We timed our arrival in the UK perfectly!  As soon as we arrived here, the weather turned and spring brought the flowers out.

I took these photos in my Aunt’s gorgeous garden.  I love the springtime!

This week is a special little boy’s first birthday!  It’s hard for me to believe, but Baby H is turning 1! I have been able to do his newborn, 3, 6 & 9 month photos and his wonderful mom was kind enough to have me do his one year photos a few weeks early so we could squeeze it in before I left Dayton.  I had a blast with this session and the weather held out just long enough that we could do the photos outside.  J & R, I hope you love the photos of your little man – it has been a joy getting to know your family and I hope the AF has us cross paths again!

Before we moved away from Dayton, I was asked to photograph Miss A, a 5 day old teeny tiny newborn!  Being born a few weeks early, she definitely was the smallest newborn I’ve ever held.  Baby A was such a sweetheart and I loved photographing her!

Unfortunately I got a little behind on editing the last few sessions I did in Dayton, however the good news is I am now getting all caught up so over the next couple of days you’ll see a few more client previews!

The first is another beautiful baby girl.  I was asked if it was possible for me to fit in Miss S’s newborn photos before we moved and how could I saw no to the opportunity to meet another sweet 5 day old!!  We luckily were able to squeeze in an hour the day before all of my photography items were packed and I got to spend time with Miss S who spent most of the time wide awake showing off her gorgeous eyes!

If I have now gotten the Small World song stuck in your head, I apologize for that! My point for the title is just to say that the Air Force really is a small world and inevitably we will cross paths with people from our AF past as we move from base to base.  A few months ago I received an email from Baby E’s mom asking if I would do a photo session for him while they were in town – you see, they are not stationed here in Dayton (yet), but were going to be in town to house hunt for when they move here in the fall.  I met Baby E’s mom via the internet several years ago as both of our husbands were going through training to commission as Air Force Officers.  I am so glad they called me and gave me a chance to meet little E – he is a charmer and was all smiles for me!  I hope we are able to cross paths again in the AF World!

After discussing this shoot for weeks with the expectant mom, I finally got to meet Baby E last week when he was 6 days old!  He was an absolute superstar for his first photo shoot – slept virtually the entire time and seemed to have no issue with me constantly moving him around.  N & N, enjoy your sneak peek – it was a joy to photograph your adorable son!

We had some beautiful weather this weekend, so it was only fitting that I had the chance to photograph the beautiful M Family!

I spent some time today photographing a bouquet of flowers I was given.  Instead of photographing the flowers as one group, I decided to break the bouquet apart and focus on the different flowers.  I also played with background colors to give a bit of pop to the images.

I had another chance to photograph Baby Hank – more affectionately known as “Hank the Tank”.  This time we did his 9 month photos.  It really is hard to believe it’s been that long!

Here’s just sneak peek of the session!