Patrick, and his adorable big sister Ellie, are two children out to steal my heart.  They are just too cute – one can only smile and nod at any request they have, or trouble they get into.  They are truly icing on the cake of an beautiful family.

The little guy was all smiles for his 6 month session – even with a final wardrobe change into “take your son to work day” formal wear, he never stopped being happy. Ellie showed some I-am-two-and-proud-of-it sass, but really, it’s hard to take her sass as anything but charming.

Brooks was a bit in a rush for the holiday season – he decided to make his appearance three weeks early to make sure that he didn’t miss out on any of the festivities. He was also so excited for his photoshoot that he figured he wouldn’t sleep or he’d miss something good. Thankfully he couldn’t resist the swaddle and sway of his mom’s arms and gave into to the warm snuggly goodness of a nap.

I just love this time of year as I look back at the blog and see all the fabulous bellies, new babies and families that I had the opportunity to photograph this past year. I adore what I do and feel so lucky that so many people decide that I am the photographer they want to hire to capture these precious moments in their lives.

So I leave you with this slideshow of all the portraits featured on the blog from 2009. I have a lot of exciting things planned for 2010 and can’t wait to share them with you!

Hunter turned 9 months and to keep in line with the portraits we took for his older brother Carter, we captured some ADORABLE portraits of him in his monkey Halloween costume.  We even prop’d it up a bit with a banana!

I met this little guy the day after I arrived home from my trip to the Midwest. He was SUCH a delight and SO adored by his mom and dad. A couple of my favorite from the session:

I am REALLY behind posting session “sneak peeks” and in fact, can’t really call any of these “sneak peeks” because the Moms & Dads (and all their friends and families) have already viewed their session images, but I still want to share these cuties!

Miss Lilah was born at the end of September and as you can see, Mom & Dad’s genes mixed nicely to greate a GORGEOUS baby girl.

I love having the opportunity to follow a baby as they grow from a tiny newborn into a rambling 1 year old. Miss Brooke came to me last year as a tiny little peanut of a girl…

Now, at 1 year she has the brightest blue eyes and biggest smile you could ever imagine! Talk about a girl that looks stunning in blue….

Another cutie to share with you – sweet Riley was so enjoyable to photograph. Such a sweetie!

Miss Matisse is such an adorable bundle of squishy newborn-ness I almost didn’t want to let her go home! I ADORE her name (I am a HUGE fan of Henri Matisse) and want to say a HUGE “Thank you!” to her parents for letting me capture her first portraits!

Miss Logan’s 8 month session was SOOOO much fun – she brought along her posse – her mom and her mom’s two best friends!  We had a great time with a gorgeous tutu and my favorite CCDs (child containment device)!

Here are a few sneaks from her portrait session: