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For this session, I got to road trip with my wonderful friend Gwen. We drove to the hoppin’ metropolis of Lincoln, NE to photograph Cole, the new baby of Rhonda and Colby, Gwen’s sister and brother-in-law. Cole was so good for us and didn’t mind too much that we were interrupting his sleep. 
Congratulations Rhonda and Colby, Cole is beautiful. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.
I had a great time photographing this family. They were so funny. They kept making each other laugh. Capturing smiles from them was no difficult task.
Thank you Jeff and Diane for allowing me to capture your family. I sure enjoyed it. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.
Last year I photographed this little guy, for his baptismal pictures. Roque was addition number nine to my friend Bridget’s family.
Bridget was recently blessed with addition number ten. Let me introduce you to Dahlia. She was born May 24th at 10:45am. She weighed 6.3lbs. She is such a beautiful baby and she was so good for me. Thank you very much Bridget. Congratulations to you and Brad and your family. Dahlia is a perfect 10!
I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.
Isabella was a model baby 
She was so sleepy, her mother and I were having so much trying out so many different poses with her.
Thank you Sarah and Jeremy so much. Congratulations! Isabella makes a wonderful addition to your Madl family. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.
I have to admit, booking a session with five children can make one sweat, just a bit. Having four children of my own, I know what a daunting task it is just trying to get them to even look at the camera sometimes. But this family was such much fun to photograph, they made the session a breeze. The four boys were so great. They had a ball on our new tire swing, exploring our pasture and splashing in the water. The baby of the bunch, the only girl, was a bit shy at first, but once we broke out the bubbles, she came to life.
Thank you Amelia for allowing me to photograph your fun loving beautiful family. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.
With 3 boys (make that 4 boys the Star Wars phenomenon in my house was probably inevitable. My kids have been fans of Star Wars for going on about 3 years. Regardless of whether or not your a Star Wars fan, I’m sure just about everyone knows who Princes Leah is (thanks to that gold outfit she wore chained to Jabba the Hut.) So, when I began writing this post in my head, I already knew my title had to be, Pricess Leah.
I met Kristen on “Flickr” a year or two ago. She has a wonderful food blog at dineanddish.net. (and she is running a contest right now, so please visit her blog and vote for her. You could win something too!) I was thrilled when Kristen took me up on my offer to photograph her newborn baby. Born May 11th at 7:45pm weighing 8lbs 12oz and 20 inches long. (Kristen has a beautiful slideshow on her blog as well).
So, without further ado as they say, please welcome Leah Katherine. Congratulations Kristen and Nick and family. What a wonderful addtion Leah makes to your beautiful family.
I had the wonderful privilege of photographing my first senior girl last week. The session was even a little more important because this was my neighbor. I’ve known Bailey for the past 6 years. I can’t believe she’s graduating from High School. I’m so excited for her. She is headed to the BIG state of Texas for college. I wish her all the best, and hope she comes home to visit, lots
Bailey was such a trooper. I drug her all over Bucyrus for her session. I even made her scale a fence with her dress on. But it was so worth it. We got some wonderful shots. Thank you Bailey. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek. Best Wishes.
I think pretty much any mom would agree that any baby is a special blessing from above. But sometimes those blessings are extra special.
Stephanie and her husband Skip have two adorable children, Emerald (love her name) and Calvin (yeah, kinda like that one too ;D I met Stephanie last spring at our annual Wea Golf Tournament. They had recently moved to Kansas from Texas. She shared with me that she and her husband had adopted Emerald and Calvin while living in Texas.
I would see Stephanie here and there occasionally, but our paths didn’t cross much. Later this fall I got to catch up with her at a girls night out. Dressed in maternity clothes, I found out Stephanie was unexpectedly expecting. How exciting! I was so happy for her. She was due at the end of February.
Everyone knows babies have their own schedule and plan. Stephanie’s son Zach just couldn’t wait to meet his mom and dad and new sister and brother. He arrived 8 weeks early at 31 weeks. Not due until February, Zachary arrived on December 27th. Going through the posts on Stephanie’s blog, found here, is no less than heart wrenching. Seeing just how small and fragile this teeny tiny baby is. Hooked up to tubes and machines. Giving birth is such a joyous miracle. But to have to go through all that. My heart goes out to not only Stephanie and Skip, but any parent who was to experience this.
Zachary came home on February 7th. Between the time he was born and his home coming, Stephanie had such a exhausting schedule. She had two babies at home that needed her, but a newborn in the hospital that she had to feed to on a schedule. Stephanie goes into great detail on her blog, but to give you a brief description, it went something like this:
* 41 hours in the car traveling back and forth to the hospital–time spent w/o any of my children in most circumstances.
* Over 5 hours of time spent solely scrubbing in and/or washing hands–you know, got to make those hands bleed
* 70 + hours pumping, time usually devoted to my youngest, but usually w/o him anywhere near me
* 25 + hours of preparing/cleaning pump parts/pumps before and after use both at home and at the hospital
* over 13 hours of traveling from the car to Zach’s room and back again (the parking lot is always packed and he is on the 4th floor, elevators are awful!)
* guessing at least 5 hours time devoted to insurance issues dealing with this experience, and surely more to come
To say that Stephanie was tired is more than just an understatement! I don’t know how you did it Stephanie. My hat goes off to you. During all this, Stephanie seemed to remain so positive and kept up with posting to her blog. If you have a moment, stop by and visit Stephanie’s blog. This girl deserves some kind of Mother of the year award, in my eyes.
And finally, here he is. Meet Zach, weighing in at around 6 pounds at at little over 4 weeks old. I can’t fathom it. My babies all came out tipping the scale at at least 8 pounds or more. Congratulations Stephanie, Skip, Emerald and Calvin. We are so happy for you.
I wrapped up my last session of my first year in business just over a week ago. I feel so blessed by all the families who allowed my to capture their families over the past several weeks. I have gotten some really wonderful photographs from all of my sessions. I can’t wait to revamp my website and add my favorites from these sessions. My last session was no different. I photographed them at their house and was able to get some really great pictures. Thank you so much Jane for allowing me to capture your family. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek.
This was my third year photographing this family for their annual family photographs. I feel so flattered that they have continued to ask me to do their sessions. They are such a wonderful family. Here is a small sneak peek for you Sharon. I promise, I have more for you.
Sharon’s brother and sister-in-law joined the session this year for a group photo. They were such a awesome couple and their daughter is adorable. I included a sneak peek of some of their photos as well. Thank you Bryan and Stephanie. 
