mellow and happy little guy – he was so patient and let us do whatever we wanted:

There’s nothing like a big sister hug:

This next image cracked me up. Chase and Audrey were sitting next to each other, very quietly and mellow-like. When all of a sudden, Audrey let out a happy screech from the very top of her lungs. We all jumped about 3 miles and then burst out laughing, but what cracks me up now, is Chase’s reaction. Kristin (their mom) reports that Chase is now so used to Audrey excitement that he doesn’t even flinch anymore.

We had such a blast with Chase and Audrey and it was so amazing to finally meet Chase in person. Kristin reports that everyone promptly fell into an exhausted sleep after our session. Congratulations again, Kristin and Charlie, on your newly expanded beautiful family! We’ll be getting together with Audrey and Chase again in August, but this time with their mom and dad for a full family session and we can’t wait to see them again!

A few weeks later, the door to our studio opened and a very proud Nicole and Tony introduced us to a very sleepy baby AJ. It was just about nap time and we loved it! It meant that we were able to get some great sleepy portraits before we he woke up.

Soon enough, though, AJ was fully awake and – with the help a vacuum cleaner to soothe him (who knew????) we got some happy AJ portraits, too. Look at that stylin’ hairdo he has going on!!

That’s not everyone, though! Tony and Nicole brought the whole family, including their original baby…..meet the very lovable Rocco:

So I recently discovered that regular readers of our blog have fallen in love with Sophie just as much as I have. After every session we receive so many comments about her spunk, fun personality and great little smile. I say this every time, but we look forward to our sessions with Sophie so much. She may only be four years old, but she seriously has the best one liners. During our last session we were running around together and Sophie tripped over a rug and fell right down. Everything stopped for half a second…then Sophie popped right up and in her tiny sweet voice said, “I just did a face plant!!” and then kept right on running. I, on the other hand, was doubled over on the floor laughing so hard.

Well this week, our session was extra sweet because Sophie now has a brand new baby brother! Davey arrived earlier this year and we couldn’t wait to meet him as well! And now, we are so honored to introduce you to Davey:

I think happiness is an extra gene that parents must pass along. How else to explain that Davey has the same happy grin that Sophie has always has:

And we had lots of “Sophie” time, too…She’s getting so big!!

And here’s what makes my day, week, month after every single session. This is the laugh that I love most of all. It’s not just a “that’s cute” kind of giggle. This is a full on, belly jiggling, start-from-your-toes kind of laugh. It puts me in a good mood every time I see this:

And finally…the brand new family all together:

A huge congratulations on Davey’s arrival. And another thank you from the very bottom of our hearts for letting us spend time with your gorgeous family again.

Shawnet and Dan are such a beautiful couple and have the best personalities so I think it might even be safe to say that we were almost as excited as they were to meet their new son as soon as he arrived into the world. We knew he’d be a very special baby and we set a date for his newborn session right after he was born. One of the best moments of their session – and something I will never forget for the rest of my life – was Dan’s face as they walked into the studio that afternoon. I have never in my life seen a prouder daddy. Dan and Shawnet were truly glowing and happier than we had even imagined. I turned into a big pile of mush and I hadn’t even met little Jackson yet! And so now without any further ado, we’d like to introduce you to precious and beautiful Jack!

He’s smiling! Already! Now you can easily understand why Shawnet and Dan are the happiest parents ever. Jackson is so precious and such a good baby. We had a full hour long session and he never once was cranky or tired. He was fascinated with the camera and so you can imagine how excited we are about our new little model! Congratulations a million times to you, Shawnet and Dan! You are such amazing parents already and we can’t wait to enjoy watching Jackson grow up with you in the years ahead!

So we had a tentative date picked out for Caroline’s newborn session but since she arrived a few weeks early we just moved it right up so we could get those little perfect newborn moments!

Everyone….meet Caroline!

I love little naked baby portraits!

And now for Caroline and mom’s favorite way to take a nap:

Caroline is just as perfect and as sweet as we had imagined and we’re so happy that she has finally arrived! Congratulations Angela and Artie!!