Maddie The Magician | Kansas City MO Child Photographer

I just love the innocence of a child, their never ending imaginations, and I love that I get to capture it for a living or just around my own home. This series of pictures was just my daughter at play, showing me her "magic trick." I love this little girl to pieces I tell ya!

Emily Turns One | Kansas City MO Toddler Photographer

Emily's birthday ends "birthday season" in our family. And with her birthday comes some sadness for me. It means no more babies in our house. It's bittersweet, but I do love watching her grow. I am so happy with how her session came out. She was a natural pro at modeling for me.

Arieonna - 2 Month | Kansas City MO Newborn Photographer

Back in March I was blessed with the birth of my nephew Trevor and in the same week my niece Arieonna. Arieonna was diagnosed with Emmanual Syndrome shortly after birth. But she is a fighter and is doing great and progressing well. A couple days ago I got to do her very first pictures since she was born. There was multiple outfit changes, 2 grandmas, all sorts of shifting here and there... and she did wonderful! I was so suprised of how much she let us put her through.

Dylan Turns The Big 1-0 | Kansas City MO Childrens Photographer

Oh my goodness how the time has flown. Ten years ago today I became a mommy for the very first time. It seems so unreal that it was that long ago. I am so proud of the little man he is becoming. We went out to a local high school football feild to do his shoot. I don't get to do to many boy-themed shoots it seems like, so I had a lot of fun with this one.

Trevor at One Month | Kansas City MO Newborn Photographer

I thought while I babysat my nephew this week that I would do some pictures to celebrate him being one month. He did so good and is such a natural in front of the camera. I also got a shot of him with his big sister Lily.

Maddie Turns 4 | Kansas City MO Child Photographer

My sweet middle child turned 4 today. She's growing so fast and has such a big personality. Since we had nice weather we decided to go up to the Historic Independence Square here in Independence for her photoshoot. This is the first time doing a shoot there for me and I have to say I am in love. Here is here birthday photos.

Who's a Proud Aunt?

That would be me! Two weeks ago my first nephew (that wasn't by marriage) was born. Trevor was born on March 31, 2011 weighing 7lbs 13 oz and was 20 inches long. It's so crazy after all this time of me having children that my little brother finally has one, and one who looks JUST like him none the less. Just as if he was one of my own, he will be used to the camera and stay tuned for many photos of his. Congrats to my brother Jeff and his girlfriend Staci. Here is a couple pictures of him at 2 weeks old.

Lilly Turns 2

The terrible twos are here for Miss Lilly but you couldn't tell it from her adorable smile and big blue eyes. We did a studio shoot and she had a lot of fun. See for yourself.

Kayleigh Turns 8

January starts off what we call "birthday season" in our family. We have birthdays for the next 6 months. This month it's my oldest daughter Kayleigh. So we went out and did a simple front yard photo shoot in the snow. And here is how it turned out.

A Rarity... Shots of my Only Boy | Kansas City MO Metro Area Children Photographer

After taking pictures of the little girls all week, I decided I really wanted to do a photo shoot with my son. He's very rarely around when my camera's out. So Mommy asked nicely and he agreed. And man did he please his momma. He was posing, working the camera, and piercing the camera with his eyes. He had me cracking up the way he was movin around, like he was a professional model. But of course he has had a camera in his face since day one, he should be used to it by now.

And since 4 out of 5 children have all done photos for me, Kayleigh wanted to do some also. Here are a couple of hers.

18 Months Old... and Baby Sister.

Today I wanted to get some photos of Lilly to mark her being 18 months old as of today. I can't believe she is almost 2 years old. Time flies so quickly. She is already practicing those Terrible Twos. She has defiently became her own person. She is sweet, stubborn, onry (she is the onriest one so far of the bunch), independent, a snuggly cuddler, an awesome little dancer, and a good big and little sister to her siblings. She loves music, having her hair brush and shaking her head no, no matter what question you ask her. I love her so much. She is and always will be our Lilly Bean. (Yes I will call her that 'til the day she leaves for college!)

And then here are a couple of baby sister Emily for fun.

Impromtu Session with Miss Maddie | Kansas City MO Metro Area Children Photographer

I bought some new fabric a few weeks back and I just finally got them out today. I laid them out put Emily on one just to try to and get a couple decent shots of her and test out the new background. I got a couple of shots, she got fussy and I started to put my stuff away. The next thing I know Maddie was following me saying "momma, take a picture of me." Of course I wasnt going to turn down her offer. We played for a little bit and got some really good shots. I must say I love the new backgrounds. They give the photos a sort of vintage/retro look and I'm diggin it! Not to mention I had a gorgeous model to work with. Here are her photos and the one decent one I got of Emily.