Clarkson 13 Months | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NC BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

My little guy is getting so big! Walking all over, climbing, and (trying to) jump. He loves to be outside and is such a happy boy. Always smiling and always making ME smile. I took him out to capture him at 13 months. 13 months!!!! He’s getting bigger, but he’ll always be my baby!

If you want photos like this of your baby, please contact me! I’m taking bookings for maternity, newborn and Baby’s First Year sessions in the Raleigh Durham Cary Wake Forest, North Carolina area. Be sure to contact me early to reserve your space! I’m currently booking for January 2016 and later.

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Baby Luke | RALEIGH DURHAM BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Oh my goodness, do I have a scrumptious little boy to share with you all today!!!! This is 6-month-old baby Luke who came into my Wake Forest studio for his milestone/first year session. Just look at this little boy! I could eat him right up with a spoon. There are seriously no words for how precious this little guy is. He has the cutest, funniest little personality too. He’d just stare at me like I was crazy. I was hamming it up and he’d just give me a look like, “really? That’s all you’ve got?” He was hilarious! I really enjoyed my time with him and getting to meet his sweet parents too, plus Grandma who was visiting from out of town. Here’s a few of my favorites of baby Luke!

If you want photos like this of your newborn baby, please contact me! I’m taking bookings for maternity, newborn and Baby’s First Year sessions in the Raleigh Durham Cary Wake Forest, North Carolina area. Be sure to contact me early to reserve your space! I’m currently booking for September 2015 and later.

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Baby Luke’s Session Peek | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

I had baby Luke in the studio last week and wanted to share a little sneak peek at a couple of his images for his Mommy and Daddy. Here is Luke at 6 months old! So scrumptious!!! I’ll have much more to share of him soon!

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Baby Clarkson at 9 Months! | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

I’m a little behind in sharing, but I took my own handsome guy’s 9-month photos last weekend. He’s going to be 10 months really soon, so I’m about to be late on those too… hehe. I took him out alone on a weekend that my husband and older kids were out of town on a camping trip. I’d been waiting for the perfect opportunity to try out a really cool new spot I’d found that I knew would be great for photos. So I packed Clarkson and a few props up, and we headed out. My expectations were low, especially since I’m used to having my husband acting silly behind me to help get Clarkson to smile. But wow, did Clarkson surprise me! He was full of smiles. He sat perfect still exactly where I wanted him to. And he only tried to eat the grass once. Score!! 🙂 I think he was really confused about what was going on and where he was. But hey, it worked! I spent a whole 15 minutes taking his picture and it was easy peasy. I got a lot of cute ones, but my favorite is definitely the first one with his cute little baby tongue poking out. I was so excited I captured that! These are definitely among some of my favorite photos that I’ve taken so far of him. The location was awesome, weather was gorgeous, light at sunset was perfect, and of course my handsome little baby boy was just amazing! I kinda love these. A lot. 🙂

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Clarkson at 8 Months | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

For those who follow along on my blog here, you know that I’ve been sharing the monthly photos I’ve been taking of my own baby, little Clarkson. He turned 8 months old in March, and I (of course) took a couple of pictures of him in my newborn studio. I’ve had fun collecting sweet little outfits that fit the 6-12 month age that the studio is now stocked with. All of the ones you see on my blog are part of my prop collection and available for Baby’s First Year sessions (the one below and the one in his 7 month baby post here are examples, as well as others for girls).

This month Clarkson has started crawling and getting into everything. We had to baby-proof everything – install baby gates and put away all the Legos and the millions of little toys and things that were all over our house. What a task that was! It’s been a few years since we’ve been in baby mode at our house, and I’d forgotten how much they can get into! Clarkson seems so much bigger now, and it makes me so sad that his first year is flying by so fast!

I know I’m a little biased, but how cute is my main man here?!

If you want photos like this of your baby, please contact me! I’m taking bookings for Baby’s First Year packages, and also still offer both maternity and newborn sessions in the Raleigh Durham Cary Wake Forest, North Carolina area. Be sure to contact me early to reserve your space!

