One on my oldest and dearest friends Renee asked me last March to do something special for her. Her 97 year old grandmother was not doing very well, and she wanted a unique way to remember her when her time came to leave this world. She asked me if I would go to her nursing home and do a photo session of her, (she calls her Grandma “Mee Mee”) and then she wanted to make two photos books. Her plan was to give the photo books to her Mother and her Aunt when her Grandmother passed.

Very recently my dear friend lost her Grandmother. I asked her permission to share some of the photos that we captured of Mee Mee last March to share with others. She gave her books to her Mother and Aunt after the funeral, and they were very touched by Renee’s thoughtful idea.

Here is Renee’s beautiful Mee Mee.

We had a blast photographing little Lukas again with his Mom and Dad. What we love about these guys is how they are so laid back and can just “hang out” together while we document them as a family. They don’t feel like they always need to be looking at the camera or posing. They just do their thing, and we get to be a part. We love it! :)

Lukas just turned 1 in June, so he was just so cute with all his new noises, words and expressions. Here he is crawling on the picnic tables at the park, and it reminded us of catching his first crawl which you can view HERE. He is just so darn cute!!!

He loved to swing at the park :)

a little peek-a-boo….

then we found the creek. (bye bye dry clothes!!)

Then he got all dried off and held by daddy.

I just love this candid moment. (I turned around and snapped over my shoulder.)

we let him play with the flowers, but then….

he saw me and crawled right up. :)

He wanted to check out what type of camera I had, and then make sure I was capturing his good side.

clapping….I love how babies do something, and then check to see their parents reaction. :)

Loving on Mommy.

playing some peek-a-boo with his Daddy :)

ahhh. precious babies. you just want to eat them up. :)