Madison Abigail

My kids are fighting, and tearing apart the house as I'm trying to put this blog together. Why is it so hard to get along in the summer? I try wearing them out with basketball camp, soccer camp, swimming, and other errands we run but why can't they just sit on the couch for 10 minutes!

But back to this beautiful baby! I love her big blue eyes, her belly button, and her cheeks (her mom said she rests her cheeks on her chest!)
I love all the different stages of babies. Newborns 0-2 weeks just lay there and fall asleep and make silly faces in their sleep. Then as they get a little older (2-3 months like Madison) they just stare at you and make silly faces while they're awake. I love how their expressions change so quickly. As they get a little older like my Devyn they're a little more interested in me and always trying to grab my camera, climb on my lap, or get away as quickly as possible. I like babies that don't go anywhere. Except Madison DID NOT like her tummy at all!!! Other than that she was a perfect doll!.








This series was fun. I thought she was asleep so I took her pacifier away to get a sweet sleeping picture. She woke up FAST!

Jay and his girls

You don't want to know where's I've been the last 2 weeks. I'm exhausted just thinking about it. But I can say I haven't had a lot of time to sit at the computer and I've taken a lot of pictures. Summer is hard when you're trying to keep the kids busy. Right now I should be making them breakfast and getting them ready for soccer camp. I finally got all my brother's family pictures edited and ready to post it's only been like 4 weeks! They are so adorable and miss them all so much. I can't wait to see everyone again.

The cortez family

That's right. The newest picture of the growing Cortez family. Devyn is getting big and I'm trying to take pictures more often of us together. Too bad I pick bad days to do it (Sunday, it was sooooo windy). My lovely sister did these for me. She's pretty awesome. Thanks Jacque.

Chavez family

Another one of those families that we emailed back and forth, scheduled sessions, rescheduled session and prayed the weather would be nice. Well Saturday the weather was nice, but not as nice as the Chavez's. I'm so happy that I finally got to meet them and their awesome kids. The baby is only 5 months old! He was so happy and both boys were very well behaved. Actually there was no crying or fighting about taking pictures at all. I don't think I've ever had a photo shoot with such cooperative kids! Thank you guys!

Covington's

I want Elijah to marry one of these girls. The older one is a couple of months older but I don't think that will matter. Unfortunately he probably won't even notice girls until he's 21 (hopefully). What a beautiful family. Thanks for finally letting me take pictures of you guys!

Lawson

Lawson is just 3 days younger than my Devyn. (6 months old for those who don't know how old my baby girl is). I truly believe that these special little children come to us with these preset personalities. It amazes me that two babies almost exactly the same age are already so different. Lawson is so sweet, quiet and calm. Lawson was only mildly entertained by my attempts to make him smile. He was too busy keeping his eye on his mom to make sure she didn't leave him with the crazy camera lady. I'm sure he would of much rather been hanging out and chilling on the couch with mom.

I love how honest little children are. And one of the most amazing things I've learned since I've been taking pictures of all these amazing people is how beautiful, special and different each of us are. It's easy to see how beautiful people are when you're always trying to find what makes them different and what makes them special. When you're always looking for a fault you miss out on what's really there. That's the best part about taking pictures. Everything is so much more beautiful now. Especially these little babies. I love picking out all their little details and enjoying the miracles that they are.