Posts tagged baby
A day with Adriana | Real Life Session '15

Chad and I have been traveling around the Midwest to visit our families. While on the train today, I began thinking about my favorite family memories and realized that some from JUNE deserve to be posted before I make even more memories over the next few days. Here are some highlights from the day Chad and I got to babysit our 16-month-old niece and observe my sister's sweet family.

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The Goebel Family | Real Life Session '15

Tomorrow, Emmalin turns one! To celebrate Adam and Melissa's first year of parenting, I wanted to share a few photo highlights of their family that I believe embody their genuine love for each other. Emmalin was 10 months old in these photos, and her cute expressions and content, easygoing personality are simply adorable. Even their dogs, Niko and Finly made an appearance!

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Uncle Chad and Aunt Amber!

As of February 11, Chad and I have a niece! My sister Kendra and CJ were proud to welcome Adriana Leigh at 12:57pm, EST. We are very excited to start the spoiling as Aunt and Uncle. Monday, we got to meet the 7-day-old "Andi" at the hospital where she was born in Michigan. SHE'S SO TINY!!! Yes, I know she's a newborn, but really—she was only 3 lbs. 15 oz. when she was born. At 17.5 inches long, she's a little skinny mini!

Kendra did such a great job during labor and CJ was (and still is!) incredibly supportive. Kendra was discharged from the hospital the next day (she was up walking around right after giving birth!), but Andi had to spend some extra time in the Intensive Care nursery so she could gain her strength and put a little meat on her bones :) She's a little fighter and improved quickly. We found out that she got to come home yesterday (at nine days old)! She's up just over 4 lbs today—go, baby, go!

Being the proud aunt / photographer big sister that I am, of course I took some photos of Adriana and Kendra at the hospital. She's precious! And, with a little creative swaddling & Photoshop help, we were even able to hide her monitor cords in some of these. 

I'm in love with this week-old-sweetheart and these photo highlights...

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family on the farm
Meet Roman. He's about 9-months old and pretty easy to fall in love with. Chad went to high school in Illinois with Roman's Mom, Angela, and we have remained friends with her and her husband, Jason, over the years. We love this adorable family! They now live happily ever after in Arizona, but were visiting their family farm in Illinois for a mini family reunion. Since Angela and her siblings (along with their children) were all in town, Chad and I had the opportunity to take some family portraits of them together. So priceless! We loved the laughter—and the John Deere outfits. :) Here are a few of our favorites from the shoot...

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a ray of sunshine
This is Eleanor. Her name means "sun ray" or "shining light". She was certainly a little ray of sunshine when I met her! What a cutie...she was workin' it for the camera, too! We've known Eleanor's parents, Shawn & Angie, for a while and were so excited to come take some 6-month photos with them. She's their first child, and what an adorable family they make. There is so much laughter in their home!

Check out some of my favorite shots from our afternoon together...

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my wanna-be-niece at 2-months
Meet Kaylee Ann. Clearly, she's adorable. She's my wanna-be-niece—the daughter of two of our best friends, Amanda and Charlie. What a precious little face! And little fingers! Love her. A couple days before we took these photos, she had started holding her head up by herself. She's so strong! ...and a bit like a bobble-head at this stage, which totally adds to her cuteness. Here are a few of my favorite shots from when she was just turning 2-months-old...

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rebekah's birthday
Back in January, little Rebekah turned one and she had all her biggest fans celebrating with her at her house. Her parents, Lauren & Andy, are dear friends of ours. It was so much fun to be a part of the festivities! Balloons, Packers, cake and sledding...what more could you want out of a Wisconsin birthday party? 

We snuck Rebekah away during some of the party prep and snagged some super-cute portraits of her. Once family and friends arrived, it was party time! Although she wasn't the biggest fan of frosting & cake, she did love the presents she received and all of the friendly attention, laughter and love. 

Check out some of my favorite photos from the day:

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tackling challenges

Last week, I got the opportunity to do a photo shoot for a little 2-yr-old and a 3-month-old. Audrina and Landon were such cuties! I definitely enjoyed the fun, football concept in these images.

This was the first "little kids shoot" I've ever done. I was pretty happy with some of the individual shots I was able to capture of each of the kids. BUT, this shoot was quite a challenge!! I learned A LOT.

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