Welcome Finn Thomas!!

Welcome to the world Finn!!! He was the sweetest little thing and let me tell you he sure made Mom and Dad proud rocking out some 'taco' and the 'fireplace' like nobody's business! Enjoy this little guy!!

Grant's 1st Christmas!!

It's hard to believe 5 months has already passed since we captured Grant's BirthStory!!! Check out the Christmas Card design we put together for the Menges Family!! :)

I LOVE those blue eyes!!

Welcome Layla Robinson!!

We shot Miss Robinson's Itty Bitty session last week and here is the announcement we designed for her as well as Mom & Dad's first sneak peek at her pictures! More to come...

Look at those lips! This is the front of the announcement...

This is the back of the announcement.

She is wearing our adorable knitted hat made especially for LeLe Photography by Vania!!

More soon to come!

365 days

Jackie came home to St. Louis on Halloween to visit family with her 3 kids. Ten hours is how long the drive is that she travels back and forth to visit her family. She has made the trip many times from the Georgia base where she lives but this time was different. This time she had a little surprise for everyone. Her husband, Chris, was coming too. He just returned home from serving 365 days in Iraq. What a shock for their parents to open the door expecting trick-or-treaters and instead see their son is home safe.

Next stop on her surprise trip was to come see me! I was shocked when I walked into work to see her, Chris, Paiton, Landen and little Adison, whom I hadn't met yet! We had a great time catching up, but all I could think about was the 365 days they had spent apart. How little 16 month old Adison hadn't seen her Daddy since she was an infant. How much Landen had to have missed the only other man in the house. I wondered if Paiton could understand why her Dad was gone for so long. Then I thought of the strength. The strength it took for Chris to do a job that he loves which requires him to be away from his wife and children. The strength it took Jackie to be a single mom raising 3 small children by herself for the last year and stay so positive. Their strength, love and commitment blew me away and all I wanted to do was do something for them. But what? What could I do for them?? Then it hit me...

Here is the beautiful Parker family.

Adorable.

So happy together.

I can just see the love in this picture and I LOVE it!! Jackie, girl you are so beautiful!

Jackie, I love the way you look at him. Chris, you are a rockstar in so many ways.

Jackie & Chris- Thank you for inspiring me with your strength, positivity and love!!

Maggie & Andrew: Sneak Peek

Maggie and Andrew had a perfect wedding day. The weather couldn't have been better. The attention to detail was incredible. Maggie hand-made most of the fabulous wedding decor herself. So much more to share from their day!!! For now, enjoy the sneak peek.

Excuuuuuse me, here are Maggie's sassy Paris Hilton heels. Love 'em! We will share her second pair of shoes later! :P

Maggie, you are SO pretty.

AYKM? I am in LOVE with this photo!

Tristan was so proud to walk his mother down the aisle and give her away.

Love it.

shorter days + cooler nights - chlorophyll = awesomeness

More of Maggie & Andrew's wedding day coming soon...

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Here's to you Mrs. Robinson...

Excited, to say the least, is what we were when we left for San Francisco to shoot Lauren and Josh's wedding! California was unbelievable. amazing. fabulous. We are BEYOND appreciative and honored Lauren and Josh shared their magical day with us. While there, we also did an engagement session for them! Here is a sneak peek from the engagement session! :)

Those shoes are HAWT!

OW OOOW! You both are ROCKSTARS!

Love.

Love in an elevator... Going down?

Sand. Sun. Waves. Beautiful.

I couldn't just show engagement pics... :)

Lauren and Josh, We hope you enjoy the sneak peek of your magical wedding day.

We love you!

I absolutely ADORE Lauren's bouquet! Fabulous!

Sorry ladies... he is taken!

Lauren, you are perfection!

Get Silly!

Gorge!

The new Mr & Mrs!

Congratulations and we can't wait to show you more! :)

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Happy 1st Birthday Trey!!

Ron and Christine were so excited about becoming parents and wanted us capture the experience with a BirthStory. We had so much fun doing their maternity session and no one expected Mr. Trey to make an early arrival within days of meeting them!!

We were there when Trey met his Mommy and Daddy capturing the first time they saw their son as well as the tears and the love that was bursting at the seams.

There is this genuine kindness and zest for life that flows between them that is so refreshing to be around. Fast forward one year, I hadn't seen them since Trey's Itty Bitty session and I was so excited when Ron asked us to shoot their 1st Birthday/Family Session! I couldn't wait to see them again!

October 2009

October 2010

Trey greeted me with open arms and huge grins! I was like we better get going because he is going to run out of smiles!!

Trey received this wagon for his birthday and we took it out for it's first spin!

He loved it!

LOVE. Love.

Even Calleigh got to sit in the Radio Flyer...

One, two, threeeeeeeee!

So you know that saying about the apple and how it doesn't fall far from the tree. So true! Mommy and Daddy seriously hit the jackpot with this kid! :)

And Trey... yeah. well, he hit the jackpot too!

Aw yeah, rockin' the rocket!!

Trey loves his Mommy!

Daddy too!

Trey, you are killing me with those curls!

And this little ham never ran out of smiles! :)

Batman! :)

Ron, Christine and Trey- Thank you for the delicious Starbucks! We are so lucky, appreciative and blessed to have met you. We hope to be there for many more milestones in your lives.

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