HAPPY NEW YEAR!! and what’s a better way to ring in the new year than a newborn baby.  Meet Isabell, she is Maddy’s new younger sister.  You can tell Maddy is going to be a great big sister and these 2 girls are going to team up against their parents.  Here are some pictures from the session where Isabell was wide awake and alert the whole time.

We had a quick holiday session for Nicolette so that her parents could send out some Christmas cards.  Although she was a little uncooperative, I managed to get a few useable pictures of her adorable smile and look.

Jacob and Kaiden are now 4 years old and growing fast before our eyes.  Lucky for me, the portrait session every year gets easier and easier as they begin to cooperate more and more.  This year the key was letting them play with my spare camera with the 35mm on it and as long as they could take pictures too, they smiled for me.  After looking through the pictures they both took, they definitely have the natural ability to take use the camera even though most of the pictures were blurry.  Here are some pictures from year 4.

The pics the boys took of each other.

Melody has already turned 1 when it feels like last week I had seen her for her newborn session.  We celebrated her birthday at Bazin’s on Church in Vienna, Virginia.  It was an afternoon of delicious food and lots of sweet treats for all the guests.  Melody enjoyed her first tasting of sugar in her birthday cake and had fun with her little friends.  Happy Birthday sweet girl!

It’s always flattering when previous clients return to you for more photos.  Baby Lucy from a year ago is now talking and walking around like a little person it was fun chasing her around the park.  Here are a couple of photos from the weekend’s session.

Jeremiah celebrated his 1st birthday with a restaurant full of people who adore him very much.  The party took place at Han Gang Restaurant in Annandale, Virginia where the atmosphere, service, and food are exceptional.  Jeremiah’s mom did an awesome job with the decorations and little details all around the restaurant.  During the doljabi, Jeremiah chose the golf ball which made the crowd and his family very happy considering the majority of them chose that he would pick it. Happy 1st Birthday Jeremiah!!

DohSahn’s 1st birthday party was another fabulous celebration with family and friends.  He had family come in from the west coast to celebrate this joyous occasion.  His aunt made his birthday cupcakes that were super delicious, his dad grilled the galbi(korean bbq meat) on the back deck, and his mom made sure everything ran smoothly.  DohSahn was all smiles most of the party and then by the end he even grabbed the swifter to start cleaning up.  Happy 1st birthday DohSahn!

Children grow up so fast right before your eyes.  I couldn’t believe Alex’s mom was contacting me for Alex’s 2nd year portraits.  Initially we thought having a session in mid October was a safe bet with the weather but who would have ever thought that it would be 83 degrees and humid like a July summer day.  We all sweated through our clothes but we made it through the session alive even with Alex repeatedly saying “NO” over and over.  Here are a few of the images from the lovely day.

Michael doesn’t walk yet but I can only imagine what kinds of trouble he’s going to cause when he starts.  For someone who can’t walk, he gets from place to place in a jiffy so it was hard to get any still pictures of him but how can you be mad at a kid who is so full of life.  I know his parents are dreading the day he starts walking and running because he will be going all over the place.