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COLE | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Well, sadly, all of my Baby’s First Year clients eventually graduate and I no longer get to see them every six months. Cole went ahead and turned one way too quickly, just like they always do! 🙁 I’ll miss seeing his big, gorgeous baby blue eyes!! They’re some of the best blue eyes I’ve photographed, without a doubt. He’s a happy little man with such a cute personality to go along with his good looks. And I was happy to learn at his one-year session that he’s going to be a big brother later this year too! So happy for this awesome family!

If you want photos like this of your baby, please contact me! I’ve opened up bookings again for Baby’s First Year packages, and also still offer both maternity and newborn sessions in the Raleigh Durham Cary Wake Forest, North Carolina area. Be sure to contact me early to reserve your space!

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Clarkson at 7 Months! | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Well, my little guy has hit the big 7 months! He’s sitting up so well, and juuuuust on the verge of crawling. He wants to do it so badly, but the coordination is not quite there yet. 🙂 I’m betting it’s soon, which means I have a lot of work to do to baby-proof the house. There are legos, game pieces, and ALL sorts of little toys everywhere that will have to be stored away. So, I’m happy with him sitting nice and still for now!

I’ve been excited to share with everyone the new floors that I special-ordered for my studio. I special-ordered them straight from my handy husband, hehe. And he brought them to life. I really love them, and they’re exactly the “look” I want for my brand. I was happy to let Clarkson break them in for me.

Without further adieu, here is my happy little Clarkson!

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Landon’s One Year Session | RALEIGH NC BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

I’m baaaaack!! Thanks everyone for your patience as I was out enjoying my maternity leave with my newest baby boy! I returned earlier this month and have been busy-busy! With my return comes some changes — I’ve decided, at least for now, to only accept newborn sessions. So that will mean no more maternity or Baby’s First Year (except for those clients already booked). This will likely change in the future, but for now I’m so busy that I needed to put some constraints on what I was shooting. And since my favorite sessions are the itty bitty newborn babies, I’ve decided that for 2015 this is what I will stick to.

My schedule is already booked up for the remainder of 2014, but if you’re expecting in January 2015 or later, please let me know! I’d love to snuggle with your baby and capture those memories! 🙂

This handsome little boy is Landon, who recently turned one year old! I adore his family and have been photographing them for a while now. I did Landon’s big sister’s first year photos a few years back, and now I can’t believe their littlest guy is already one!!! I guess that means it’s time for them to have another baby… wink wink! Here’s a couple of pics of cute little Landon!

Melissa is currently booking for Raleigh Durham newborn photography sessions in the Raleigh Durham Cary Wake Forest, North Carolina area for January 2015 and later. Be sure to contact her early to reserve your space!

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Connor | RALEIGH BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

**Scheduling note — I’m currently on maternity leave. I’m accepting bookings for maternity, newborn, and Baby’s First Year sessions for October 2014 or later. Please e-mail me at melissadevoephotography@gmail.com to book your fall session, and please allow a few days for a response. Thank you! **

Little Connor just turned one and graduated from my Baby’s First Year Plan. Sniff, sniff. You know I get attached to these cute little babies! I love to watch them grow, BUT, I hate that I won’t be seeing him so often anymore. I’m really truly honored that his family chose me to capture his first year in photos for them, and hope they enjoy their gorgeous album filled with all of Connor’s cuteness from his first few days after birth, up until now! Here are a few pictures from his first year session – isn’t he a cutie!?

Melissa is currently booking for Raleigh Durham maternity photography sessions and Raleigh newborn photography sessions in the Raleigh Durham Cary Wake Forest, North Carolina area for October 2014 and later. Be sure to contact her early to reserve your space!

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Landis | RALEIGH BABY PHOTOGRAPHY

I was delighted to see Landis for her 6-month baby session back in April. She has changed SO much since her newborn session! She was just learning to sit up this time, and doing a really good job at it. They came into the studio for this session to avoid the bad weather we had that day. And I love her photos – especially her cute Easter dress. She is adorable, and I loved catching up with her Mommy too! Such a sweet family!

Giving her baby doll kisses! 🙂

Melissa is currently booking for Raleigh maternity photography sessions and Raleigh newborn photography sessions in the Raleigh Durham Cary Wake Forest, North Carolina area for October 2014 and later. Be sure to contact her early to reserve your space!

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