Gage turns One!

Life is precious.  Life is short.  Life is full of moments.  Moments can be fleeting.  Memories are made.  

Can you imagine what one year of all of that greatness felt like?  This family of three surely does and the culmination of that time came together for a birthday gathering in Delray Beach!  I can't believe how much little Gage has grown since I last saw him for his six month photos.  He may be bigger but he's still such a beautiful, blue-eyed boy {Congrats Monica and James!}!  One thing that cannot be overlooked from this first birthday is the presence of one Mister Elmo.  The grown ups were lots of fun for the children to be around, that is until the lovable, red character showed up straight in from Sesame Street!  His songs and dance lit up the birthday boys face even more than having a personal-sized cake for the taking!  There were so many moments...Enjoy!

 

    

90 Years of Life!

Recently, I had the opportunity to photograph a 90th Birthday Gathering {Happy Birthday Mr. Brodell!} and it was such a flurry of life and family!  But what else would you expect when the offspring flew in from as far away as Japan as well as throughout The States?  When I received a call about how special a group photo of such a far-reaching group would be my excitement got the best of me.  Coming from a large family myself, I know how important it is to "have the whole gang together"...and have photographic evidence of such!  Cheers to this wonderful family!

Hoping you enjoy these images!  Up next are the swirl of photos from a 1st Birthday party that was the day after this celebration...talk about Full Circle!

B Family Preview!

These boys are the best example of Sibling Love that I have seen in awhile!  While they're both still your typical boys who to collected sticks along the trail, wrestled in the grass and couldn't wait to play with their Star Wars figurines, they still look out for one another.  Little Dylan seems to genuinely look up to his big brother while Cody seems to always be ready to help his little brother.  This is endearing in any family but particularly tugs on my heartstrings knowing how I met this family.  It was at a walk in honor of Dylan and others experiencing life with Neurofibromatosis.  How appropriate that this photo shoot was held at Riverbend Park where that walk was also held- 360 I tell ya!

 I can't wait to share a snap or two of their family portraits to soon be shared on WP inks- I was told by their Mom that this was to be their first-ever family of four portrait.  I was flattered to be the one to make that happen!  So excited, in fact, that instead of getting some much needed "zzz's" before my newborn needs midnight grub I decided to sneak this peek onto the blog!  Enjoy!

Maternal Instincts

This couple chose a beautiful, perfectly sunny day to have a mini-maternity session along Flagler Drive.  Gracie the dog came along and was equally as photogenic to make for some lovely photos.  Come a couple months from now there will be an addition to their family...I look forward to both meeting and photographing their little one!  Congrats Kim and Dave! 

           

Count them: 1, 2, 3, FOUR Weeks Old!

Photographing this little Domenic and his momma was a really uplifting way to begin the month of March.  Because not only is he a tiny cutie (Congrats Elissa!) but swapping motherhood stories and hospital-woes...and "Whoas"...made for a lovely afternoon- the only thing missing was a cup of tea!  But I digressed from the photo shoot at hand:  This little boy was such a curious one watching me snap away and being so good while awake.  There is only one photo below where he's expressing his momentary discontent and, let me tell you, he's a charmer in that photo even with the frown.  Enjoy!