To say last week was a treat is a complete understatement. Lots of sessions. Met up with a family I hadn’t seen since before they had their most recent addition. Two newborns. Bliss. (Busy! But bliss!)

This little lady is absolutely perfect. Perfect skin. Perfect lips. The most amazing eyelashes ever. Sweetness and light, for sure! I sort of charged my way into doing the session by pestering Dad, who I used to teach with.(Remember I used to do that a few lifetimes ago?!)

Okay, gee, let me try to get by with a brief back story. So Dad is the “cool” teacher. I mean, he teaches Latin. And not the pig version.  You have to be pretty rad to teach a language that only dead people speak. I mean, Gladiator and all. 300. Spartacus! Et tu, Brute!

Anyway. . . back in the day when I taught with Dad, all of us hens in the Foreign Language department (*ahem* LOTE as it is now called (“Languages Other Than English”) thought he was a catch and we did our darnedest to find a match for him. Poor Dad! Anyway. .. unbeknownst to me because I left the school before all the scoop went down, Mom came in to interview (I did her phone interview and showed her around the campus–coincidence! I think NOT!) and joined the campus and bing-bang-boom their story started. It’s a great story. Compelling. Romantic. I might have swooned a little reading it. They are a great couple.  And now after a long and winding road, they are a family. Party of three! With the most adorable and perfect little girl ever! Dad, add to list: “buy shotgun”.  You will have stinky boys banging down your door before you know it!

But let’s get to the good stuff:

Oh, did I mention she is a Halloween baby? I know there are many different camps about sharing birthdays with holidays (personally I wouldn’t mind since it would help me keep all the dates clear in my head!) but I think this is a pretty cool day to be born on. Randomly bought this banner from my favorite banner vendor Starlit Nest thinking I would have to wait until next year to use it. But was glad Mom mentioned she wanted to do something commemorating L’s birthday.

Can you believe those lips? These images are going to be small on the blog so they won’t give her lashes their full due. Amazing! Such a lovely little girl!

Absolutely precious.

Miss L was very obliging with lots of different hair pretties and blankets. Mom gave me the go-ahead to use as much pink as I liked!

Love. love. love. love. love this one.

And this one, too.

I asked a friend to make this feathered hair pretty for this session and I just absolutely LOVE it!

Oh that bottom lip! Watch out, Dad! That just might be her secret weapon!

Then we were setting up to do something else entirely and I ended up shooting these images. I am a sucker for black and white to begin with but these just speak to my heart.

Daddy love.

Daddy and his girls. They are so beautiful and happy!

Oh, this one just really speaks to me.

But I just might love this one the most-est from the session.

The pooch I remember from back in the day. He’s watching over his new baby really well. And keeping an eye on me, for sure!

Did I mention I really love black and white? Well, I’ll mention that again. I do. Love black and white images. And I think I know where little sweet pea got those to-die-for lashes–her beautiful mama!

And a parting shot with Dodger. Good boy. Keep watching over your baby. She’ll be pulling your tail before you know it!

Thanks again, guys, for letting me into your home and your lives. It’s always a blessing to share in these first days! Enjoy!