Are you ready for Fall?

-Kristin

I had the pleasure of taking pictures of Jackson for his first birthday.  Sometimes his mom calls him Jack-Jack, which is so cute…and totally reminds me of The Incredibles. 🙂  This little guy is one the move, so his mommy was non-stop getting the cute smiles out of him and I just had to keep up! 
Here are some of my favorites:

Happy Birthday cutie!
-Kristin

For the last posting about this adorable family session, I’ll show you the individual families of 2 of the sisters.  They each had 2 kids…some of the cutest kids you’ve ever seen! 
I brought lollipops for the kids as a treat when we were done, but one of them skinned his knee half way through and we decided to pull them out…because a kid with a lollipop is better than a crying kid.  🙂  I like the way the lollipops ended up making it into the pictures.  A great memory!

I’ll end this post with a little sibling love…
-Kristin

He’s the newest member of this little family.  I loved the way that his big brother and sister were so careful to hold him.  They were just too cute!

And this blue bridge had special meaning for mom and dad.  He proposed to her on this bridge, so we did a few reenactment photos! 🙂

Sisters add such a fun dynamic to a big family like this one.  These three were a blast to shoot…they are fun loving and a bit crazy!  I loved watching them scheme to come up with ‘poses.’

-Kristin

I’m loving these girls with their big blue eyes…like mother like daughter!

My good friend Brenda decided to surprise her mom with photos of their entire family (all 17 of them!) for her birthday.  What a sweet gift!  We meet at Greenridge Park and everyone took turns having family portraits, couples portraits, all the grandkids, etc.  Then we did an entire group shot…how fun!  This family is amazing and I hope I captured how much they love each other.
Here’s some of the love…

I plan to write a little more about each family, but these are some of my favorites!
-Kristin

Yesterday I had the absolute pleasure of taking pictures of Henry, who is all of a week old!  I loved seeing how much his parents, Joe and Mandy, adore him.  They were having so much fun with this new little bundle and I was really blessed to get to visit with them.
Henry was fast asleep most of the time.  Isn’t he so precious!?!

Here’s Henry’s mom and dad looking amazing! 

Henry’s gorgeous mommy…

And some of the two of them holding their little bundle of cuteness!

When I arrived Henry was kickin’ it in a Batman and Robin onesie.  He already has his mom and dad’s sense of style. 

And check out his "stud muffin" pacifier!

Thanks guys for letting me take pictures of Henry.  He is so sweet!
-Kristin

Yesterday marks a important day in the Eldridge household…the first day of school for both my boys.  One begins kindergarten, one begins first grade.  It was an exciting morning packing lunches and getting out brand new backpacks! 
Here’s the first grader…looking very serious about his first day.

Thinking about being on his own without mom all day!

Here’s my kindergartener…

Off they go…to face the world.

Baby sister, waving goodbye, as they drove away.

The new classrooms…

And this image just makes me smile!

-Kristin

For the last part of our bridal session I took Janelle to a large open field for some romance-inspired pictures.  From there we found a construction site and had fun with color and texture.   Not quite "romance-inspired" but lots of fun!

Here comes the bit of grunge…a little different, but I love it!

Now these ones were tough to take…I was trying to focus Janelle behind the chain link fence.  It’s harder than you think! 

Lastly some close-ups….I couldn’t decide which I liked better, black & white or color.  What do you think?

-Kristin