I don’t know what it is, but I love a shot of baby yawning! (Even though I inevitable yawn after looking at it .. wait for it .. yup. Yawn.)

Love the photo of K in this throw-his-head-back laughter shot. The next photo of B shows what she thinks about the situation.

Giving mom some kisses

I also wanted to apologize for the lack of recent blog posts. I do have lots and lots to share and can’t wait to do so!  More to come, enjoy the summer!

We started out our portrait photography session with a mini tea party. The tea party was complete with stuffed animal kitty cat guest, adorable floral tea party set, and of course … cupcakes topped with gum like cherries!  The cupcakes were baked by the Sugar Plum Bakery in Kingston, Massachusetts and were pretty scrumptious.  Check out the bakery if you’re in the neighborhood.  Here is Cassidy, outside in the winter snow having a divine tea party in her absolutely stunning pink fluffy coat, hat and bunny snow shoes:

:: Pouring her tea to accompany her cupcakes ::

Why do I love child portrait photography? See below:

:: Having fun posing in the snow ::

Wardrobe change!  After our birthday tea party, Cassidy adorned a tutu and custom made tee shirt by local artist Fairtytale Tutu’s.  Absolutely check our their stuff if you’re in the market for a fabulous tutu, among other adorable items. Here is Cassidy holding a thought bubble of her name that she wrote in chalk.  What a smarty-pants. A beautiful smarty-pants!  That is a force to be reckoned with.

:: Some LOVE for Mom ::

Cassidy is the proud older sister to a baby recently featured Crabapple Portrait Session. Check out Christopher’s one year old birthday cake smash party for pictures!

(L) Al takes a well deserved rest (R) Gleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Peek a boo!

The three kids ranged from the oldest son age 6, middle daughter age 3 and youngest daughter age 8 months.  The kids were absolutely charming and a blast to chase after.  A special shout out to my “assistant” for the photo session: Mom! Always nice to have another person there to help corral the troops.

:: Fun dancing and throwing leaves. Ahhhh, to be three! ::

:: The oldest of the bunch ::

:: Sisters ::

:: The whole family! ::

I headed up to Kennebunk for this family photo session.  There were three adorable + rambunctious kids, cute hats, tutu’s, piles of leaves, pumpkins, matching dresses, gorgeous fall foliage … so many amazing photo opportunities!  These three kids were no strangers to my lens. I had been up in Kennebunk for the youngest’s newborn photos about year before.

So let’s see if I can give you a taste of each of the things I listed above, in that order! Starting with “three adorable + rambunctious kids” (and their mama):

Next, “cute hats” on adorable children (I added the last part, it’s fitting!):

Thank God for little girl babies in tutu’s.  Her solo shots away from her siblings, this was little Cate’s time to shine in her 1 year old portraits!  She had a blast exploring the tutu and stumbling around … most of the time with the cutest, infectious smile plastered across her face.

PILES OF LEAVES! Well, one very special pile of leaves collected from neighbors and friends yards for this very purpose:

Their mom had me create a storyboard of the “jumping in leaves” series and I thought you might like to check it out. If you’re interested in a creative way to display your photos from our session, I would highly suggest going this route. Here is a blog post with some information on storyboards.

Let’s see, what’s next? Oh yes, pumpkins!  And they appear to be HIGH-LARIOUS!

You’ve seen the matching dresses and gorgeous fall foliage already, so I thought I’d share a set of sisterly love photos with you instead.  This is a shot of the two sisters about a year before for Cate’s newborn photos:

And here is this year’s shot:

Acorn Street in Beacon Hill is considered one of the most picturesque and frequently photographed street in the US. It’s easy to understand when you see it- it was built in the 1820′s and made of cobblestone. Absolutely gorgeous.

The last shot of the day and the shot I will leave you with: Peek-a-boo I see you!

Meet said adorable girls and let me know what you think! I had a blast following these two girls around. Super smiley and happy girls.

:: The older sister swinging in tree swing and hanging at the beach ::

:: The younger sister IN the tree and swinging from the tree! ::

:: Sisterly LOVE ::

:: Some Mommy Love and a stroll on the beach ::

:: This little one was under the weather, but still managed to be adorable for his baby photos! ::

:: Plenty of running + jumping to be had at Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary ::

:: Look at those eyes! ::

This little one is the main reason for the shoot. He is the newest addition and simply adorable. In the photo above is his cousin, and the photo below is his big brother.

We met in the morning, but that did not seem to matter to the weather one iota.  The sun was beating and the heat was sweltering!  Little did I know that was really a foreshadowing of the entire summer to come   We had some fun running, jumping, { smiling } and generally enjoying the beach on a gorgeous hot summer day ….. the photos:

:: Mom LOVE ::

I hung out with Olivia for quite awhile while she showed me her favorite toys — which happened to be one of those blue sticky slap hands, for your information.  She was fun, full of energy and bounding with excitement! She spent some time on the swings outside with Mom + Dad and some quality time of course, with baby Perry.

:: Sibling Photography (LOVE) ::

:: Newborn Photo Bliss ::

:: Proud Papa + Newborn ::

:: The family portrait ::

Above is the beautiful little Ms Al. More from her session coming up this week!