Bobbi-Jo and Ryan brought their blue-eyed cutie Dominic out to Henderson Lake for his first family photos. He fussed at just the right times (if a baby really must fuss) – just before we started and just after we got all the photos we needed. And talk about a photogenic family! :)

It’s getting hard to deny that I’m an “adult” now that my best friends from childhood are having babies! Tennille welcomed her first into the world a few months ago when Ava was born to her and Jim. Ava looks soooo much like Tennille at times it’s scary, but I guess there is no denying who her momma is. It was great to see them now as a family and they are so radiant with happiness :)

Juliana came into the world just a little over a month ago, and she’s already trying to hold her full head of hair up! She was so laid back during our session, so hopefully she is like that most of the time for her mom and dad :)

Congrats, Joan and Erwin!

I did Amber and Ian’s wedding a few years ago, and now they have two little ones, Noah and Zoe, with them in their family! We met down in Indian Battle Park for their first family photos since Zoe was born, and though she wasn’t too pleased throughout the session, she had enough quiet moments that we could hide it. They are such a cute family!

This past Saturday Michel and Sara had a small intimate wedding with their immediate family and headed down to Indian Battle Park for a few hours of photos with everyone. This was the first time I got to meet their new baby girl Melina since taking their maternity photos, and I loved that they brought all their doggie babies along too (who behaved way better than at the last session!). Aside from the horrible mosquitoes, we had a gorgeous afternoon while we worked… we literally finished 20 minutes before the huge downpour though!

Everyone was so fun to work with, and there was so much cuteness… from Sara’s funky dress, to Melina huge open-mouthed grins, to Goldie snuggling everyone who held her… I ended up going “Awww!” a lot :)

Thank you for having me take part in your day, and sorry I didn’t bring a bottle of Off!

Michel was often tasked with holding the little ones during the family switches. Melina is busy trying to eat Goldie’s ear.

SO CUTE

Ah, sibling love :)

Michel was caught in a variety of poses with Goldie, and finally he fell into this very super model esque pose

Bridal veils can double as mosquito nets!

This is in between more shots where Melina tried to eat Goldie’s ears…

Baby ankle rolls!

A few weeks ago I headed to the Crowsnest Pass to welcome Mark and Sarah’s first baby, Nate, into the world with a family photo session getting everyone involved. Unfortunately it was raining that whole weekend so we weren’t able to make use of the gorgeous scenery around Sarah’s parents’ ranch, but they had a wonderful house in which we were able to stay warm. Nate is a super cute, easy going baby and it was fun to see his grandparents totally beaming over him. I hadn’t seen Mark and Sarah in quite a while so it was great to have some time to catch up. They are going to make awesome parents, and Nate is lucky to have such sweet grandparents!

Sarah’s dad had Nate’s name tattooed on his arm

Nate was mostly in a good mood, but we had a few of these moments.

So much baby fuzz!

While one of their dogs was worried about what we were doing and couldn’t be coerced into the photos, Bender was all about “his baby.”