Dear Dorothy (aka Dottie, Dordor, Dory, Dot, Do-da, sissy, sweet honey, babycakes, and scrappy),To know you is to love you <3 You are vibrant and a gift in every way… from your expressions to your personality your life reflects your name. I am so honored to have gotten to know you in all your versions […]
Family photos don’t need to feel like a performance. They don’t need to be perfect. And they definitely don’t need to involve bribery, threats, or whispered panic in the car on the way there. The goal is simple: help everyone arrive feeling calm, connected, and themselves. When kids feel safe and parents feel grounded, the […]
This month was full for missy girl. The kind of full that sneaks up on you and suddenly you realize you’re standing right on the edge of something big. Somehow, we are only one month away from Dorothy’s first birthday. This month we celebrated Dottie’s first Christmas. Her first New Year. The quiet closing of […]
The Eyers have been some of my longest clients, and families like theirs are the quiet heartbeat of why I do this work. I took Lyla and Liam’s Christmas photos when they were just tiny toddlers with rosy cheeks and that squirmy, wonder filled way of moving through the world that little kids embrace whole […]
Some of the very best smiles don’t come from being asked to say “cheese” or being forced into clothes that are stiff and uncomfortable. As a mom, I know the best smiles come from play. From familiarity. From the comfort of something loved and known. That’s the heart behind Little Keepsake Sessions. After almost a […]
Every day, you’re changing, sometimes I wish it wasn’t trueHearts are made for giving, I’ve given mine to you. If you ever need to feel sentimental, JJ Heller songs will get the job done! I’ve found myself humming this line from ‘Hand to Hold’ recently as it seems like every time I get Dottie up […]
My annual Christmas mini sessions in Lansing are all wrapped up for the year and I wanted to take some time in the next few weeks to share more than just a few sneak peeks. Since many of my clients are using these for their Christmas cards, I limit my online sharing to sneak peeks… […]
Dottie girl is so much fun! Every month we marvel at how much she grows and learns. While I am still way behind in blogging, I’ve been keeping up with monthly photos and we all love to look back at the months and see how she changes. Felix is still a huge photoshoot day helper […]
The McFerran family took advantage of my sunrise session option this fall. We met on a brisk Saturday morning in a field full of golden sunshine and colorful trees. The air was chilly enough to make us all pull our jackets a little tighter, but the light was pure magic. One of the reasons I […]
Once again I am behind in posting… I’ve spent the last several nights working through a huge backlog of October sessions but I am taking tonight to post Miss Dottie’s 8 month photos from almost a month ago! I forgot how active and fast babies get once they figure out crawling and figure it out […]