 This adorable girl already has celebrity status with her family. (And she doesn’t even know it!) You know this is true when you have absolutely precious hand-knit outfits from one grandmother, and the other grandmother FaceTimes the newborn session because she isn’t able to come state-side for another week or so. Add a mom and dad who happily put up with what can only be called sweltering temperatures with a smile, and a cousin who drove several hours just to meet her - the love was overflowing!
 This family right here! I feel such a strong connection to them. I started taking pictures for their family when their first born, Charlotte, was less than two weeks old. Ever since then, I’ve pretty much been capturing family portraits for them about twice a year, with a few extra thrown in here and there! You can’t not get close when you get to see each other that often! All of our shoots have been full of smiles and happiness, but as I went through this one, I was simply taken aback by the genuine joy pouring out of each photo.
 Sometimes things just have a way of working out. Last September, Kristin reached out to me about fall photos. We were having trouble finding an open weekend date and were going back and forth about weeknight options (an increasingly difficult prospect as the days get shorter and shorter) when I had a client cancel. It was fate! We booked and started discussing details.
 Ask a central Marylander how they are today, and I guarantee you, somewhere in the first few sentences, you’ll hear the word “hot”. It is hot here right now. We may get all four seasons, but they sometimes get thrown at us randomly. Right now we’ve skipped right to mid-summer meltdown temperatures. The AC units are clicking on, the cars are baking, and the pools are hoppin’.
 If you are a Maryland photographer, the month of May was a tough one for you. It rained. A lot. All month long. We saw a few glimpses of sunshine here and there, but the skies would quickly cloud back over and the rain would fall again. You can imagine then, how excited I was to wake up the morning of the Batt’s family session and see broken clouds instead of rain. And how that excitement turned to ecstasy at the sight of the sun poking through when we were strolling to our location. It just felt so good to see those rays of light!
 The other day, I sat down with my Mom for a cup of tea and she asked me how I was doing. I said “I’m good. Just tired.” Then I made fun of myself a bit. I laughed at my answer because it’s just me and my husband right now. No kids, no pets...well except for Shane the goldfish. I predicted that in a few years, I’ll look back at 29 year-old, childless me and laugh bitterly at my “tired”. Sometimes I can’t imagine how tired I will be once kiddos come along. I have plenty of friends who have had kids and I know their life is always on the go and lacking in sleep. That made me think...how did my mom do it?
 Oh my goodness! Where do I even begin with this adorable session? Maybe with the loving older brother? Or the beautiful baby girl? Or the amazing set of headbands I can’t stop thinking about? How about just all of it?
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June 2019
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