This little guy is a happy baby. I love photographing him, even though I have to chase him all over the place since he learned to walk – and run! I adore his big bright eyes and cute little smiles.

She was my 28th birthday present. Her name is Ginger, and I love her!!

She holds all my camera equipment, and has plenty of room for more (maybe my 29th birthday presents).

She has a pretty blue interior.

She looks nice with my cute brown flats (please ignore my pasty alien feet).

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It has been a lot warmer this week, so we’ve been going outside as much as possible. Noah loves to find sticks and dig in the dirt in the backyard. I love sitting in the rocking chair on our front porch and soaking up the sun. Earlier in the week, we took a walk a few blocks to the library and checked out a handful of books. We are all enjoying the fresh air and sunshine. I am so thankful for warm and sunny days!

In case you are wondering, Noah does pretty much wear this sweater every time we go out. He has outgrown his jacket!

Always with the moody faces…

Haha, the wind gave him crazy hair! I love it.

Yesterday was such a gorgeous, sunny day that I thought it would be a good idea to go outside and get some fresh air. Little did I know that it was only 40 degrees, and that is COLD! We only stayed outside for 8 minutes or so before we came back into the house with red runny noses. Noah loves going outside, so I can’t wait for it to warm up so we can spend some time out there. I want to go to the park and have a picnic lunch!

Hello, dead tomato plants. How I miss your sweet little cherry tomatoes…

I found some old photos on my hard drive today and decided to play. Here are a couple of Noah when he was six months old. It’s hard to believe that this was over a YEAR ago! They grow up so fast! In just a few short months, he will be a big brother.

I miss this little guy…

This little guy is my nephew, Jacob. He is one year old, and oh-so sweet. He was born with so much hair that he had several haircuts before his first birthday. His hair grows like crazy! Since he always has the chaos of four siblings around him, he is a very calm and easy-going baby.

Big hugs and kisses from Aunt Leah!

I experienced a couple of new things this week. I changed the look of my blog and website, and I love the new template for my website! The photos are bigger, and I’ve added more photos to my gallery.

I also had the great pleasure of photographing a 5-day-old baby girl. She was so precious. I had so much fun with this little one!

Just look at this sweet face…

I love how she looks like she’s curled up in the womb here…

Those eyelashes!

W family, congratulations on your new bundle of joy!

This afternoon I took a few snapshots of Noah and Nate… Noah looooves his daddy!

It is so important to capture your children as they grow up, even if you just take happy snapshots.  My son is not one of those children who suffers from “Photographer’s Child Syndrome,” the phenomenon where children of photographers hate to get their picture taken because they always have a camera shoved in their faces.  It helps that he hasn’t seen my camera in more than a month, and I only brought my camera out for about 5 minutes to catch him playing.  I don’t spend long trying to get him to smile or do something cute.  I just get in there, snap snap snap, and get out!  He is still curious and smiling instead of being frustrated and upset with me.

Happy Photographing!

I was blessed to photograph so many beautiful babies, children and families in 2009!  Here are some of my favorites:

I can’t wait to see what 2010 has in store for me!