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toddler cousin photos

admin — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:28:49 +0000

Having a toddler of our own is one thing. But the thought of having two at one time is slightly overwhelming. We photographed these toddler cousins, Lexus (left) and Josie (right) over the holidays and they were a bundle of energy! I felt like I needed a third arm — one to watch each of them and one to hold my camera. They were super-cute and lots of fun though!

Josie (left) and Lexus (right) love each other’s company so much and are like two peas in a pod.

The girls love chapstick!

Lexus has a new little brother, 2-week-old Michael. He’s growing on her.

Josie loves her mom so much — and the feeling is obviously mutual!

mccardell photography • • • family photographs

admin — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:47:58 +0000

While we were honored when our friends Renee & Jonathan of McCardell Photography asked us to photograph a family session of them with their son, Nathan, we were also nervous to photograph other photographers! Everyone works differently and the final product is always unique to that specific photographer’s style. The McCardell’s however, made it super-easy on us though because their family is so much fun! Nathan is such a happy little man and there’s no denying they love each other more than words!

Nathan loves his daddy!

This is such a fun age for photographs. They’re slightly mobile and want to explore everything, but can’t run away from you yet!

Biiiiig yawn! It’s hard being the center of attention!

Renee is such a beautiful mother.

Ha! Love Nathan’s “over it” expression!

Be sure to check out Renee & Jonathan’s McCardell Photography blog and website.

just us, by kellie kano

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:50:56 +0000

Being that Higs and/or I typically have a camera in hand chasing after Nolan, it’s not often that we ever have photos of the three of us together in one shot, except for self-takes. And while we love the self-takes, they can’t fully document the way we are as a family. So we turned to the super-talented Kellie Kano to document us at this point in our life.

We’ve loved Kellie’s work for years and knew that we’d be happy with whatever images she provided us. But we were ecstatic with the outcome because our normally happy go-lucky Nolan was a completely uncooperative toddler that evening and she still managed to capture his personality perfectly. Below are a few of the shots she got from our time together, but be sure to check out Kellie’s blog for the full post! Thank you, Kellie!!

nolan and the pumpkin patch

admin — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:18:46 +0000

One of the things I love most about Fall is the traditions that are involved with all the upcoming holidays. Last year we picked pumpkins at a local pumpkin patch and we made a tradition of it this year by going back. On the way home I was comparing last year to this year and I can’t get over how much things have changed. I will say, he sure was much easier to photograph last year; the kid didn’t even have a pair of shoes because he wasn’t mobile yet. Now our baby is a little boy, but still cute as ever! He tried to pick up, roll and/or sit on just about every pumpkin in the patch before picking his favorite.

summer or fall?

admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:32:19 +0000

With the exception of a few golden leaves on the trees in the background, you can’t tell if these images were taken in summer or fall! Because we grew up in Pennsylvania, we associate mid-October with sweater-weather and possibly even snow. So, even though we’ve been in North Carolina for a few years, it’s still a little strange to be playing outside in t-shirts, shorts and sandals this time of year.

We had last weekend off, so we did a lot of playing outside. Nolan is a typical toddler boy who needs to run and climb. We’re constantly chasing after him as he explores anything and everything, and we consider it a success if we get one sorta-good photo of his face now-a-days!

There’s the one photo of his smiling face. Success!