This guy is baby #4 for this family. This guy was 16 days old at the time of this session, so he took a bit longer to get to sleep, but once he was out, he was OUT. Mom cam in frazzled but left super relaxed that we got everything she wanted. The dog, the monkey and the loved-to-death blankie are her other kids’.

Welcome home, baby boy! I feel like it was just yesterday when I was at this family’s home welcoming their first for her newborn pictures. This fellow had a good two pounds on his sister, but he has the same eyes and the same dislike of being asleep. Bet you can’t add ‘Helping shave newborn’s head for Mohawk’ to your resume’ though… I can now. Baby boy had to have part of his head clippered at the hospital for an IV in the NICU. I told them they should go ahead and hit both sides and give him a real Mohawk. Dad was like “Yeah, it’s going to grow back in all funky if we don’t..” and mom was like “I’m game as long as it’s not a high-and-tight.” Sooo, yeah. I helped give a baby a Mohawk yesterday.. I’ve heard that his grandmother was not a fan of it. We did a few of him pre-clipper though, just for her.

Has it really been a year?? This baby is graduating our baby plan, so I guess it has! Check out his sitting up session, his heads up session and his newborn session also! Can you believe he’s walking already? He sure loved the leaves and acorns outside at the botanical gardens. I can’t wait to see him again next year!

This guy has some of the biggest blue eyes ever! It’s so true that all blue-eyed babies look amazing in blue.  And there is nothing like a little one year old swagger…toddling around and falling down and getting right back up to try it all over again.  His daddy comes home in just 9 days from serving our country overseas almost his whole first year of life…hopefully these photos will hold him over until he’s back home!

Seriously. That’s what these boys told me. Be still my heart. BEST. ANSWER. EVER. And, with a mama like that, who wouldn’t want her to be their girlfriend!? Right, Dad?

Loved these three I did last week. They’ve always been good to me and this last time was no exception!

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And boy, is this little boy a boy of the south! Even at 3 his mama and daddy are on top of his manners while still letting him be a kid! I could sit back and listen to Charlie laugh and talk all day and never tire of it. His energy is inspiring and his smile infectious. He LOVES his mama and daddy like they are his best friends, and they him. I have so enjoyed watching this family grow together. It is always a pleasure hanging out with them and capturing where they are at in their lives. Can’t WAIT for you to see them all