Luke's four year old portraits

Our little boy turned four years old on October 18th. I remember going into the hospital to have him on 10/16 and saying, " October 16th is a great day to have a baby!", Then when we were still there on the  17th... "October 17th is a great day to have a baby!", Well, as it turned out October 18th was a great day to have a baby ( it's also my sister Joni's birthday!) Four seems to be a fun age already and I certainly noticed how much more Luke understood what we wanted him to do for the portraits than when he was three. I know we will do a couple more photo sessions in the next couple of weeks with Luke( Paul has an awesome idea he wants to try by a river) but here are a few from our "fall leaves" session. We love you Lukey, Lukes!

Jacob & Nathan

I had so much fun photographing Jacob & Nathan this afternoon! We did some portraits in the studio and then went to a lake that is a special place for their family. My friend Betsey told me tonight that she is passionate about relationships ( she is!)  and I think that I must be a bit, too, at least in my photogrpahy. My favorite images of siblings is usually of them looking at each other, laughing together, or some special captured moment.... true of my wedding and family portrait work also. The one of Jacob & Nathan with their arms around each other I just love, it's a classic brothers pose. I photograph men on their wedding day and they have a picture taken with their brother and this is what they do! Anyway, I had a lot of favorites from tonight's session and am posting a few here. Thanks, Jeannine & Dan for allowing me to photograph your boys again, they are wonderful!

"Scoop"

We photographed Dave & Karen's wedding about four years ago - actually just Paul photographed it as I was on maternity leave with our son Luke - but today we got to meet their one year old son Ian. What a cutie patootie! I asked if he had a nickname and they said "Scoop", I love it!

Sophia's two year old portraits

Our daughter is not really two for another couple of weeks but we wanted to do her portrait in these wildflowers we found on our Memorial Day weekend hike! We also wanted to make sure we got her portraits done because June ( her birthday month) is going to be busy for us. Seems like she was just a baby and I still THINK of her as a baby sometimes but she walks, talks in full sentences and is in full fledged toddler mode! I can't imagine life or our family without her. Sophia we love you SO MUCH!