The last time you saw Dexter he was in the womb. If you missed that post, you can jump over here to catch up. PARSONS MATERNITY

Well he is now out in the world with the rest of us and we are happy he is here! Kim might be the most happy as she was really running out of space should he have decided to stay and grow for a few more weeks. :)

I think it’s official that I love black and white photos. It’s a tough balance for me because I also embrace color so much. I wanted to do this whole post in black and white but just couldn’t handle it. I’m still taking baby steps. :) Thus, I figure half and half is appropriate. It’s so interesting how different the vibe is from color to black and white.

haha oh this one is one of my favorites. I would love to know what he is thinking. However, he was under a week old at the time so really, what could he possibly be conspiring. Perhaps he had to poop. 

…and after a long dang of being handsome, Dexter made sure everyone knew he had enough! haha. I absolutely love his cry face. It’s sad that he is upset of course, but c’mon, it’s still adorable. Smiley memories are not the only precious ones. :)

Renn was laying on the most soft, heavenly rug so this cannot be a face of discomfort..but rather…absolute terror! Of what, I do not know but it feels like a hilariously priceless image to me. :)

Captions are welcome.

Oh, and just to be clear, I didn’t do anything to scare him. :) So don’t worry, I don’t come into your home to take newborn photos to scare the poo out of your baby.

Family newborn sessions are so much fun to do. There is a lot of controversy going around in the photography world about putting newborns in glass vases and other potentially unsafe and weird poses and places. As a creative person, I find my lack of creativity in family newborn sessions to be what I love about doing them the most oddly enough. I think there is a time and place for super creativity. A fragile newborn baby with insanely happy parents just doesn’t need it. There is enough cuteness, happiness and love to create wonderful images. My family newborn sessions are simple, relaxed and showing life just as it is. No shoving the baby in places and poses that make them angry or could hurt them. Just simple happiness is sometimes all you need.

To recap, here are all the awesome images of Hope and Evan —> WEDDING IMAGES —> MATERNITY IMAGES

Slouchy hats together! So so cute.
Possibly my favorite…It was a LONG shoot for everyone. Sleepy time. :) 

OH! And I can’t finish this off without showing off her cute little nursery. They actually just bought a house so the nursery is pretty simple, but gosh darnit, I really enjoy simple these days. That rug was AMAZINGLY soft and I adore the stick with the clothes. So so cute.

More blog posts to come – I’m so on top of everything right now it feels a bit unreal. I don’t sleep much and never leave my desk, but my goodness things are finally getting done!

As much as I’m working like a crazy woman to get everything done in time for Christmas, I am starting to realize how weird it’s going to be then. I might actually miss all of this so as hard as I’m trying to get it all done, I’m still trying to drink in all the fun work I’ve done. They are SUCH a happy little family and I just loved working with them.

Ok this picture just kills me. His little hands hanging on to hers is just the cutest thing. Warm fuzzies all around.
I feel like this just screams “Hey, look at my cool pants!” hahaSo super windy cold weather might be worth it for such cool looking storm clouds? But then again, I wasn’t wearing a summer dress. haha
Someday, he is going to look at these photos and be so embarrassed about them smushing his face with love. :) Standing like this didn’t last very long, but gosh darnit, the little guy tried! Does he like this? Hate this? I’m not completely sure.
Favorite!!! They brought along lots of cool things! These lanterns were amazing. Kristen has a really cool style so I was really excited for the end of the shoot with the twinkle lights. If we would have had more time, warmer weather and about triple the lights this could have been even more awesome but I’m still happy with how it turned out. You really can’t go wrong with twinkle lights in my opinion.
Oh…my word. Isn’t he just the cutest?! I love his little almost mohawk and those huge blue eyes! 

If anyone knows about rushing and having a hectic life I think it’s me. I’ve moved every year for the past 5 years and it’s EXHAUSTING. Words can’t really describe how horrible moving can be. On my last move I simply couldn’t do it anymore and just broke down from the stress.

Well this new little family moved right before Roman was born. He was also a really big baby so God bless her for going through all that. I cannot imagine being 9 months pregnant and moving. It truly is a testament to what women can do. They were able to get an adorable house in portage and everything lined up quickly so they had to make it happen. Now that it’s all said and done, I’m sure it’s great to have a nice big home for Roman to grow up in.

