Lindy was the winner of my of my {GIVEAWAY} clear back in February.  We had scheduled her first session time just shortly after the contest and everytime her session would roll around, something would come up!  It was raining, her baby had the flu, she had the flu, I had the flu, her grandfather was ill, I had to leave town, it was windy… I was honestly beginning to think we would never actually meet.
FINALLY we had a day that no natural disaster or emergency or symptom came up… aside from poor Oliver teething and skipping a nap, but we were determined.  Luckily, I speak teething-two-year-old fluently because I have one myself, and in no time Oliver was running all over the place having a grand ol’ time.
Big brother Jack, on the other hand, was nothing short of hysterical.  He immediately started throwing out all sorts of facts about bugs and foxtails and rabbits.. I had no idea.  Not to mention, the child is an amazing model.  He was striking poses left and right.  The picture with the rabbit was his idea –and it was a great one! 🙂
Lindy was so fun and stylish.  I told her before that she could bring anything along as far as props go to personalize the shoot a little bit.  I always love when people have their own stuff with a cool story behind it and they didn’t disappoint.  The hat Lindy is wearing in a few shots is her late grandfather’s favorite hat that he passed on to her.  The blanket used in the session was made from her grandmother’s old play dresses.  I loved it all.
We got absolutely AMAZING light once the sun died down and I think Ollie’s teeth just spiced the pictures right up.  I really secretly get excited when the kids have little meltdowns  during our session.  No amazing pictures have ever been done of a toddler who sat quietly and said “cheese!”, I say. (although, I know this is totally not cute when it is our own child acting up during a photo session… it’s never cute when my own kids do it either 😉 ) 

It’s days when I meet people like this that make me feel so lucky I actually call this my job.

                 
After this session I’m a little baby hungry for a boy.  Very different from all the pink and tea parties going on at my house, but they were a blast!

Thanks for looking!

xo- C