Travis Dew Photography

How cheesy to say it…..but I can’t believe in a few days it will be a whole year since you entered this world.  This time last year…what an incredible morning for me…and, of course, for your sweet Mama and Daddy.  Fast forward a year later and I so enjoyed getting to see you celebrate your big ONE year mark today.  Happy Birthday sweet boy.

I love the matching squinched up noses below…

Present time…..

Cake time!!

Love it….you got ALL in it….just like you’re supposed to!

…and in about 3 minutes…..that cute little cake….looked like this.  Perfect.

Your friend….and my buddy….”L” teaching you Spider Man moves….

Happy Birthday sweet little guy.  Hope you’re deep asleep in a big ole sugar nap.

These are some of my favorite people…..and I get to see them almost everyday…..our sweet, cute neighbors.  How fun and excited is Christmas morning on our street?….It’s pretty awesome.  Merry Merry.

 

 

I saw Mama last week and I’m sure glad I ran into her.  We set up our little play date and look who I got to meet today! Seriously?  So stinkin’ cute.  “R” is as handsome as ever and “K” is…on fire!!  Both have eyes that “smile” at you…..just because.  

Lil’ sister coming after you!

…Let’s discuss how cool Mama is…..throwing a football, in her boots, wearing a tutu and sporting a big-o-daisy in her hair.  That’s my kind of fun right there.

I think I found Mama’s inspiration on her outfit……

It’s that time of year…..Would this help?

Gift Certificates….Any Amount…Wrapped and Ready-to-Go.

email or call….it’s as easy as that.

I shot this family a while ago at their family reunion….and they’ve had some changes since I last saw them!  Sweet baby “P” has joined them and this is going to be her very first Christmas.  Her big furry brother “F” seemed happy she’s around….and I think her parents are over the moon.

“P”….it was nice meeting you this morning.  I’m sorry modeling is such a tiring job….but it sure was worth it.

As I’ve said before….I love getting to follow families from year-to-year.  This is my third time seeing these guys and I get so tickled with the different personalities.  Inevitably, the rough-housing starts with boys and I LOVE it.  Thanks for calling me again, Mom.  I always enjoy my time with “M”, “I” and “S”.

 

 

Check out what happens when the efforts to get an entire family in a tree….go a little goofy.  Is “S” taking a bite out of “M”‘s shoe?

We got serious for a little bit…..

This little guy doesn’t walk to get around….he does a hand stand…..or a walk-over….or somersault….he’s like an agile little monkey.

….because we thought it would be fun to build a family pyramid….yes, there are 5 people in there…love it.

Merry Merry!!

I met this sweet family a few different ways……I shot their children (that always sounds so terrible) for their preschool pictures….I have shot their brother and sister-in-law’s family a few times…..and they were up in North Carolina with us at Kanuga.  We had ourselves a good time this morning….the boys were in GREAT moods and we played juusst long enough until little “B”‘s eyes told us we were done.

Big brother “C”…..was full of sweet, overzealous affection… ~wink wink~  Being the mother of rough-housing boys….I think I’ve seen some of those maneuvers before!  Look through this little slideshow….you’ll see an apology in there.

Thanks for having me over…..I enjoyed my morning!

 

 

 

Wow – How often do you see the words “teen” and “delight” together?  I spent the afternoon with two of the most polite, humble and sweet teenagers.  There was hardly a glimpse of self-absorption that is so often hand-in-hand with teens as we know them….

I know it’s hard and I do feel like I torture this age group….but they couldn’t have been more gracious while hanging out with me…..and hopefully you’ll think it was worth it.

A big THANK YOU to Martha at BLUSH and the Magic Cheese Truck for passing my name along.

This is my third Christmas time with this sweet family.  The first one….Mama was preggars and it was an “any day” sit-chee-ation.  Miss “C” was running around excited to go see Santa!  Last year’s was fun because little Miss “A” was almost a year old and able to participate.  This year…..something really cool was on the horizon causing all sorts of excitement…..these fun people are headed to Disney soon and the girls have Cinderella on the brain!

Thanks so much for calling me again……I love getting to see you and it’s fun to watch the girls’ personalities pop out year-to-year.

It’s been a little while since I’ve hung out with these little Crazy Daisies.  They are full of laughter, energy and just plain FUN.  For these sisters…2 years apart…they really do seem to like being with each other …. “A” enjoys trying to give “W” and hug and a squeeze more often than she would like….but it eventually brings out laughter and they get to rolling around trying to recover.  Love it.

Mama, we’ll get to working on a fancy picture later……for now….all holiday fun and games.