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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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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Dinkins Family | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY CHILD PHOTOGRAPHER

You’ve no doubt seen this family on my blog before, a few times. 🙂 And if you’ve missed them, here’s little Cooper at eight months old and here he is at his newborn photos. And some maternity photos of Lindsay are here and here. I was very excited to take some updated family photos and individual photos of the kids for their holiday cards. And now that the cards have been mailed, I can finally post the photos! Lindsay already has a big canvas picture of their family hanging in her living room! Such a gorgeous family! We even came indoors for some to-die-for photos of them in their Christmas jammies!!!! LOVE THEM!

And here’s Cole and Cooper in those cute jammies in front of the twinkling lights!

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Gabe & Hayley | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST CHILD NEWBORN AND BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Earlier this season I did a special family session for a very dear friend of mine. She’s finally sent out her holiday cards, so I think I’m in the clear to share a couple of her photos! 🙂

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Harper | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST CHILD NEWBORN AND BABY PHOTOGRAPHERS

I was so, so excited to see the GORGEOUS little Harper again. I first met her parents for their maternity photos, then I had the pleasure of taking Harper’s very first portraits, which are GORGEOUS if you ask me. 🙂 And now she’s six months old with a cute little personality and learning to sit up on her own! We had a fantastic session and I just love how her photos came out. See you again soon, Harper!

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Ethan | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST CHILD AND BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Ethan is a popular name this year — this is my second Ethan in the last month! 🙂 This adorable little guy was five months old for his photo session. He was the sweetest, happiest little guy, which I’m sure had to do with how nice and down to earth his parents are! We got some lovely family photos and some individual pics of Ethan. And I think we captured his sweet little personality pretty well!

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A Beautiful Family | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST CHILD AND BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

This lovely family requested photos at their home. With a 3-month-old baby and big sister to photograph, it worked well to have them in comfortable surroundings. There was a whole lot of love and happiness in this home, and I felt privileged to be invited!

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Markell Family | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST CHILD AND BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

I met up with this fun family to get little Olivia’s one year photos, and we fit in some family and sibling photos for their holiday cards as well. It was my first time seeing Olivia since her newborn photos, and wow what a sweet little girl she’s become! Here are some of my favorites from their session!

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The Paris Family | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

The Paris family came out a few weeks ago for my annual mini sessions. Jennifer is a photographer herself, and it was seriously the ULTIMATE compliment that she asked me to take her family photos. She has the most well-behaved kids — honestly!!! Little Rylee knew just how to follow instructions, and even burst out with some Fresh Beat Band moves for me. She also gave me a stamp after the session to say thank you — jeez, melt my heart! And little Tyler… well, he’s grown like a weed since I met him as a newborn! Had fun seeing you again, Paris family!! 🙂

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Garrett | Raleigh Wake Forest Baby Photographer

Well, you all know I’m a fan of little boys with curly hair (I have my own at home!). So I was delighted to meet 8-month-old Garrett and his parents. We met up in Raleigh at one of my favorite parks to capture his big smiles!

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