We actually won’t be able to call Mr. Liam a “baby” for very much longer. So sad! Liam came into the studio with Mom and Dad for his 9 month portraits this time. As you may already know, Liam is a repeat client here at the studio, he was our first Small Wonder program client. Our other sessions with Liam can be found here: Newborn 3 months 6 months

We couldn’t believe this time when Liam came to visit that he was doing a little standing on his own and “scooting”. Liam doesn’t quite crawl, it’s definitely more of a scoot! Either way, it was as cute as cute could be!

He is definitely becoming a little mover and a shaker, as you can see from the photos in this art piece, he is kinda all over the place!

I have said it before, and I have to say it again…Liam is one of the most relaxed and calm babies we have ever met! He is always so pleasant when he comes to visit us. He is cooperative and easy-going and it really does make our job almost effortless! The most important thing for us is to just be ready when he flashes one of his adorable little smiles!

This is an important time of year for little Liam. It was his first Halloween and will be his first Christmas. To celebrate these holidays we were able to capture quite a few great photos of Liam for each occasion. For Halloween, Liam was a sock monkey, which worked out perfectly because we are big sock monkey fans around here! We have quite a collection of our own sock monkeys from all over the place, and we were super thrilled to be able to use them with Liam. For this photo we took inspiration from my all time favorite movie, E.T., the scene where E.T. is hiding among the stuffed animals in the closet.

And for Christmas, Liam’s Mom, Ashley, brought along a super cute vest and tie that she had for him. We added the Santa hat and, voila!

Again, it is hard to believe that the next time Liam comes to visit us in the studio will be for his 1 year photos! We have lots of fun things in store for that session!

It’s about time! We finally got the chance to meet little miss Adelyn. You may remember hearing about Adelyn, even before she arrived, when we had Mom and Dad’s maternity session this summer. You can revisit that session here.

This gorgeous little girl is the first baby girl we have had in the studio for a newborn session. She was so sweet, and so hungry! Man, those newborns can really eat! Anyway, Adelyn was absolutely adorable throughout our whole session.

We use this pose with each of our newborns and I think, perhaps, this could be one of my favorites. I love the way Adelyn is snuggled in the sling and she just looks so cozy!

I also think that these photos of this young, new family are so heart-warming and they bring a smile to my face every time I see them. You can just feel the love and excitement Alicia and Mike have for their new little bundle of joy.

And, oh my goodness…I cannot get over these adorable teeny tiny toes!

This is the Motherhood to Maternity art piece that we created for Alicia. Completely gorgeous!

These are the other art pieces that were created for Alicia, Mike, and Adelyn.

We are going to be trying something new with our newborn sessions in 2010 and Alicia and Mike were our first guinea pigs. Please watch the very special video below, it is unlike anything we have done in the past:

A few weeks ago, the lovely Alicia and her dear husband Mike came into the Aberdeen studio with her niece Lilly (whose session you can read about here). The intent of that visit was to have photos taken of Lilly, however, we were able to convince Alicia to have a few maternity photos taken while she was here. Here are some of the photos from that session:

Alicia decided that she enjoyed the mini, impromptu session so much and wanted more photos to choose from to document this time in the family’s life so she contacted us to schedule another session, for just maternity photos. Having Alicia and Mike in the studio again was so much fun. They are a wonderful couple and the delight that they share in this new adventure just beams across their faces.

Alicia is so excited to be a mom, but Mike is so thrilled to be a dad and it was so nice to see that play out in their interaction with one another. They are totally in love with one another and their baby girl, Adelyn, who is on her way. Alicia has said that she has enjoyed being pregnant so much, partly because Mike loves that she is pregnant.

Alicia is a beautiful Momma-To-Be, the camera just loved her and we tried a few new things with her during this session that turned out even better than we expected. The new red drape being one of them. She looks so elegant in these photos. I am so glad we could capture that for her.

Little Adelyn is going to be so lucky to have such loving and warm parents. We hope we will be able to meet her one day not too long from now!

Here is a slideshow of some of the portraits from Alicia’s session.

Lilly came into the Aberdeen studio with many members of her family for 18 month portraits. She was lucky enough to have her Mom, Grandma, Aunt and Uncle join her for her photo session. Lilly is a vibrant little girl; very energetic, and very cute. She brought a lot of energy into the studio in the middle of a very busy weekend of sessions.

We had a lot of fun with Lilly and trying different techniques with her. She wasn’t immediately willing to smile for us. so we had to work with her to find out what she enjoyed and what would make her giggle and smile easily. The bubbles were a hit with her, and she was very willing to play in the bubbles in her cute little bathing suit and sun hat, which Mom brought along with her.

Mom had a lot of ideas for photos that she wanted us to capture, and that was so helpful! It’s exactly what we want when parents bring their children in for a photo session. When we get this kind of input from parents, we end up with a nice mix of our ideas and their ideas. It makes for a nice collaboration. Mom wanted photos of Lilly in this outfit because she had just worn it in a Fourth of July parade and, well, she’s just so cute in it!

This next outfit was a total rock-star outfit! Lilly’s shirt read “No Autographs Please” and her jeans were “distressed” by Mom just for the photo session. They looked great! They had little holes torn in them and paint splotches on them; very rock and roll! And those pigtails are just to die for!

Of course, we had some ideas of our own for Lilly’s session and using our new petti-skirt was one of them. This is a prop we have been wanting for a while and we finally purchased one for the studio. Lilly was our first little cutie to try it out. I think it could be my favorite prop that we have in the studio! Little Lilly wore the colorful, fun skirt so well, and the flower clip adds just the right touch, also.

This is the art piece that was created for Lilly.

Lilly was a lot of fun to work with, and her family was also. We hope to see Lilly again in the future!

***Scroll down to the bottom of this post to see a video of Liam’s Portrait Session in our Aberden studio. ***

Well, this little man is growing so fast! Liam is a repeat client of ours; we are lucky enough to get to see this little guy every few months as he is a part of our Small Wonder program that covers the first year of your baby’s life. You can find more information about this program right here. As a part of this program, Liam has had a session as a newborn, at three months old, and now, at six months old. We can’t get over how much he has grown in three short months and how much of a personality he has developed.

Liam is a very happy baby and is also ready and willing to share his happiness with everyone!

We were so lucky to have Liam all smiles and giggles from the time he came in the door. His personality is so relaxed and easy-going. He was truly entertaining and complete eye candy throughout the entire session.

We had a few new things that we bought especially for Liam’s session, this hat being one of the cutest and one of our personal favorites. He wore it so well, too!

We also asked Liam’s Mom, Ashley, to bring along a hooded towel that we had a few ideas for. These turned out so much better than we could have even imagined. This series of photos so perfectly captures all of the sides of Liam’s personality at 6 months old!

Here again is a quick video of the portrait session in our Aberdeen studio. I hope you enjoy it.