I leave you with one quick snap I got of my one year old. Now that he is mobile, it is so hard to get eye contact which I am sure you moms totally understand! I edited it with VintageGrooveXtreme from my new set. I then overlayed a slight layer of texture.

It has been so hard picking favorites of 2009. Below is the first set and in two days I will upload the next set to vote. Winner will receive a free session for 2010 along with a print credit.

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Here are some friends of mine that I got a chance to photograph. I had so much fun with the kids, they are all so sweet and have such fun personalities. Now I might have gone overboard with the bw’s (I have the color versions too), I just fell in love with these in bw. I did add a little color at the end since it’s fall and pretty and all.

now this one just cracked me up….I asked mom and dad to kiss and this was the reaction I got!

and now for some color

gorgeous mom and dad

It has been a crazy month but a gorgeous one! Fall colors are so pretty in the northwest and here is a beautiful family. Now I have told mom this but will say it on here, these twins are not only adorable but they are so sweet. They were a blast to take pictures of and super easy for not quite even two years olds.

These next two I just love, this little guy was ready to explore once we got to the park.

and don’t these eyes just make you melt?!

well no wonder they have two gorgeous kids . . . . . just take a look at these two!

So, here are some of my bestest friends…..not sure if bestest is a word so if it’s not, it is now.ha! So my look-a-like-jennifer-aniston- friend has a beautiful family and here are a few that I pulled off the camera after this afternoon’s little session. Love you guys!

You may recognize this little beauty, she belongs to a good friend of mine and she has been my little model a couple times before. Isn’t she just sooo darn adorable?! Well today my friend and I went on a little adventure checking out new places to shoot and this sweetie modeled for me in each spot we found and would let me know when enough was enough with the camera and politely say, “okay one more please” hehe and with little kids, you gotta just roll with them and you get the really good pictures that way. Now if I could only do that with my own boys! So, here’s a few. I felt bw suited that mood