Jackson | RALEIGH DURHAM BABY PHOTOGRAPHY

I got to hang out with little man Jackson for his one-year photo session. I was delighted to see him and his family again after last seeing them for his Mommy’s maternity photos and Jackson’s newborn photos. I can’t believe he’s a toddling little one-year-old now! He’s changed so much! And check out his little outfit – it actually belonged to his Daddy way back when Daddy was his size. 🙂

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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Evelyn’s One-Year Session | RALEIGH DURHAM NC BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

**Scheduling note — Right now I’m booked up through my maternity leave, which will be starting at the end of June. I’ll be returning in September to photograph my Baby’s First Year Clients only, and then I’ll get back to business with newborns and maternity in October! If you’re expecting a baby this fall and want to get on my schedule, please book your session soon, because my space is already very limited. I look forward to meeting lots of new families and, of course, seeing many familiar faces, after my maternity leave!**

The sweet little girl I want to share with you today is Evelyn. She has recently turned one and is walking up a storm! I photographed her as a newborn waaaay back in March of last year, and I was so excited to see her changed so much! She is sweet as can be, and so beautiful! Here’s a couple of my favorites from her session!

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Benjamin’s One Year Session | RALEIGH DURHAM NC BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Little Benjamin has turned one!! He’s been a part of my Baby’s First Year package and I just can’t believe we’ve already hit his one year birthday. This year has flown by!! I’m going to miss seeing him every few months. Here’s a couple pics of sweet little Benjamin!

And Benjamin’s Mommy brought a cake for the end of the session. How cute is Benjamin chowing down on it? 🙂

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Isabella’s 6-Month Portraits | RALEIGH DURHAM NC BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Little Isabella came into the studio a few months ago for her 6-month portraits! We’d had to re-schedule twice due to snowstorms, which is sooo rare for us in North Carolina! I’m so glad that crazy winter is behind us. Isabella is a part of my Baby’s First Year program, so we saw her super cute newborn portraits back in August of last year. And of course you’ll get to see her 1-year photos this summer too! She is just so unbelievably adorable and smiley. We did tons of set-ups in the studio for her and everything was just so cute!

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. Be sure to contact her early to reserve your space!

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Tate | RALEIGH DURHAM NC BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Cutie little Tate turned one! He is the last of my October sessions – now to just get through blogging November and December. 😉 I was thrilled to meet up with Tate and his SUPER sweet family again for his one year photos. Tate is such a little ham – I could have brought him right home with me!! Looking forward to seeing him again next year!

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Ben Turns Six Months | RALEIGH DURHAM NC BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

Little Benjamin is part of my Baby’s First Year Plan, and I was so excited to see him at six months old! What a change from his newborn session!!! He’s sitting up and looking SO cute doing it! He was quite a good sport for his session – he put up with all our props and outfit changes, and was such a little sweetheart. Can’t wait to see him again at one year old!

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

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Arden Turns One | RALEIGH DURHAM WAKE FOREST NEWBORN BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

I’ve so enjoyed seeing Arden grow up this year — you all probably remember her cute little self from her 3 month and 6 month photo sessions. Her Mommy is a dear friend, and I was so excited to work with her to create a specific magical photo to match her first birthday party theme. Hot air balloons!! Unfortunately it rained on and off DURING our session, so it put a damper on it all, but we managed to pull it off and got some beautiful photos of Arden! I’m excited to share these with you. And so sad that Arden is no longer a baby… booooo! 🙂

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

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Amelia | RALEIGH DURHAM NC BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

I just had to share a couple of pictures of 7-month-old Amelia! I loved working with her Mommy – she was excited about props and outfit changes, and it was all so adorable!! Amelia was, of course, just so cute! We met on a really chilly morning in early May, and Amelia just went with the punches and never got cranky. And they brought lots of family along to help keep Amelia happy, which totally worked! We had fun!

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

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Alexander | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

I hope everyone is having a great week! May has turned out to be incredibly busy for me from all angles – completely booked with sessions, and my boys have tons of school activities this month to kick off the summer. I can barely remember what day it is! 🙂 I am almost booked up for the summer – I have one spot left in June, two openings in July, and one in August. So please, book fast! I get so many people who contact me after their due date asking for a newborn session, and I hate turning people away at that point.

I’m excited to show you all how much little Alexander has changed since his newborn session back in July! He is so adorable, and cooperative! And I finally got to meet his Daddy since he had to miss the newborn session. Of course we got lots of family shots for them, and plenty of shots of Alexander sitting up and getting ready to walk (soon!!) at nine months old! Here are a few!

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Sydney | RALEIGH WAKE FOREST BABY PHOTOGRAPHER

This sweet family came to me last month for little Sydney’s one year portraits. I last saw Sydney at her newborn session, and WOW, has she gotten so big!!! We primarily met to get some adorable new photos of Sydney since she just had her first birthday. But we also fit in plenty of family shots too! I just love how they came out!