Tytus : 3 months Young

This weather has been amazing. I took advantage of the gorgeous weather yesterday and shot Tytus' 3 month photos. I can't believe how big he's getting.



At his last appointment he weighed in at 13.5 lbs! We're loving seeing smiles on a daily basis. He's such a sweet boy.



Tytus at 3 months loves to be talked to. He smiles and scrunches up his nose when we talk to him. He's also very ticklish. I love making him laugh.




Tytus is starting to pay quite a bit of attention to J. He often smiles at him and watches him play with toys and wrestle with Stephen. Jaden has been a great big brother, helping with getting diapers, sharing blankies, and giving him lots of kisses and gentle pats on the head.





In the midst of the craziness of having 2 under 2, I'm trying to savor these precious moments of my boys at this age because I know I'll never get it back.

The Britts

Thanksgiving Day can be a crazy day for a lot of families. Getting together with everyone is great, but overall it's a very busy day! So...why not throw a session in the mix? haha.

On a brisk Turkey day I got the chance to snap some photos for my sis' Christmas family photos. We left Steve and the Grandmas in charge of basting the turkey and watching my boys. If only we saw each other more often we wouldn't have to squeeze them in on the holidays! :(

Here are some of my favorites from the session, without spoiling their Christmas cards. :)


Pictures are the sweetest when I can hear laughter in my head when I see the photo- see below.














Love you guys!!

Baby Tytus on the way @ 30 weeks

It's been a while since I've posted a personal post, so if you don't know this is baby #2. Oh faithful blog readers, we are about to have 2 under 2! :) Fun times. Baby Tytus (Ty) is expected in mid October. In case you're wondering about the name, Tytus is one that really we both just liked. It means: to honor. Kent was my dad's middle name.
When we were pregnant with Jaden we didn't get matnerity pictures done because of multiple reasons. Finding time was one thing. We had just moved to Missouri, Stephen had just started a new job, and we were in the middle of a cold winter as well. This time, conditions are much more pleasing. :)



You'd think that being a photographer you'd be ok with having your picture taken. I am but wow is it weird! It's just completely different being on the opposite side of the lens. I photographed my friend Ashley and her family a few weeks ago and she so graciously agreed to do our maternity pictures in return.



I feel kind of like superheros teaming up for these kinds of sessions. Her vision + my editing = a good team.



We are thrilled with how the photos turned out. Thanks again Ashley! :)















I can't believe we only have 10 weeks to go. Looking forward to meeting little Tytus.

Mosley Family : Roots

Wow has it been hot lately! The midwest has been showing temperatures over 100 and my pregnant body has been taking notice!

I met with the Mosley family in my hometown: Mulberry Grove, Illinois, last week. I knew that I would have a lot of subjects to photograph, but I didn't know I'd have my own personal attention grabber at my disposal! Special thanks to Josh for helping out with Drake, and probably everyone else too. :)

I went to school/church with a lot of the Lawler/Mosley crew. They are such a sweet and lovely family to be around. I hope you guys enjoy your photographs, and didn't get too many mosquito bites! :(




The handsome guys:

All the beautiful girls:



Sarah and Dustin, I loved meeting Drake! It gives me something to look forward to with our little boys very soon!

Closing with a candid moment of the family. :)

Jaden's First Love Letter

It's been a while since I posted something personal on the business blog. June has been crazy busy for me. The Lord has truly been blessing me in my business and I'm ever grateful for it. As I speak I'm waiting for images to export out of LightRoom.

That being said, I have been so caught up with work that I have hardly even taken any photos of Jaden during the month of June. I sadly admit that these were 1 of 2 sets of photos taken this past month...and they were in the same day.

Jaden has learned to walk and is practically running around now. Where has the time gone? It felt like it took him forever (14 months) to walk and now we can hardly keep up. Words are few and far between for him, but he has "ma ma" and "da da" down. He also says "ki ki" for kitty (in a high pitched voice), and "su so" (Sasha). At least he knows who lives with him. :) Speaking however is one of his favorite things. Let me rephrase...yelling, squealing, and belly laughing are some of his favorite daily activities.

I'm so curious as to how he will take to his brother. For now he seems a little uninterested in anything to do with "baby". He just wants to touch my belly button with his index finer so I will pretend laugh. He also is still learning that he can't climb on mommy's belly and bounce like he does to daddy. I am 25 weeks today and our second little boy hasn't been shy about letting us know he's here, in both appearance and movement. We think we may have settled on a name.

Stay tuned to the exciting conclusion.

I've been introducing Jaden to sidewalk chalk. He's learning. Basically it's an excuse for me to go out and draw pictures and write things on our back porch. Like a true boy, J finds some way to destroy it, cross it out, or scribble on my stick figures. It's all good though. Abstract art right?

Jaden Turns 1: Part 2

Meet our littlest aviator. I have this fear. Maybe if you're a photographer you can empathize. Even though I feel like I find great locations and have unique ideas for clients, I fear that when it comes to my own kid's photos, or where family is involved, I'll go blank and not have a creative spark in me. Then something amazing happens. Random things happen- like a pilot leaves his vintage looking yellow airplane parked conveniently outside of the hanger at the airport. :) Good thing. ;)

So to the owner of this plane- I promise we did not touch it! We only used it for the background. Thank you for leaving it outside! You're the best. :)

Jaden Turns 1: Part 1

It's hard to believe but our little munchkin turned one on Monday. Of course I had to make time for some 1 year old photos. Here's part one of our photoshoot extravaganza. Just a warning, this kid is super cute, (at least I think so!) and there's a lot of photos. :) Enjoy!



Showing us how big he is















Stay tuned for part two. :)