This was my first of 5 shoots over at Tanglewood for the day. Two adorable, personable, photogenic blondie boys who I loved from the start. They were so good and fun and such good listeners. So easy to shoot- a great way to start off the day!

And a few silly ones, just for fun.

Since I posted early (well, right before midnight) last night and that post was marked as November 13th, and I know how anxiously these two families are waiting to see their photos, I figured I’d throw in a post this morning. These two good looking groups are both growing up squared families so you have seen them in multiple blog appearances.

The bur family was last shot at the beach (poor dad was NOT happy on that shoot) and this time we headed back to Tanglewood (where he was much happier). My first shoot with this family was there about a year ago. Makes me realize how much their little girl has grown. Mom, remember how I said I wasn’t sure how much I was getting? (the little girl was very unhappy and spent a lot of time crying with a scrunched up face). Well, somehow we got these. The "how" is still a mystery to me but who really cares when you get a cute face like this:

Then on to the mor family- good friends of ours and one of Timmy’s best friends. A trip to Hempstead Lake State Park for their shoot. The kids were so fantastically great and we still managed to get a few of the baby looking even though he was completely obsessed with the leaves. Apparently, even up until the day of our shoot the baby hated sitting on the grass and would cry the second he was put on the grass (cement, fine. driveway, fine. floor, fine. grass, bad.) I guess the covering of leaves did the trick as he was happy as a clam. We had our usual good time running around the park and finding just the right spot to stop at to take some pictures. And minus a pair of boots left behind…it was a great shoot overall.

Again, please excuse the short narrative this evening. Still bogged down in editing world and trying to get to bed before 2 tonight. I’m just so tired! And my mother informed me that I am NOT allowed to leave my camera at home over Christmas in Florida. Maybe I can get away with just the point n shoot??

Brand new clients the crow family were so super nice and accommodating. We tried a number of times to fit them in to the crazy bsquared schedule and we finally found a spot. Granted, it was a last second spot and they rallied like crazy (the oldest son was sick and feverish but he was awesome. You can’t even tell, right!?) and we pulled it off. Their newest little one was only about two weeks old so we had to get that family portrait and "magic shot" of the three kids. Holiday card, anyone?? I think we did it!

Then my second visit with the mcdo family who are my mom’s neighbors. Another super nice, sweet, welcoming family. I have mentioned that I love my clients, right?? I do have to say that I loved walking into their apartment and seeing all the newborn shots I did for them a while back!! Now their baby is getting so big and is still SO CUTE!! I could eat that one right up. Seriously. It was rainy and dark so most of the shots were done inside, but I think we did okay anyway.

Back to posting two a night for a little bit (or maybe until Christmas!) so everyone gets their pictures as quickly as possible.

The rega girls….Our beach friends came out for our annual christmas shoot at Dee’s Nursery. They had just started setting up for Christmas so we took full advantage. They had some of the Santa area together a little, and when I saw the sled I had the girls jump right in. We ended up getting in a little trouble for that, but hey, we got the shot!! My photography motto is do what you have to do to get the shot, and apologize after!

The cost family…. I swear (and I know I mentioned this before on the blog), mom and dad ARE Ken and Barbie (but smart). We had a great time playing around their beautiful home. We just missed out on the rain (it was misting a bit for most of the shoot but we worked thru it) and thankfully they had a great porch to shoot on when it started to get a little more rainy. Aren’t they magazine-perfect?? And the little girl– she cracks me up every time I see her. The funniest things (so mature beyond her years) come out of her little mouth in a little pipsqueak voice. Love hanging out with her.

So I had 5 families to shoot today over at Tanglewood for mini sessions. And I took one thousand, one hundred and seventeen pictures today. Yikes, thats a TON of editing I have to do. But everything went great and I’m looking forward to getting into editing them as they were so good! You know how I’ve been up til 2am every night for weeks. With 1117 pictures to edit, 2am is going to seem early compared to what I’ll be doing now! Only 6 weeks til Christmas and we leave for Florida. I don’t think I’m even bringing the camera with me!

On to the rina kids. Love these little redheads. I can’t believe how grown up they both got since I saw them last year. We had a lot of fun on this shoot- just running around the park and being goofy. And it was so nice to see mom- she’s just the nicest. Did I mention before I have the best clients? Ever!