Abi Kate

Meet Abi Kate:  She came into this world January 27th (the day after my own birthday. heehee) through a perfect natural birth.  Yay Mom!  Katie had an incredible experience and I have been blessed to get to know these guys.   She contacted me months ago about doing her maternity photos.  I have to say that she and Tom are one of the most complementary couples I have met.  While he is calm and grounded, she is full of energy and excitement.  Being around them makes you smile.  Abi is going to be one happy kid (though I hear she's got her days and nights a little confused at the moment)! 
Here are a few 'before and after' shots:

Birthday parties

I shot a couple of birthday parties last weekend.  Caraline's 5th birthday and Jacob's 1st.  Here are some highlights from their celebrations. 

Jacob's 1st birthday was at mom and dad's house. Lots of family around to help celebrate. As you can tell by the look on his face, he was a little unsure of the process, it being his very first :) It took him a little while to get into tearing up that cake, but once he did, he really dug in!

Caraline had hers at Faithful Strokes, a painting studio off the square in Murfreesboro.  The instructors took the kids step-by-step through the process of creating these super cute monkey paintings.  Most of the kids had help from mom and dad, but they did a lot of the work themselves.  Pretty cool! 

Baby Cooper (almost) !

Baby Cooper should be arriving shortly. In the midst of moving, mom realized she had to fit in belly photos before he was here! So, here they are, 35 weeks pregnant!
Ole Ted made it into a few pictures. He was dad's bear when he was little and he's remained a part of the family for the little ones to now love on. Love it!