Super excited to share these photos. These guys I know well – my cousin and cousin-in-law (?), and baby on the way.
I went down to Olympia to hang out with the expectant parents for a bit and poke around with my camera.

See that cradle there? That thing is near ancient and has been in our family, cradling almost all of our family’s newborns (13 cousins), since my older brother was born. We were in it, our kids were in it, and now Ryan’s will be as well.

Cannot wait for the little guy to make his debut. Good luck, guys! You’ll be the coolest parents.

Gorgeous, fun family. They’re expecting a new addition any day now. Like, any day. I was almost expecting this little guy to come the day after, the way he was treating his mama during the session!
On a side note, I’m seriously smitten with Stephanie’s accessories. It’s been a week and I still want to copy her and get myself a bracelet and feather earrings like her. Would it be weird to pin my own photo so I remember it next time I do some shopping?

I have been wanting to do a session in a diner or some sort of fun shop for months now and Stacey was up for it. Yay! We had planned on taking her family out for a scoop of the best handmade ice cream in town. Come Saturday and Seattle’s first official day of sunshine in 2 months, everyone had the same idea. After switching up our location to make sure we got some great images, we headed over to Molly Moon’s and waited in the longest line I have ever seen for ice cream. I was drooling over the scent of those waffle cones! We also horsed around in Archie McPhee’s, where she so graciously donned a horse mask for me.Stacey has been a great client of mine. It was just last year that I did her maternity and newborn photographs for her second baby, and now here she is awaiting her third, a little girl. I’m so stinkin’ excited for her! As a mother of 2 boys with no plans for a third, I have somewhat mourned the fact that I won’t have a daughter of my own. I love my boys, don’t get me wrong. I LOOOOVE them. And absolutely love being the mother to two. When I see other mom’s of boys I like to observe them, in a very non-stalkerish way, and picture myself and my boys at those ages. It warms my heart to no avail. Yet still, I guess I have a dream of having a daughter to shop with or french braid her hair… Having the opportunity to watch this family as they await their daughter is a good fix. I can’t wait to photograph her. Maybe she’ll have enough hair for a teeny tiny braid…