Kynzi's One Year Session | Social Circle, Ga.

Happy birthday to my beautiful niece, Kynzi!!! A few weeks ago her momma, Kristi, and I went to my backyard with a bucket and some watermelon for a milk bath session and cake smash!

Kynzi was so-so about the milk bath! :) It was warm but, I’m sure it was a strange texture for her with the grainy watermelon. She still gave us some sweet smiles like she always does. Oh, she is the sweetest baby! She is so, so good and always happy! And, check out those curls she is getting!! She is just now really starting to get hair and it’s so pretty!

I love her big open mouth smiles and how her bottom teeth show through. Just melts my heart! My sister-in-law, said she is getting her top teeth in too! I love this little girl so much and her brother and sisters too! I’m so thankful we get to see each other so often and that our babies get to have fun and have a great cousin bond! I cannot wait for the day she calls me her “aunt Holly!” I love you guys!!!

Happy first birthday Kynzi Jane!!!

Emberlyn Rae is ONE!! | Social Circle, Ga. Session

Aww, Emberlyn Rae. . .I seriously can’t get enough of you!! I’ve seen a lot happen in your Mommy and Daddy’s life - all the good things before your sweet face arrived. Their fun engagement, their gorgeous wedding day, I got to photograph them while you were in your mommy’s belly. When you were just a few days old, I got to hold you and document how tiny you were. And now, here you are! It seems like I blinked and you are a year old, eating a cupcake, just like I want to eat a cupcake!!! You are so precious doll!!

Happy One Year of Life Emberlyn!!!

Norah's ONE | Social Circle, Ga. Family Session

She is pure SUNSHINE!! And such a joy! We celebrated Norah with a fun cake smash and she loved it. Her big brother even joined in! I know that my clients need me for documenting these amazing times in their life but I don’t think they realize how much I need and enjoy them too!

Seeing Norah thriving, she’s standing and so ready to walk soon, is such a blessing and a testament that we serve such a good God! Norah was born premature and lived in the NICU the first weeks of her life. Now, seeing her, you would never guess that she had such a fight for her life.

Norah, you are strong, you are beautiful and you are a child of a mighty God! I can’t wait to see where he leads you doll!!

Rocco's ONE | Cake Smash Session

My sweet heart! I'm not even going to pretend like this was an easy session!!!! Goodness!!! He's EVERYWHERE and into EVERYTHING!! But he's so dang cute!!!

Thankfully my friend, Arlissa who is also a photographer, was here to help me out, keep him from crawling too far off the back drop and keep him from falling out of the chair! haha! 

As you may have already read in my last blog post, I shared Rocco's birth story! You can read that here. WHAT an incredible day that was! God blessed me with the strength to make it through his birth without pain medication!! Such an answered prayer!!

This boy has really taught me so much this year! He's most certainly been the BIGGEST challenge of my ENTIRE LIFE!! He's so different from his sisters. His personality isn't like theirs and that has always worried me and kept me from feeling like I have a bond with him. The past several months have gotten much easier. My PPD isn't taking over my every thought any more - HUGE praise for that!! He is on a really good sleeping and eating schedule and we have really learned what makes him happy AND what doesn't! lol

He amazes me by how much he can eat! Is it just a boy thing or what??? My girls were NEVER as hungry as he is! EVER! He has taken many steps, crawls faster than I can walk, LOVES his sisters beyond measure and completely lights up when they talk to him or love on him, loves to eat, shy smiles when strangers talk to him, waves at our goats, says "bye bye", "Momma", "Dada", can sign for "more", he has FIVE teeth (four on top and three on bottom), loves avocados, and when he smiles, no matter how crazy he has been that day, it melts my heart EVERY. TIME!

Happy birthday week Rocco Koi! We love you so much!