Since they just moved, I used some of the empty rooms and just lots of light which I am really happy with. Roman was such a trooper and so cute. For being under a week old I am amazed at how alert he was and how many expressions he had. Perhaps big babies are smarter? (I was nearly 10 pounds myself, hahaa)

I had a great time getting to know this family and am so happy to be able to give them great photos of Roman while he at least this tiny :) We only had ONE projectile vomit at the end of the shoot even. I would call that success. :)

Look at all that hair! She said they could see it in the ultra sound I guess. Thats nuts!Favorite!! Those toes! I love them! Is he really giving me blue steel? Sure looks like it to me!

Just in case you don’t remember, Hope and Evan are awesome. See their wedding photos here.

When they booked with us, we included an engagement session but didn’t have time to do it before they got married and they were fine with that since everything was pretty short notice. We had planned to just do it sometime after the wedding. Evan works on movie sets doing video work, I’m not sure of his title exactly but that job takes him all over the place so with all the traveling plus our traveling, scheduling a time to make that session happen just never worked out. We had it planned once then the weather was bad.

So when I emailed hope again this year asking about planning a date she informed me she was pregnant! Thus, we decided to plan WAY ahead and make the session a maternity one. Since they were so patient I went all out on this one.

I’m so incredibly excited for their little boy to get here. I’ll be doing their family newborn session so you all will get to see him soon as well. :)

Just being around them makes me feel good. Being in the presence of people who love each other so much and are just such a perfect fit is just the best. Some people just have contagious personalities and Hope is one of those. I highly doubt there are people out there who don’t like her. Evan is super laid back and just a wonderful compliment to her more loud personality. :)

This is a BIG blog post. I tried for it not to be so much but I couldn’t. I realize I say that every time but it is what it is. I should just learn to accept that it will keep happening.

I hope you all love the photos as much as I do! She has the cutest pregnant belly and I’m sure the rest of us are super jealous, but lets just all try and live through her. I think that sounds like a good idea.

Whoa! FAVORITE!!!!Also another big favorite. You just can’t pose moments like this. They are so wonderfully natural together. I should have made this little series by the crates smaller images put together or something but I loved them all on their own so much. Please don’t get bored with them, embrace them ALL!!! I LOVE sessions that are full of laughing. There were some points where I had a hard time shooting because I was also laughing so hard. Ok seriously? I adore this. Those little baby faux tom’s are just the cutest! Of course I had to do one of these :)
Hope has such an awesome style which is another reason I enjoy shooting her so much. When she showed me this cape thing, I about died. I really love this for belly shots. It’s different…mysterious. Is it weird I’m ending on my favorite image of the shoot? Perhaps. I consider it a treat for those of you who made it to the end. :) I practically want to get this printed huge for my own house.

I just had the most spectacular time with you guys again and I’m feeling so restless for Renn to get here! I’m sure he will be just painfully adorable. I hope to be taking family photos for you guys for many years to come. :)

We finally found a time and decided to include Dave in this first mini session since they just told everyone they were pregnant and it’s exciting and whatnot. :) From here on out, it will just be Lacey until she is about 8 months then we will do a big shoot and I’ll have Ryan shoot that one with me.

I’m working out all the details of my new portrait business so for now I’ll just post these here. I’m far too impatient to wait till my new blog is up. :)

She is 15 weeks now. It’s just unreal to me how much things will change in the next month let alone 6 months from now. Growing babies is just fascinating!

This is my favorite of the evening! We can have lots and lots of smiley photos but if we are just being honest with ourselves, this is who dave really is. haha. Lacey on the other hand, is just really smiley :)…or this might be my favorite too. I just love shooting wide with cool trees. It’s the best!

Hope you guys like the photos! Since I’m just no where near ready for children, I am really enjoying everyone else around me having them. :) Now Nicole, the goddess of motherhood, once Lacey has hers I expect you to be preggo again so we can keep this cycle of fun photos :)

I find it hilarious that unborn babies current size always equals to fruit and vegetables. Based on my very reliable source, Lacey’s baby is an orange. Oranges are awesome so I assume this is a magical time.

Yesterday, Dave sent me a text about putting together a video for facebook to tell everyone. They needed to have it by early today so it was crazy last minute. I came up with the idea of milestones and we decided to do it from their cat’s (gizzy) perspective of their way of telling him he is going to be a big brother! hahaha. We shot it at night so it’s only the house lights which is why it’s a bit dark, but what can you do.

I typically don’t just throw things together, but it was a matter of doing the best with the time I had or have nothing so I guess it is what it is. :) I figure it’s better than just a status update on facebook. My big winter project is to learn more about video and editing and such. I’m sure this time next year I’ll look back and have a great laugh at this, but it’s memories regardless.

Anyways, enjoy!