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Baby Tyler | Surprise Newborn Photographer

August 24th, 2011

Meet the cutest little four week old little man, Tyler.  For four weeks he was a champ at his session.  Typically at his age there is a little bit of difficulty getting baby to stay asleep because they are starting to become more alert.  Well, Tyler was definitely alert at different points during his shoot, [...]


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Meet the cutest little four week old little man, Tyler.  For four weeks he was a champ at his session.  Typically at his age there is a little bit of difficulty getting baby to stay asleep because they are starting to become more alert.  Well, Tyler was definitely alert at different points during his shoot, but he did give into some sweet sleep too.  It was so fun to meet his parents too because it turns out we have ALOT of friends in common, not to mention my dad did their premarital counseling before they got married (half way through the shoot I mentioned something about my dad and R says, “Wait, your dad’s Bob?”.)  That is not uncommon by the way…have you heard of the 7 degrees to Kevin Bacon?  We have one of those too it’s called the 7 degrees to a Lehman.  Pretty much the same thing.  :)

So, here is Mr. Tyler…who the first time he fell asleep gave us the perfect little grin.

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Ok, R…I have to say it…EVERY new mom would die to have this woman’s body after having a baby, like she never even had a belly, crazy.  She looked AMAZING!!!

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We got so lucky and had some nice cloud cover for a few shots outside…definitely some of my favorites

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R & T thank you again for inviting me to photograph Tyler.  He is such a beautiful blessings from God.

Blessings!

Janelle

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Baby Harper | Phoenix Newborn Photographer

August 21st, 2011

Remember I said I was behind?  Well, Miss Harper will be getting her four month pictures taken next month already!!  She was the sweetest little thing ever.  I can’t wait to see how big she has gotten!!  Here she is in all her newness… Her Mama already had some super cute hats that Harper was [...]


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Remember I said I was behind?  Well, Miss Harper will be getting her four month pictures taken next month already!!  She was the sweetest little thing ever.  I can’t wait to see how big she has gotten!!  Here she is in all her newness…

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Her Mama already had some super cute hats that Harper was happy to model for us

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Thanks for letting me photograph Harper when she was brand new to the world.  See you in a month!!

Blessings!

Janelle

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Baby Levi | Glendale Newborn Photographer

August 16th, 2011

Meet Baby Levi…just the sweetest little man.  To tattle on myself on how bad I am at blogging this summer, Levi is headed for four months now!!  Yeesh!!  Ok, so when you have little ones at home in the summer they tend to take precedence…add on top of that my crazy May weddings and a [...]


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Meet Baby Levi…just the sweetest little man.  To tattle on myself on how bad I am at blogging this summer, Levi is headed for four months now!!  Yeesh!!  Ok, so when you have little ones at home in the summer they tend to take precedence…add on top of that my crazy May weddings and a month long road trip!!

So, Levi’s mama is one of my oldest friends, let me clarify she isn’t old ;) but our friendship is.  It is such a sweet blessing to reconnect with old friends (and no we didn’t reconnect on facebook, it was an ancient thing called a telephone!).  Well, this mama is blessed beyond measure, her husband is one of the sweetest men I’ve ever met with a huge heart and they are raising three amazing boys.  I just love this family!!  So, honored that they had me photograph there pumpkin!!

I have five more newborns to blog after this including the most darling twin girls, so if you are needing a baby fix, you’ll definitely be getting it!!

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Exhausted from our shoot, no doubt.

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I love shots with Daddy kisses…

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How amazing does C look after having baby number 3?!  Lucky girl.

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Family of five…love family bed pictures!

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Thanks for being so patient with me C & K!!  Can’t wait to see how big Levi is now!!

Blessings!

Janelle

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Road Trip 2011 | Part 2 The Coastal Redwoods

August 4th, 2011

Honestly, I don’t feel that my camera can capture the beauty and breathtaking wonder of this remarkable creation.  The Coastal Redwoods are the tallest trees in the world.  When you look up at them it is almost dizzying as they seem to touch the clouds.  The canopy from these trees allows little light to pass [...]


