happy thirdmonthday | o'fallon, mo

It might seem we've been on a posting hiatus of sorts – but it's really only because we've been sharing images on our Instagram of late instead. But these photos of Baby L were just too darn cute for the Instagram square!

karalyn | faust park, fall 2012

Cute. Kid. Her curls sort of remind us of our niece's. But that smile is all her own.

tech specs: 2007 time travel

Just before one of our hard drives crashed and burned, I found this. Our sweet niece, back in '07. 122mm, f/4, 1/160 sec.

tech specs: tierra at the park

23mm, f/4, 1/125 sec.

tech specs: miley

85mm, f/2.8, 1/1250 sec.

oh, my(lie)

She's back and possibly more beautiful and adorable than ever! Mylie's curly hair caught us by surprise on Saturday, and her eyes and smile won us over. What a cute kid, dontchathink?

Hailey Rae

This has been a week of firsts. And by firsts, we mean first birthdays. First it was Nora, then Gage, our very own Peyton was next, and now it's Hailey Rae's turn. A year later, it's still hard to believe that four friends, including Ben's sister, had babies in four consecutive days last September. But it happened. Sept 20th-23rd.

happy first, peyton.

She's growing up! Our youngest niece, who turns 1 today, has gone from this, to this, to this:

Happy birthday, little friend. Happy, happy birthday.

e . k . e .

My sweet little Emersyn,
I am not sure there are words or enough words that could even begin to describe how I feel about you. I know that sounds cliche, but it is true. I knew a long time ago you were going to be a part of our family. I have been waiting for you. I knew you before you were born. When you were finally born, it was like we had been reunited. I knew your soul, your face, your heart. It is a feeling that I will never forget, that I will never take for granted.

Even though you are just a few weeks old you have fit right into our "little" family. It feels as if you have always been here, never missing a beat. Thank you Emersyn for wanting to be apart of our family making us have an even half dozen. Even though we may have six kids, each of them have a special place in our hearts and you little miss, have stolen each one of our hearts.

I love you Emmy. More than words.
Love,
Your Mom

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Just the other day (it was April 27th), we sneak-previewed Baby M. Now, after a little push and pull about what to post next, here are a few more until we can decide...

(Insider news -- there's a good chance we'll share some more pix of HS senior Spencer Finnegan next. I'm working on them right now although I should really be outside mowing the lawn [Shhh. Don't tell Becca.])

Sweet T(3)

Not-so-baby-any-more! Teagan turned one! It is just too fun watching babies grow to toddlers and toddlers grow to kids and kids grow to teenagers and teenagers grow to adults. We have such a fun job!

Here are the latest pics of this happy, precious little girl. You will remember her from her newborn pics and also her 6-month pics. Too cute and way too fun. And of course, the random snow storm that dropped 5-6 inches around the St Louis area in March, couldn't go by unnoticed.

two point oh?!

It's been busy around here. So, like a few days ago, I again decided we needed to do a little something different for today's post to keep things interesting and new. So? Tonight? A little extra color, a little more light.
I'm pleased with the changeup. It's not a regime change. Not a perm. Not something for every photo. But a few per shoot? An occasional curve ball? Sure. Why not? And so it is. Photography by us, 2.0.

Sweet T(2)

Teagan's back! Less than five months ago, we met Justin and Amanda and their little bright-eyed girl, Teagan, and spent the morning with them inside their home. Round 2 took us to Forest Park, just above the World's Fair Pavilion -- a great place to shoot... [Sometimes, we love shooting inside, especially because of how surprised people get when they see their home through a camera lens. "Are you kidding me? I never would have imagined my house could be such a cool backdrop for a photo!" Yep; the genuine surprise factor is great. And then again, sometimes, we love shooting outside. Even in the middle of a St. Louis summer. This last week was one of those weeks.]

Do we prefer one situation over the other? Good question. Depends on the day or week, maybe.

Three of the above photos were shot with our trusty 50mm. One with a 70-200 zoom. Three mix daylight, shade and a splash of studio light. The other, if I remember correctly, was shot under ambient, diffused light only. Interested in more specifics? Just comment or email us. No secrets here.

Introducing Lily

Watch out world - we have a rebel flower. We hung out with Faith this weekend and got to meet her beautiful 12-day-old niece, Lillian (Congrats again Shannon and Chris!). She soo wanted to stay awake and see what was going on, but she just couldn't pull it off. She put up quite the cute fight though, living up to her blanket's fun embroidery.

All four images: 50mm. f/2-f/3.5.

Sweet T.

As we took photos this weekend of Sweet Teagan and her proud parents, it was clear she was somethin' special. So happy. Such bright eyes. Super long and lean.... (The list goes on!) But we had no idea that she has actually been voted the "No. 1 Most Beautiful Baby in the World." By whom? Dad, of course. But we're not disputing it. Nice to meet you, beautiful, sweet T! Keep on turning heads...