Maternity +Family Session - DC/ VA Newborn/ Child/ Family Photographer

Meet this beautiful family!   This was definitely a fun shoot so I had a hard time trying not to overload this post with pictures.  I would post process every single one if I could, but I need to go back to being a mom and wife now.

 

Family Mini Session - DC/ NoVa Newborn/ Child/ Family Photographer

Family Portraits - DC/ NoVA - Newborn/ Child/ Family Photographer

So now that I have more than enough photos of my kiddos for Christmas, it was time to do the family shots. I really wish all DSLRs came with a remote!!  Family photos in our house stretches across a few weekends b/c my kids and, more importantly, my husband, do not have the patience level needed to do a full hour shoot. LOL  Can you guess which one is going on the Christmas card?  ;)

Christmas Portraits - DC/ NoVa Newborn/ Child/ Family Photographer

Christmas Portraits...check! Now comes the hard part - selecting 1 for the Christmas cards, getting them printed and mailed out!!

1 Year - DC/ Nova - Newborn/ Child/ Family Photographer

Siblings...Hunter + River

River is 1 and Hunter will be 3 in two months. They are at the age now where they are starting little fights here and there and taking each other's toys away. If I leave them alone for too long, I will find River crying with a bucket over her head while Hunter is holding it down so that she can't take it off. But River is no saint either. She knows how to work it now where she tries to get her brother in trouble by screaming really loud and doing one of her fake cries. Very cute! It makes me smile.    

Round 2 - River's 1st Birthday - DC/ NoVa - Newborn/ Child/ Family Photographer

Ok, I know you've probably had enough of all this River's Birthday Party talk, but we just finished up her Second 1st Birthday party today and I am none the more relieved!!!! You can't imagine how I feel, when I say, I'm glad it's over! It was a blast!! We are so blessed to have make such wonderful friendships wherever we go. This time around, I did not have time to be the Photographer. So I eagerly await for my friend's husband to send me the photos he took. But I did have a few minutes to take photos of my creation...of course.

River is ONE!! 1st Birthday - DC/ NOVA - Newborn/ Child/ Family Photographer

Finally, the day has arrived...no more mashing baby food, no more mixing baby formula, no more stressing about food allergies (well, sorta), and hopefully, no more being trapped in the house because of River's two naps a day...well, that will be in the near future.  So, she is on whole milk now and though she is not a fan of it, she drinks it only out of Hunter's cup.  That part cracks me up!  I think it all boils down to River wanting whatever Hunter has.  She has gotten really good at waving hi/ bye, and she says "umma" (mom) quite frequently.  She refuses to eat anything but what is on my plate so before she even turned one, she was already eating salmon, tilapia, steak, pasta, and whatever gourmet dishes I cook up every night.  haha  (jk, I don't cook gourmet meals)  She STILL only has two bottom teeth, which makes me wonder, "How the heck is she chewing all this food?"  That is why God is a Master Creator.  Because even though things sometimes seem impossible, He made it all possible.  And though there are times I worry about her development and wonder why she still has no teeth or hair, I know our Father and Creator knows exactly the amount of hair on River's head and will raise her up to a Beloved Child of God with body parts and all.  

So finally, here is my little princess.  She still can not stand on her own, though she's done it for a few seconds here and there, so I propped her up on a box.  She is a moving target so it worked out well.  She was too afraid to move.  haha  

CAKE SMASH!!  ok so I didn't have an extra cake so we had to use a cupcake.  Her birthday cake was made of fondant so I don't think there would've been much smashing with that one.

Here are photos from her party, which yours truly styled all on my own and spent countless months handmaking all these decorations.  And I wish I could say I'm glad it's all over, but I have a second party planned for her in a week.  I guess I'll be getting good use out of my decorations.

Ok so everyone wants family photos...but instead of posting the usual boring ones, I thought I would post the bloopers.  The shots that no one ever sees because it's not worth paying for.

Ok so I was so busy being mom, party planner, and photographer that I forgot to sing Happy Birthday to River before they cut the cake!!!  I was not happy.  So we lit up a cupcake instead.

The two miracles that God has gifted us with.