Bonjour la jolie famille!

I had the immense pleasure to get a phone call from this very French and very bubbly family. She had the sweetest voice and wasn’t expecting anything from me at all when she called three days before my official “holiday vacation” was to start. After hearing her out, I just could NOT refuse. No way, no how. And how glad am I that I didn’t!

The only very sad part… that they must go back to their native France until further notice. I’m holding out hope that they’ll be back within the year and hopefully for good

How sweet it is! The most amazing part of this family, is that they started it all. Their first born, barely two here, was my very first newborn! When did he turn 2! When did this adventure of mine changed from being counted by days and months into years! Their newest addition didn’t even wait for us to reschedule a maternity session! Bookings came up, scheduling conflicts happened and the only day I could *possibly* have photographed this happily patient mum, is the day he decided he’d had enough!

Let me tell you, there’s nothing worse than upgrading your computer a couple days before a session… Especially when you have SO many images you want to share and show off from such a fantastic day and family!! So I worked “overtime” finding the odds and ends that were preventing me from showing them their sneak peak!!!

Now, I’m being quite serious when I say that I had just the BEST time photographing this family! The two older ones were the same ages as mine and had SO many similarities, it was just like being around my own kids, except when they say “mommy!!!” I didn’t have to respond! lol The baby boy was just the smiliest little cuteness you’ve ever seen and was absolutely fine being in my arms while I got to know the kiddos before we officially started! ADORABLE! ALL of them!

How in the WORLD! Here we are, 5 years old. How can it be! Happy fabulous birthday my little lady.

*she wanted a Dora cake & Jelly Beans… but it also had to be Gluten Free!*

*she wanted face painting*

*she wanted candles to blow out, NOT the #5 sparkler I had lit in the first place*

You’re only 5 once, right? She asked, and she received

*Ready for family party the next day*

*more sweet treats, with more GF jelly beans!*

*actual birth DAY, train track expansion set! Playing BEFORE breakfast!!*

I am NOT an event’s photographer. Really, I’ll leave Bar-Mitzvah’s, Weddings and parties to the more event specialised of us. That said, being invited to a ceremony for friends, a private one at that, which is frankly unheard of now, who could resist! I told them I would love to record this day in their family’s history if they’d let me. They jumped on the offer and I had so much fun photographing this church and their private ceremony. Guys, you know I love you! This is just the tip of the story.

Here it is! I promised this little guy he could see pictures of himself with dinosaurs before bed! Let me tell you, he’s a dinosaur “connaisseur”! He could whip out a dinosaur name in three seconds flat… now whether that name actually exists is up for debate, he did quote me some very unusual names, but what do I know about dinosaurs anyway

As promised Mister N, here are your dinosaur pics (And one for mommy too!)

I had the highest honor, and let’s face it, FUN photographing this family. I had the pleasure of befriending this awesome woman more than five years ago when we were both pregnant with our firstborns. Now with less then a couple of weeks’ waiting to go, I’m still overwhelmed by the blessing this is for their family and for all of us she calls friend & family. Love you Tara!

I’m telling ya, if you want to be around a fun and happy family, you got to meet the H family! They were so easy to photograph and yet hard to picture it all into one photograph. I’ve not taken so many images since I started this adventure and never have had so many to choose from! They were willing to try ANYTHING and didn’t wait for my direction at all! Just went with it, did their thing and let me capture it on “film”, as it were. I love nice smiley portrait of the happy family, but my real love is those secret moments of the individuals interacting with one another.

I had the immense pleasure of photographing this FUN family! It was a thrill to capture their kids expression! Imagine a sweet 7 year old girl that is obviously born to be a leader and a wee 2 year old brother that has one thing in mind, doing what he wants to do and forget about everyone else! I guess that describes just about every 2 year old on the planet, right? Well, they were a blast, had lots of ideas and let me go to town with their furniture so we could get the sweetest portraits!

I love these guys! Seriously, what’s not to love, they are caring, welcoming and they just have the best vibe! And really, who could resist this little guy? I couldn’t!