Kristen and Domo: Maternity

From the initial email I received from Kristen, her excitement was contagious. I enjoy doing maternity sessions but what makes them even better is when your client is extremely excited to do them. While Kristen and I were in the process of setting a date for her sessions I received an email from a friend of Kristen's letting me in on a little secret. She had been planning a surprise baby shower for Kristen on the 13 and ask that I not schedule her in the afternoon. Of course the only date her and I could meet was the 13th, so we did a morning session at their home. We had a lot of fun during the session but the fun wasn't over for Kristen. Not only did she have a surprise baby shower that afternoon but her boyfriend Domo proposed! Of course she said "Yes"! What a day to remember for this very happy couple.

Domo and Kristen are expecting a little boy around October 27.

Baby Braxon doesn't know it yet but he is going to be a football player. :)

Kristen has a couple tattoos that she wanted to get in a shot or two.

This one, on her wrist, is a family tattoo.

Kristen loves butterflies and wanted something fun with her back tattoo. I couldn't pick which one I liked better so you get two. :)

Jackson: 9 months

As promised, here are a handful of pictures from my session with Jackson. We had such a fun afternoon playing around the house. He is a big time crawler and such a happy boy.

I did not edit his eyes in any of the pictures. They just pop and are a very beautiful blue.

Kristen: Maternity

On Saturday I meet up with Kristen and Dominque, more commonly known as Domo, at their home in Riverside. I'll share more about the two of them in a few days but for now I wanted to post a picture or two for Kristen. She was super excited about the session and is anxiously awaiting the final proofs.

They are expecting a little football player on October 27.

Aiden: 1 year

In other postings I have blogged about Reagan, well Aiden is Reagan's cousin. I could see the resemblance as soon as I walked in the door. What a precious little boy. We started out playing in his room but moved to the backyard to see if we could have some fun and gets a smile or two out of him. Here is a glimpse of Aiden's personality.

Reagan: 9 months

You have all seen Reagan before because we have done a 3 month session and a 6 month session. Well, time does fly by us and now she is 9 months old. I had a lot of fun following her around as she played with all her toys.

Here is a shot of her catching bubbles. Mom is so cool for letting her play with them in the house.
Happy little girl pushing around her shopping cart.
She was so funny with her little blankie.

Here she is playing Peek-A-Boo.


When Reagan was all done with the session she crawled over to mom and I couldn't help but catch the two of them interacting.

Jacksons blue eyes

You probably recognize this little man from his newborn pictures or 3 month pictures. He is so handsome. I just had to share one picture from our shoot yesterday to show you his eyes. This picture has only been re-sized for the web. I did not edit the color of his eyes one bit. They are truly stunning. Stay tuned for more pictures from Jackson's 9 month session.

Our Star is Home

Back on Tuesday July 29 our dog went missing after the earthquake. Her name is Star and our family was devastated. We put up over 100 signs in the surrounding area and had neighbors, friends and family looking for her. We checked the pound often but we lost hope in the search. Yesterday my neighbor called at about 9:30 am saying he had found our dog on the Riverside Shelters website. We had many false alarms in the last 6 weeks so I was skeptical that it was really her. I checked the site and sure enough, there she was. Tears were streaming down my face as I looked at my husband, he was feeling the same emotion. We rushed to the pound and verified she had been found. We are nothing short of amazed. God is good and has blessed us deeply with this miracle. Of course I had to take pictures so we could remember this day.

Here is Star before getting her first bath. She has lost over 20 pounds in the last 6 weeks. She always hated getting wet and soapy.

She also doesn't like the camera. She runs and hides as soon as she sees me with it.
Here she is all clean. Safe and sound in my boys room.

After her bath we took her to be professionally cleaned and to get a flea dip. Poor thing is covered in fleas. We then took her to the vet. She is on an antibiotic and something to help her stomach while adjusting to eating again. We are so thankful to have her back. A big thank you to all our friends and family for praying and helping us look for her. A huge HUG goes out to our neighbor for finding her on the shelters site.