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Honestly, I don’t feel that my camera can capture the beauty and breathtaking wonder of this remarkable creation.  The Coastal Redwoods are the tallest trees in the world.  When you look up at them it is almost dizzying as they seem to touch the clouds.  The canopy from these trees allows little light to pass through them and even when the sun is shining it is this soft beautiful light that filters down.  We spent the first several days with clouds and a few sprinkles, but it didn’t stop us from enjoying our surroundings.  The kids enjoyed the fabulous junior ranger program that is available at a lot of the California State Parks.  They did nature walks, campfires and fun projects like making animal tracks.

The Eel River runs along the opposite side of the Avenue of the Giants from our camp and we were able to drive down to the river and have some fun the last day we were there.  The water was a little chilly for me, but didn’t stop the kids (or hubby).  The weather that day was absolutely perfect.  We enjoyed our week in the Redwoods immensely…really hoping we can convince our extended family to join us one of these summers!!

One little side note…after we left Santa Cruz we decided to drive over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.  The only problem is when you are vacation you forget days of the week…who goes through San Francisco with an Excursion & trailer on a Friday, well we do.  Tack on two hours to our drive…it’s all about the adventure!!

Cool view, but not sure we’ll go back through on a Friday – Ha!

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Daddy got right to work with a fort!

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Gage was out collecting a stick for the fort…gives you an idea of the greatness of these monstrous trees.

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I have very few pictures of me and my kiddos, so this was sweet of my hubby to capture.  {love}

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I have a picture from three years ago of Gage & Sadie on this same bridge…

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Yea…for a tire swing under the bridge…score for kids!!!

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Avenue of the Giants…AMAZING!!  Our camp was just around the next bend.

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The Eel River

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Love the Bob the Builder towel…#1 Daddy!!

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One more post tomorrow as we made our way to our sweet friends in Oregon!!

Blessings!

Janelle

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Road Trip 2011 | Part 1 – Santa Cruz

August 3rd, 2011

I can’t believe that summer is already starting to wind down.  I am happy to say that we had an AMAZING three week road trip with our family and are back in the hot (& muggy) Southwest.  Ugh. Every time we are up in the Northwest we try and figure out how we could live [...]


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I can’t believe that summer is already starting to wind down.  I am happy to say that we had an AMAZING three week road trip with our family and are back in the hot (& muggy) Southwest.  Ugh.

Every time we are up in the Northwest we try and figure out how we could live there…it wouldn’t work out now, maybe one day.  So, for now we will just keep visiting!!

So, here was the itinerary for our family fun…LEAVE the HEAT!!

Our first camping spot was in Santa Cruz, California at New Brighton State Beach.  It really is amazing how you can be up in the pines (right off of the freeway mind you) and walk down to the ocean.  The temperature was a little chillier than we expected (I guess I just couldn’t wrap my mind around anything cool with all the heat at home…I only packed one sweatshirt).  The kids didn’t mind the chill in the air…as they ventured out into the water.  I however, stayed put on the beach!!  We spent some time at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk as well, which was a great time.  It was especially fun for me to remember being a kid at this same place!!  Here are a few pictures of our Santa Cruz fun (and no these aren’t edited…most of them are with our handy dandy point & shoot – Ha!)!

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This was the campground over looking the ocean…

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The beach right below us…(on a side note, this is a very steep hill and I forgot there were 100+ stairs at the bottom that my poor husband had to go up & down with the double jogger stroller!  Oops!)

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Goofy kiddos

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Santa Cruz Boardwalk

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My husband looks really intense about his fire…

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There were lots of amazing climbing trees at our camp

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Sweet Gunnar… :)   He couldn’t help, but stick anything and everything in his mouth when he was put down…I think on the beach he ate several handfuls of sand…yum!

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Tomorrow…The AMAZING Redwoods!!  Seriously, the camera can’t even capture what we saw, just breathtaking!!

Blessings!

Janelle