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!!

Can't forget about the first child...

With the arrival of the new baby, I tend to forget to take time to photograph my son, Hunter.  

Here's a post just of you Hunter!

ok well, I lied...Just had to throw one in of River.

Hunter - 5 Months

Hunter just turned 5 months and WHAT a whirlwind the last 5 months have been. I finally feel like I can breathe again. Every day I waited in anticipation for Hunter to outgrow his fussiness, and that day finally came about 2 weeks ago. Praise the Lord!!! I can finally, honestly, say that I enjoy motherhood. He is just the most precious baby in the world, to us, and I just want to show him off. Finally got my camera back and so the impromptu photo shoots begin. I have to say though, he still is not a big fan of being photographed. He must take after his dad. Well, unfortunately for Hunter, he has no choice.

Merry Christmas...

...or maybe not so Merry when you're a 2 month old baby and your mom is forcing you to wear a hot, itchy wool hat.
If you were not one of the lucky ones to have received a Christmas card from me...(it was probably b/c I did not have your address)...so here it is!! Zoe, our funny looking yellow lab, was supposed to be in the picture, but she would not cooperate. I was trying to get creative and wanted a photo of just Hunter and Zoe, but Zoe was a snob about it and didn't want to be near Hunter. So then we went to plan B and just decided to do a family portrait style card. Well, Zoe got so excited that we actually let her on the bed for the first time, that she thought it was playtime and would not sit still!! Finally, we had to just kick her out. Poor dog! It's bad enough that Hunter would not sit still, I couldn't afford to have two things blurred out in the photo. :)

Originally Hunter was supposed to be wearing this hat.

But then, he decided he didn't like it, and Dave spent the next half hour trying to calm him down. So I thought, I'll just keep clicking away...

...no such luck...so I'm still clicking...

...so I thought, hmm, maybe Zoe would like to wear the hat. hahaha Who do you think wore it best?

The end of a long day of modeling. I just love this shot of her. She looks so sophisticated.

My Wonderful Hubs

This is my wonderful husband, the Navy Chaplain, getting ready to attend the Marine Corps Ball in Las Vegas. Doesn't he look smashing?

Nesting

So as I wait impatiently for the arrival of our baby boy, I've decided to distract myself by doing some DIY projects for the Nursery. One of which involved a dresser.

An $8 dresser bought on craigslist to be exact. Before:

After a new paint job and new handles. I think this was well worth the money.
Don't you think?

More photos of the nursery to come...when I'm done. Hopefully I won't go into labor before I'm done.

Our Baby

I'm at 35 weeks now and thought, hmmm, 'think it's about time to take those maternity photos I've been wanting to do.' Dave wouldn't let me hire someone else, so I decided to take matters into my own hands. Between me and Dave switching back and forth from behind the camera, I had so much fun with these, that I might just have to do some more. But don't tell Dave...hahaha. He won't be as excited as I am.

Lucky Me!

So I spent the last few weeks at home in NJ and was lucky enough to get a SECOND baby shower with friends and family. I have the best 2 sisters in the world who threw me the most awesome shower! It was so nice to see all my old friends and feel so loved. Sadly, I was not able to part take in the delectable goodies and sweets because of my gestational diabetes. They were so kind enough to make me my own personal dish of eggplant parmigiana. yum! Thanks to all those who came and for the many generous gifts!!! Dave and I are very grateful and blessed and Baby Kim will be the luckiest boy in the world to get such cool stuff! Thanks everyone!!!!!

I have to also add that the super cool hangtags and thank you cards were designed by my talented graphic designer sister, Gloria. And yes she does take orders! ;)

(oops! sorry, didn't have time to take photos of the guests. Well, I was the guest of honor so I couldn't be the photographer too!! c'mon now! hahaha)

Baby Shower

Dave and I had our first baby shower this past weekend, and we had such a blast! Although I don't know if I should be insulted that my own husband WAY overestimated the size of my belly during the "guess how big Susan is" game. hahaha

I had these silhouettes made up when we got married. So I thought it was only appropriate to make one up of our future son.
The below profile was traced from his 5 months ultrasound.

Feel free to go to my facebook page to see more photos from the shower!