Last fall, when I first made the announcement that I would be resuming my photography business, I got a message from Mary…

“I’m so happy and excited for you getting back into photography! Please keep me posted on how everything works. Would love for you to do another newborn session for us in March :)”

and my response…

“OH. MY. GOSH!!!! So excited for y’all!”

I can’t even explain how affirming it is to me as a newborn photographer when amazing clients come back to me when they have another baby. Corrine was such a joy to photograph during her first year and some of my all time favorite photos came from her first year baby package sessions. I have no doubt that I will feel the same way after Rhett’s first year too.

Another reason I love working with this family is their HOUSE! Mary has such great taste when it comes to putting together nurseries. I know I gushed over every detail of Corrine’s nursery when I first saw it.  I was anxious to see Rhett’s nursery since they weren’t finding out the gender ahead of time. Let me just tell you, it is PERFECT. I love all the tones that were used and the sweet animal prints above the crib! I want them for my own house! This sweet gender neutral nursery just screams to be in a magazine somewhere. It’s just so cozy and warm.

During this session, it was also important that we took time to take some photos of just Corrine. Lifestyle newborn sessions are a great time to also get updated photos of the big kids too! I just love the playful photos that we were able to get. Corrine’s bedroom gets a ton of natural light which makes for some beautiful and timeless images. If you love the idea of a lifestyle newborn photography session, please make sure that your photographer is going to plan on getting other special family photos too.

To see all of the images from this lifestyle newborn photography session, just click on this link : Rhett | newborn

To see a beautiful newborn baby girl session, just click here: Sadie James | lifestyle newborn session

And here is Corrine’s newborn session : Corrine | newborn photography session

It is so crazy to me that this family was one of my first families to photograph – and to get paid for it! Lucy was just 3 months old at our first session. We did that sweet little session here at the same house that this session was shot. It means so much to me that they’ve stuck with me all these years.

One of the great things about this session is that we were able to do two family sessions back to back and get a few cousin photos with the overlap. The dads from the two sessions are brothers and they both wanted sessions at the same spot! I love the classic feel that this session has and I love the meaningful location they chose.

You can see all the images from this session by clicking here!

And their baby cousin’s session here!

Catherine – you were an angel for our session! I’m so so glad that we got to meet!

You can see the rest of the images from Catherine’s session by clicking here!

i feel like i was meant to photograph this sweet family! a year ago, when hartley was just a few days old, rebecca contacted me and wanted to do a newborn session.  i was pretty booked at the time, but my gut told me to find a way to make it work and i was able to fit them in that week.  after rebecca saw the newborn images that we created, she decided that i was their girl and that we needed to do 6 and 12 month sessions too.  they have been some of the best clients and i truly truly enjoy working with them.  it is so unbelievably rewarding when a client values your work and shows you that appreciation.  after the 6 month session, rebecca sent me the sweetest thank you card with a gift and it just lifted me up more than she will ever know.  great clients make this job an absolute joy and i hope that they will call on me for the next big milestone in their lives.

when rebecca told me that she thought we should do the session at her parent’s home, i suggested that she see if the grandparents wanted to be a part of the session.  she loved that idea! and we couldn’t leave out the craig’s parents! i’m so glad that everyone was able to come out for that early morning session.  i hope that they treasure these images with their grandbaby.

rebecca made hartley’s little rag skirt to match the banner she made for the cake smash and her birthday party.  so creative!

the cake smash didn’t last too long….she was NOT a fan of the absolutely adorable cake that rebecca made!

LINKS:

hartley’s newborn session

hartley’s 6 month session

harley’s 12 month session (full gallery)

i can’t express how much i loved shooting this session….i really wanted to do a fun “just let the kids be kids” session so i contacted my cousin-in-law and asked if her boys had some capes and masks …. her response “i will get some!” …. love

we decided that we wouldn’t force landry into dressing up as a superhero if she didn’t want to, so instead …. tea party time!

first …. the superheroes!!
for this portion of the session, we went to downtown clarksville, tn and just focused on the older brick buildings as our “backdrop”

we just had to get a photo of the superheroes with their mom!

for this next portion of the session, we made our way to the brand spanking new liberty park in clarksville, tn

i just love landry’s tea party setup

and look who joined in on the tea party…. some superheroes!

then the superheroes decided to chase each other 🙂 love these sweet boys
i just wonder what colton was looking at right here?

they were showing me their HUGE muscles here

they have such great smiles!

such a beautiful family

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