**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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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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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!

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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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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!

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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!  🙂

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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!

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I have a bit of a scheduling update for those planning to book a session.  My month of April has gotten so over-loaded with sessions – which is good!  But I just realized that I’m also over-booked for May already.  So, I won’t be taking on any other sessions for the month of May.  My first available openings are in June, and I only have a few slots left.  So book soon if you’re due this summer or fall – I’m filling up!  I’ll also be cutting back on the number of ‘Older Baby’ (3 months to one year) sessions I take each month so I can allow room for more maternity and newborn sessions in my schedule, which is what I specialize in and what I love.  So, going forward, I’ll only be doing maternity and newborns, with the exception of the clients already booked, and those who purchase a Baby’s First Year package.  If I happen to have extra space, I’ll fit in older baby sessions here and there, but it probably won’t happen often.

Now that THAT’s out of the way, let’s focus on pretty Charlotte!!!  Sweet little Charlotte just turned one and her family met me out for her one-year portraits.  And I happily got some updated family photos for them as well.  Such a sweet, happy family.  They’re moving to Asheville this month, and I’m a little jealous because I love Asheville!  🙂

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

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