Is it even possible to look at this kid without smiling? This 7 month old little dude is sweet, happy, and adorably squishy — and I was one lucky lady to spend the morning aiming my camera at him!!

This super-cool model airplane was just about the only thing that didn’t take flight during the session. These three sibs were almost perpetual motion machines: running, scooting, jumping, lifting, climbing and even occasionally being tossed into the air. Even so, we had ample time to chit chat and to play, and I was happy to discover that all three are as delightful as they are busy…

Welcome to the world, baby boy. Only a week old, this little bundle of sweetness is happiest attached to his mom and indeed, that’s how he spent most of our session…

Guess who’s home from preschool…

This 9 month old is blessed with many things: a terrific disposition, a warm & wonderful family, and — as you can see below — the biggest, bluest eyes.

And a behind-the-scene outtake of the funniest staring contest ever:

I’m greeting this new year by posting my last session of 2009. It’s not every day that I get to photograph a family of four boys, and what fun it was! They were no more rambunctious than the brood of females that I call my own, and their warmth, spirit and sense of humor made me feel right at home!!

We start the morning by being rather refined…

And end up by letting it all hang out!!

Happy Birthday Baby J!! Or should I say Toddler J?

And with his doting big sister…

… three of the most adorable kid-lets!

I’ve been absent from the blog for a bit too long due to Thanksgiving and all that so I’m happy to be back posting some shots from a couple of recent sessions:

Last year I shot these three boys **outdoors** on one of the coldest days of the year, and they were absolute troupers (even the baby!!). This years session, while not quite as meteorologically miserable as the last, still ended up being on the kind of day that is better spent wearing a Snuggie and sipping a cup of hot chocolate than running around outside. However, the boys once again rose to the occasion and proved that they are made of hearty stock indeed.

I’ve shot these big kids a couple of times, and I have shot the baby a couple of times but it was my first time shooting all three sibs together. It was an exercise much like the fabled herding of cats, but one that resulted in a few priceless moments…

I cannot look at this one without cracking a smile…

Upstairs…

Downstairs…

On the stairs…

Forty years of marriage, that is…. I was happy to help this lovely couple celebrate this momentous milestone. Here’s they are, on a beautiful fall day, with their children and their children’s children: