It has been such a pleasure seeing and photographing this little girl at so many milestones in her life.  It started with her Mama’s maternity session, and now I blink and she is 2 years old.  Where oh where does the time go?  As I was getting this post ready I was reflecting on all of our sessions, so I went back and looked at a few.  I decided to grab a couple for you to see how big she has gotten.

First our most recent session.  Let me say, she is ALLL two!!  She is sweet as could be, but that girl is like chasing the wind.  She DOES NOT sit still very long….like maybe .000084 seconds.  She gave me an amazing workout the other day.  :)

Look at those EYES!!

I just love that little curl.  :)

Such a CUTIE.

Exploring and playing.

I love this age…watching their little minds at work.

We were at the library, so she went to check out some book.  Smart I tell ya.  :)

In reflection….I was there the day she was born at home.  Oh, it was such a beautiful day.

One week precious little thing….

One of my FAVORITES at her 6 month session.

Her fun 9 month session….

And her 1st birthday.  :)

I love every chance I get to shoot this little gal.  Maybe down the road with a sister or brother??  That would be fun!  :)

Thanks to Chloe and Chloe’s Mama Jess for hanging out with me!  I always love seeing you guys.

When I received a call from Hannah’s Grandmother about doing her Senior photos, I was thrilled!  Hannah is very good friends with a Senior that I just did- remember Mary, the cutie who loved Audrey Hepburn and wanted part of her session in a shoe shop?  Well, Hannah is her neighbor and great friend.  Hannah is awesome.  Super sweet, fun and confident….and she is GORGEOUS!  She is also a ballerina, so she spends a lot of time practicing along with her regular Senior year stuff.  :)

We started out walking around and looking for some interesting new places….

We had just about the best light that day….it was freezing out, but you’d never know that.  She was brave in that dress!  (Her clothes were AWESOME.)

such pretty eyes….

We had fun exploring and finding light…

she was more than willing to play around with my light experiments.  :)

I have a feeling this girl will get whatever she wants out of life….

LOVE IT!  There was a guy standing nearby drooling while we shot this…he just acted like he was on the phone.  :)  HA!!!

MAJOR THANKS to my new friend Gina of Kiwi Street Studios who clued me into the next location we went to. It was just what we needed.  :)

The sun was just getting PERFECT and we rocked it out as fast as we could!

This small example gives this photo no justice….it is SO RAD and deserves to be a very large print or canvas.   Really, it deserves it.  :)  The light + the wind gently blowing her shirt = pure AWESOMENESS.

Love your smile Hannah.  :)

It has been a dream of mine to photograph a ballerina.  I have always been obsessed with the beauty, grace, strength, and discipline of a ballerina, and photographing some of that has been on my “wish list.”  When I mentioned it too Hannah, I thought she might think it was dumb/weird but she loved the idea, and was really excited!

She began with some stretching….OUCH.

so graceful….

You see those legs?  Don’t mess with her.

I think this is my favorite from the entire session.  I LOVE THIS!!!

Hannah, thanks so much for having photos taken with me!!! I know you didn’t want Senior photos because of what you have seen out there, so I hope these will change your mind about what Senior photos can be.  :) You are a wonderful person and I wish you all the best in your future.