addison on the go ~albuquerque, nm children's photographer

addison is a crack up.
i seriously love this little girl.
she is ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL GO.
little mama is a blur. it's almost miraculous that i get any stand still pictures of her.
i first met her last summer, when she had just turned one and was hardly mobile.
now, she is so fun to watch in action.

she first wanted to show me how she can hang on her new big girl bed...

then we went outside to swing. addison lives on some BEAUTIFUL land in the mountains and her playground is amongst the trees. HOW.FUN.

she took me out to her daddy's garage and showed me how she can

TURN ON his tractor all by herself.

hilarious.

and then i got some smiles from her as she closed me in the garage...

and we ended with her running from me. again:)

much love to all the toddlers out there!

XOXOXOX

lovely lauren/ class of 2010 ~albuquerque high school photographer

this girl couldn't take a bad picture if she tried.
not a chance.
not only is lauren beautiful, but she is a really nice girl!
like, super nice.
and sweet.
and outgoing.
and friendly.
and funny.
and freakin CUTE!

i absolutely LOVED hanging out with her and her mom for the evening.
(they didn't even bat an eye that i had my kids tagging along in the car for a while. i'm so professional like that...)

check out lauren in all her senior glory.


i see myself in the mom's of graduates....it won't be long until i'm there too. and i will be glowing with pride on the outside while bawling my eyes out on the inside, i'm sure.

after taking about 50 pictures i stopped and said, "miley cyrus! you look like miley cyrus--only prettier! does anyone ever tell you that?"

"i get that all.the.time." she said.

-------->do you see it? <----------

this is mom's car, by the way.

hot dang!

it fit perfectly into our shoot...

i would kill to have these legs.

kill.

yes, murder someone.

and guess who got a soccer scholarship to college?

mmm hmmm.

fort lewis boys...here comes a heart breaker. (a really sweet one:)

now go take on the world lauren!

and don't ever forget your worth.

YOU ARE AMAZING, sister.

XOXOXOXO

big girl sofia ~albuquerque family photographer

one of the best best things about repeat clients--- is getting to watch the babies grow up.

i photographed newborn sofia just about a year ago.

today, she's a walking, talking, super sweet 'big girl'.

(and i mean, this little mama TALKS! her vocabulary is insane. i have 3 boys who never talked this early and so much!)

this is the stage where they give you 'kisses' which are actually an open mouthed slobber fests. i miss my babies doing this...

this is my new favorite couple picture.

i have a thing for long green grass, and laughter.

i.love.this.

i can't wait to see what she's up to next year:)

XOXOXOXO

happy mother's day! ~albuquerque, nm family photographer

this was my second time photographing cynthia, tom and sweet baby chloe.
this time around, grandma and grandpa came along- with auntie and uncle, also.
first i want to say that i LOVE these folks style. total rockabilly, vintage coolness.
(i wish i knew how to rock the 50's...but i can barely keep up with the '10's.)

we met in downtown albie for some train station, urbanesque photos.
it was early evening and the light was INSANE. (insane meaning perfect.)

chloe and her grandma have a super special bond since grandma watches her from day to day. everytime a finger goes in chloe's mouth, she makes that blubblubblubblub sound. SO CUTE.

we ended our shoot on the old train station's steps.

cynthia's grandfather worked at this railroad station...so it has sentimental value (and totally goes with the vintage theme here!)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

XOXOXOXOXOXO

the sisterhood ~albuquerque, nm lifestyle photographer

this was fun.
reeeeeeally fun.

these beautiful women have been best friends since college.
they meet annually to keep their connections alive and share precious time with each other. and beers.
i've heard so much about these awesome ladies over the years, as i am friends with patty (patsizzle). this year, they met in albuquerque and then drove to santa fe for a girl's weekend extravaganza.
after the fun we had on our shoot---i wanted to go with them!
laughing, laughing, laughing. lots of laughing. and i was lucky enough to have my camera on standby to capture the joy.

what time is it? BEER THIRTY!

we had a little dance off in an alley.

it was awesome.

Oh no she didn't!

(...and there are so many more it would be obnoxious to blog them.)

i love patty, and i love that she has these besties in her life.

i am a girls girl through and through, myself.

my best friends are my everything, too.

i don't know how people get through life without the love and support of true blue girlfriends.

if you don't have one, go out and get one- STAT!

if you do have them, make sure they know you love em-STAT!

"My friends are my estate" ~emily dickinson

XOXOXOXO