I was so excited to see Kate this past spring at the San Francisco Birth & Baby Fair! She and I met about 6 years ago when I was still working in the corporate world & photographing on the weekends, and we hadn’t seen each other in about 5 years! So I was thrilled when she asked me to photograph the arrival of her little guy this summer. We had such a fun session, and baby Jack was such a sweet, gorgeous little guy. After a super cold summer in the Bay Area, the day of Jack’s session was one of the warmest of the entire summer. The heat was a bit shocking to Kate, Chase & I, but little Jack snoozed like… well a beautiful little baby!

Here are a few favorites from their session!

Kate & Chase, thank you so much for inviting me to capture your beautiful family!

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For this session, I met Lily Rose, her parents, grandparents, nanny and dog at the beautiful Gamble Gardens in Palo Alto. This little girl is so happy & surrounded by so many people who love her! We had so much fun during the session, capturing Lily Rose in all of her beautiful outfits, checking out the flowers and playing with her sweet pup Milo. The session was the day before her 1st birthday, and the birthday hat Rowena had brought for her was too cute! Enjoy some favorites from the session below, or check out their slideshow here:

Rowena & Andrew, thank you so much for inviting me to capture your beautiful family!

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WOW. And WOW again.

I had no idea that the photo contest would get this kind of response!!! The total number of votes was over 2,000!!!

So, these children are very loved. That is clear. The support they generated was just inspiring. So inspiring, that I’m expanding the winnings a bit, so that everyone wins!

You see, I’m the kind of mom that when my kids have birthday parties, I make sure no one “loses” at birthday games. When the kids run like mad to find the last chair in musical chairs, and suddenly they are “out,” that’s when they get a prize. I admit, it’s kind of confusing, because suddenly, it’s fun to get “out.” But for me, I guess I like that win or lose, it’s always fun to participate.

So, everyone who participated wins a free digital download of their favorite file from the photo booth! Yay!!! Tell your kids from me that there will always be a prize for them at my parties!!!

And now… drumroll please…

The winner of the free weekday photo session & 8×10 fine art canvas from their session is #27!!!

Because the voting was soooooo close all week with the top two, I’ve decided to also give a 2nd place prize to #14 for a free weekday mini-session!

And then 3rd place prizes go to all those who collected more than 50 votes, so congratulations to #37, #19, #23, #34 & #4! You’ve won a $50 gift certificate good towards any 2010 session!

Be sure check back on the blog for posts of the winners, and stick around to vote in the next few weeks for the winner from our San Francisco Birth & Baby Fair photo booth contest!

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Max turned one this week! A few weeks ago, we captured his 1 year photo session here in Napa & it was so much fun!!! Max is so full of personality! And I love, love, love the fun that he has with Mom & Dad. This shot below is one of those beautiful family moments that I hope to capture in every session. My hope is that my clients will look at it again, 10, 20 years down the line. And when they look at it, I hope it transports them back to this wonderful time together. And even though Max may not have a memory of this moment years later, I love to imagine that he’ll see in these images how loved & cherished he is.

A few more favorite images are in the gallery above, or you can view their slideshow here.

Dave, Lisa & Max, thanks so much for inviting me to capture this special time in your family!

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I was so excited to see Liam again this summer!  I photographed his mama for a maternity session, then his newborn session shortly after.  I so love seeing little guys grow and change, and goodness, Liam has got some personality!  Just check out his hilarious interaction with his favorite monkey friend below!

Can’t you just hear the conversation they are having?

“Hi Monkey!  Wow – I didn’t know you were here.  So good to see you dude!”

“Hey Mom!  Look!  It’s Monkey!”

“Mmmm.  So good to see you man, don’t mind me, I’m just being developmentally appropriate, and I have to eat everything I see.  No offense right?  Thanks dude.”

Okay, I’m done with my “Look Who’s Talking” impression!   I’ll let the pictures of Liam and his two gorgeous cousins, Katie & William speak for themselves.  Here are a few more faves, or for many more fun images from the session, take a peek at their slideshow!  Seriously, there are too many cute ones to share, you gotta take a peek!

Thanks so much Kelley & family for inviting me to capture your family!

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