Turning 8 and The Green Room | Virginia Photographer

So, my baby just turned 8 last week. EIGHT!! I am emotional as it is, but having my tiny little baby turn a year older and no longer even resemble a baby? Total mix of emotions. Pride, amazement, wonder and dread all rolled into one ball of tears.  Her Birthday was on a week day, so we made some Birthday Cake Pancakes to start the day off right. I think its safe to say she liked them.

I snagged her for about 3 minutes of freezing cold around the corner before the bus came to whisk her off to school.  She suffers from PCS (Photographers Child Syndrome), so her time in front of the camera is always interesting.  I'll start off with her true colors...

People in our neighborhood have dogs. Lots of Dogs. And not all of them carry poo bags when they walk them. We call this poo avoidance or  an "interpretive dance" if you will: Dear People, Please Pick Up Your Dog's Poop. 

I did manage to get some of her pretty face. Even though it was windy :)

8!

Isn't she gorgeous? I think so :)  

One of the lovely perks of "growing up" is changing your FAVORITE color. Her room was a ton of colors but super heavy on the pink. Who doesn't love pink? Well, now her favorite color is GREEN. The thing she wanted the most for her Birthday was to redecorate her room, with green being the focus. Here are a couple before photos from the iPhone. 

Kinda looks like Pink threw up. In a good way. 

Her boring Headboard before: ME

After lots of searching for elements, I finally got everything around to redecorate. Starting with the Headboard. I love it. I want it.

Headboard AFTER me. I really love the rose buttons :)

Theres still pink. But way less.

Her little art corner, with reupholstered chair :)

I didn't want to have to get rid of these, so we kept the pink and yellow accents

She LOVES her new GREEN ROOM!!! So do I. Makes me want to redecorate the other rooms of the house. :)

Not only did she get a green room, but she got a green Party too. Those photos later :) 

Kaelynn Ella

So. So. So. Cute. Such a tiny little thing and already so squirmy!! Kaelynn is One Week old and today my daughter and I had the pleasure of meeting the little sweetheart (she thinks we need one of our own, I kindof agree). After the shoot I really just wanted to hang out on her sofa and hold her until it was time for Mom to feed her again, but I figured that would be overstaying my welcome. :) Plus I couldnt wait to get home and post process!!
Look at this beautiful face!


So little

I love this yawn! :)

Tiny Toes!

Thank you Jolynn and Josh for allowing me to capture this little princess before you move! You have such an adventure ahead of you! Soak up every wonderful moment!!

Baby Kaelynn is coming soon!!

Today, I had the pleasure of finally meeting and hanging out with Jolynn. You see, we have been friends on Facebook for a while now (like, probably going on a year), and although we live about 3 mins from eachother we have never really met in person. There was that one time we passed eachother at the Doctors office, but that doesn't count. Anyway, she was awesome enough to chose me to take her Maternity photos and I hope she loves them. This is a Sneak Peek... A long one. :) How cute is this :) So sweet.

Jolynn and Josh are in for the best gift of their lives.

I thought she might knock Josh out, but she was a good sport and he came out unscathed!!

And of Course we couldn't leave out Big Sister Roxy :) Such a good girl.

I love this. It feels a little "Secret Garden" to me :)

They were such good sports! Josh didn't even complain once about the Flip Flops we made him wear!

How beautiful is this Momma to be? :) She just looks so happy! Kaelynn is a lucky girl.

Especially with such loving parents!

I loved the color in this one!

And after Jolynn decided she liked me enough, and I was able to convince her she was insane for being self conscious, she let me take a couple bare belly shots! She looks amazing.

I hope you both enjoyed hanging out with me today, I know I had a great time! Hope you like these! I can't wait to meet your little princess! Maybe I'll even get to take her newborn photos? ;) Yay for Babies!!!