First day of school - {Albuquerque children photography}

First day of school. (Okay, it was Tuesday, not today.) Not my favorite day. My chest gets tight when I think about it. Fortunately for me, the kids both got the teachers we were hoping for, and they have good friends in their classes, so they are pretty excited for it.

Too many backpacks!  People need to pick and then clean out the rest!


Everyone was up kind of early - a bit of nervousness maybe?  Happy, just early.


My kids are great readers - when he has extra time you can often find him like this:


Big enough to get ready WITHOUT my help - please Mom!




Good morning, sunshine!  (She doesn't start school for a few more weeks...)






Ready for the day!


Cereal - the breakfast of champions!  We don't eat anything else (for breakfast...)




You just can't trust the school lunch menu those first few days... we have to pack lunches.


STILL not time to go???


Finally.




Greeted like this on the playground - I'm feeling a little better already...


Still looking a little nervous :)... but glad to be with friends.


Soaring like an airplane all the way home!  You know that video on Sesame Street: "I'm a little airplane now..." - it's on youtube.  (So glad she's home with me still.)

Family portraits in the (hot) bosque - {Albuquerque family photography}

This amazing family is living in... China! They were here visiting home for a few weeks and we managed to schedule a family session - this was actually their last day in the country before going back. (What an honor! :) )We went to the bosque (this was the day after it had rained again, and the bosque had just been reopened to the public) and braved the heat.  We saw (and counted) bugs, lizards (very hard to catch), and a stork flying overhead. 





Their kids have grown so much since I last saw them!  They were a lot of fun.






As you can tell!







Best wishes to them in China - I hope everything is going well there!

Baby IN the cake - {Albuquerque baby photography}

I love one year old portraits.  This little guy came, with his family, to my house for his portraits, and we had so much fun!  He was happy to do anything - play on the slide...







Splash in the fountain...






And the most fun of all was eating cake!  This has got to be my favorite cake-pictures cake ever!  He liked the frosting dots.


Some babies don't like to have sticky frosting on them - but he didn't mind at all!  My kids are still laughing about the baby sitting in his big cake - what a really fun way to eat.






Sometimes cake pictures end in meltdown, but he was happy till the end.  Then he politely signed that he was done - I was impressed. :)  And I love his pictures.  Thanks to his great family!


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Three boys & a baby girl - {Albuquerque family photography}

I absolutely loved meeting this family. They have a new baby and three gorgeous boys. Their grandma wanted them to have a chance to get newborn portraits and something fun for their whole family as they are making some changes in their lives. I thought the boys' blue eyes and grins were perfect.  And they were so sweet with each other!  We did boy pictures first while their baby sister got ready.






Their oldest didn't want to smile with his teeth.  So there are a bunch of funny pictures where he's trying to avoid smiling with his lips open, and finally at the end I caught him with something funny.  (I wish I could remember what!)




I love this picture of them all together!  How sweet is this?  I'm sure it's just like this every day, right? :)





Their baby girl was a little old for newborn pictures.  I gave all my warnings about babies not usually sleeping well for pictures after they are two weeks old, and then she slept through at least an hour of pictures. :)  What an amazing baby!  Her mom had a big bunch of darling pink & fluffy stuff - great props for a beautiful overcast day of outdoor baby photography!


I love my grungy fence, but it's trying to actually fall apart... we may have to fix it (but not paint it!)


This may be my favorite picture from the whole morning!



I loved getting to meet you all - thanks so much for coming!

Fall Minisessions - {Albuquerque family photography}

I am often asked about fall minisessions. This isn't quite fall, but I'm participating in two sets of school fundraisers to support some great local schools. I have minisessions planned for both August 26th-27th, and September 9th-10th. Please see the flyers below (click on them for a larger view).

If you'd like more information, please contact me. If you'd like to book a timeslot, just contact the school's representative as shown on the flyer (so I'm not double-booking). And let me know so I can look forward to seeing you!

August 26th - 27th (click on the image to see it larger):


September 9th-10th (click on the image to see it larger):

Two year old fun - {Albuquerque children photography}

This beautiful little girl just turned two years old (or at least she had... this blog post somehow got lost in the shuffle & is a bit old now). And, like many two year olds, she was not too excited about pictures. "I no want to" was a phrase we heard at least once. :) But fortunately her family had lots of patience, I'd brought a bunch of props, and we had plenty of time.  I followed her around the park and we ended up with all kinds of pictures that I really like.


The tea set was a little interesting for her.  Especially with some marbles to hide in the pots and cups.




She was an awesome dancer to "All the Single Ladies" on her mom's ipod.  She thought it was "All the Single Babies" which I thought was hilarious.








She was not very interested in "Princess Horse" but did ride her a little bit.


And I was so happy that she did really like my umbrella!  Her umbrella pictures are some of my favorites. 



If you're interested in more information about a photography session, my website has lots of info about how I do sessions. Or you can call or email me if you have questions or would just like to chat about it.

I love doing sessions at parks like this one, but for lots of other session locations, see this blog page here.