Introducing...

my new little niece, Katherine Ann Callahan, "Katie", named for my sister Meghan Ann, mom Hallie Ann and me :)  I am so thankful to have been flown home by my mom and stepdad to capture this fleeting moment in her life.  I'm in love...

And this is big brother Brooks...one of the sweetest nephews in the world.  He kept telling me over and over again, "I love you, Aunt Katie.  I miss you when you're at your house."  I'm in love...

My mom has taken up knitting :) and went to town knitting cocoons for her two new grandbabies (Avalea Rose pictured in a previous post)...here's a pink one...
and an adorable hat she knitted just for sweet Katie.
I'm so sad they live so far away in Little Rock!!!  I miss them already.  

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Thought it would be appropriate to upload these pictures of my two nieces to wish you guys a happy St. Patrick's Day!  St. Patrick's Day is a bigger deal in our family than most!  We are of Irish Descent, and my Dad, Granddad, Great Grandfather, Brother and now my son all have the name Patrick.  My two nieces both have Irish names, Aislynn and Avalea, and are "Irish twins", born 11 months apart.  I was able to photograph them a couple of weeks ago, and my SIL Wendy's friend made these matching outfits for the girls.  So, on behalf of our Irish little family....Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Newborn Sneak Peek | Raleigh Durham Newborn Photographer

Congratulations you two on a beautiful baby boy!!!  I'm getting the baby itch being around all these newborns lately.  Your little Bradley is just perfect.  Can't wait to show you the rest!

My sweet nieces | Raleigh Durham newborn photographer

I am home now in Little Rock, and had the opportunity to meet both my nieces for the first time...Avalea (6 weeks) and Aislynn (1 year old).  They are so adorable.  My mom knit this cocoon for Avalea...so special to photograph my niece in a cocoon knit by my mom.  

And here's beautiful Aislynn.....
and I get to come back home in a couple of weeks to photograph my sister's little girl, baby Katie (named after me :)

Beautiful Expecting Mother | Raleigh Durham Maternity Photographer

Thank you so much for your patience in awaiting these sneak peeks!  Last week was a  bit nuts, and I am just able to catch up!  How beautiful are these pictures?? Can't wait to meet the little one!  

Sweet Zoe | Raleigh Durham Photographer

I finally got to meet my friend Casey's new baby girl today!!  Casey is a sweet friend, who shares the same passion as i do about photography.  She is an amazing photographer, an incredible hair stylist, and just a downright, awesome person all around.  She and her husband have been through so many ups and downs this past year, to say the very absolute least.  She was pregnant with her son Asher, who devastatingly passed away, the same day he was born.   The Lord works in mysterious ways, and this past Christmas, Casey and Dan became proud parents to Zoe, whom they were able to adopt in the quickest adoption process i've ever heard of!  So i present to you, little miss Zoe Chappell...i could just eat her up she's so cute!  You can read more about Casey and Dan's story on their blog and see Casey's awesome photography here.  

SNOW in Wake Forest

To you guys in the North, snow is no big deal...but to us here in the South, it is a HUGE deal.  The last snow we had of any significance, that i can remember, was @ 9 years ago, when i was pregnant with Patrick...21 inches to be exact.  We received about 5 inches at our house yesterday.  You would think it was Christmas, the way the kids reacted when they awoke screaming!!

Here is Colin...snowmen were decorated with a Snowman Family Kit, given to us by Lawson's sister for Christmas.

Patrick making snow angels...
Samson LOVED the snow.  I have no idea how he sat there like this...don't they get cold??
A little wet kiss :)
A beautiful image of the woods behind our neighbors house...snow makes eveything look beautiful  (until it melts and becomes all dirty and slushy! :)  It was fun for a day...and will be gone tomorrow, as the high is way above freezing and sunny today!

Back in Session! [Raleigh Newborn Photographer]

What a fun way to start out 2009!!  Welcome to this world little one...and what a sweetie she was for me.  It's nice to be back after a much needed break!!