Malcolm | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NC NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Sweet little 11-day-old Malcolm was such a pleasure to have in my newborn studio last week. He started off his session very bright-eyed, but didn’t stay that way for long! He was such a sweet baby and I adored meeting his family. Here are a few shots from his session!

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Malcolm Newborn Sneak Peek | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

11-day-old Malcolm and his family joined me in my studio on Saturday for their newborn session. Here is one sneak peek photo for them!

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Baby Diana | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHY

I have this AMAZING group of women in my life. We started a group back in 2010 because of our mutual love of photography, and we still get together regularly after all this time. Between dinners and photographing subjects and gift swaps at Christmas, these girls are SO special to me and I’m thankful to call them my friends! Last weekend I had them all to my studio and we photographed a newborn baby girl who was just 10 days old. Sweet little Diana!

Here are a couple of photos of us in action in my studio. These were taken by my good friend Morgan Henderson who is a fabulous Raleigh Durham wedding and family photographer.

And of course I have to share a couple of our resulting shots from that day. Diana was so very tiny and precious!

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Baylor and Katie | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST BABY PHOTOGRAPHY

I am finally getting caught up with blogging all my fall photos — just in time for the rush of babies and pregnant Mamas in January! This is my busiest January ever, and I’m so thankful to my sweet, loyal clients for that. So, expect lots of cuteness on the blog!

Over Thanksgiving, my brother and his family came to visit us. We snuck in a few quick photos for their holiday cards. We literally ran outside for 5 minutes to get their family picture, and spent a whole 10 minutes in the studio to get a shot of baby Baylor in front of the twinkly lights. I had to share them here because Baylor and big sister Katie are ADORABLE and they deserve their own special blog post. 🙂

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Chelsey | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST MATERNITY PHOTOGRAPHER

I’m just sharing a sneak peek for Chelsey and Kris from their stunning maternity session. Lots more of this fabulous-ness to come soon! 🙂

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Tate | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN CHILD AND BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

The adorable little Tate was just 4 months old for his fall session. He has one of the sweetest families I’ve ever met. Not to mention gorgeous! They really are a stunning family. We met on a really cold, breezy day. Which just meant they had to cuddle up even closer to one another! See you soon, Tate! 🙂

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My Dylan | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN CHILD AND BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Here are some photos of my oldest. In all his perfect silliness. I couldn’t even begin to express to you all how much I love this little man, who seems to be changing and growing every day right before my eyes. He’ll start Kindergarten in 2013. ::SIGH::

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Resolutions | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY CHILD PHOTOGRAPHER

One of my resolutions this year is to take more photos of my own kids. The other day I went through my personal photos of 2012 and realized I had only about four occasions where I’d taken nice photos of my kids. And that disappointed me. So I’m going to try to DRAG my kids out at least once a month! I’m sure they’ll just love it. 🙂 I also resolve to take more “everyday” pictures of them. I swear, they do the silliest things. And the most adorable things. Case in point – in our driveway a few weeks ago:

Oh my word, it tugs at my heart strings. This is them just being kids. AND getting along! 🙂 So my camera will come with me more places this year. And I hope you’ll all do the same. Don’t miss those moments!

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2012 Year In Review | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY CHILD PHOTOGRAPHER

Each year I try to set aside some time to create a compilation of my favorite photos from each session I had that year. It was really fun to go back through and remember my favorites! I picked one photo from each family I met this year — there are sessions I’ve promised not to share, for privacy reasons, but the ones you see below are all of my favorites from those I blogged about this year. I owe a big thank you to each of the families I met this year – you’ve all been so amazing to share your lives with me, and I’m blessed to call you my friends. I watched quite a few of your babies grow up this year, and it was an honor!

Coming up in 2013, I plan to get caught up on my blogging from all my fall sessions, and I have an extremely packed calendar for January, so I’m eager to get some new sweet babies on this blog! Happy New Year, everyone!

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Happy Holidays! | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY CHILD PHOTOGRAPHER

Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season! Here’s a photo from my house – our annual tree picture with my two little men. 🙂

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