Miss Amelia came allll the way from Boston to see me!  Yep that’s right…JUST me.  Well okay, maybe she had a LOT of family that was waiting to see her too, but I feel so honored to be a part of this families lives.  I LOVE this family!    Anyway…Baby Amelia was over 2 weeks old when I first met her, and boy oh boy, she was WIDE AWAKE.  Nope, she wasn’t going to sleep for anything!  We did what we could but then her mama brought her back to me when she was 4 weeks old (I know, right?!?!) and she was sooooo good, she slept most of the time!  Yippee!!  I can’t wait to see her again. <3  You might remember the Mama…she is the super hot mom holding the little boy with the balloons….remember?  That’s her.  Doesn’t she look awesome?  She does, believe me.  Ladies and Gentlemen….meet Amelia Piper.

Just a reminder**  Mini sessions are booking up FAST so please contact me ASAP if you would like to book a session!  They will be sold out soon!

I absolutely LOVE fall!  L-O-V-E it.  <3  It was an odd first day of fall though, right?  HOT!  I sent Ava to school in a sweater dress, tights, and a wool beret for school pictures (every mom has gotta have the traditional school head shots for the album…at least this mom does ) and felt like the worst mom as I was sweating my face off standing with her waiting for the bus.  Hey, she looked cute.

To celebrate the beginning of fall, I am announcing my Fall Mini-Session Event!  I don’t do specials often, so this is a GREAT deal, and I am SUPER excited about it!  The location is AWESOME, I can’t WAIT!  Can you tell I am excited?  :)  

Check out below for details…you don’t want to miss out on this great deal!!  Please email me at chixieandhoney@hotmail.com to schedule your time.  Remember…the first two bookings get a free 8×10 (a $28 value)  ***Session Fee IS included in your package price which starts at $150

Ohhh…are you in for a treat!  I have known Nicole for a couple of years now, one of my first sessions was of her little girl Lily, who was not quite a year old at the time.  Now Nicole and her hubby Marty have expanded their family by one itty bitty little girl and OMG is she the sweetest thing!  I was so excited to be doing Grace’s pictures because, as you all know, I absolutely ADORE photographing newborns!  I was SOOO bummed though when I learned that Nicole went in to be induced…the very same day that I went away on vacation.  So instead of getting to see Grace in all her 4 or 5 day old sweetness, I had to postpone it until she was 11 days old. Oh boy, it didn’t make a bit of difference, she was as pretty as can be!  And such a DREAM to work with!!!

Isn’t she gorgeous?  That pretty olive PERFECT skin, pink lips…and that hair!  Ohhhh!!!

I even caught one or two of these pretty smiles…I knew she was saving them just for me.

I LOVE this shot!!

She slept almost the entire time.  Well, she slept when she wasn’t nursing.

I love this shot…every single time I take it.  I love how it always gets across just how perfectly tiny and round a newborn’s head is. <3 

One of my favorites!!

Mama didn’t want to be in any shots, so this was as close as we could get.  LOVE!!

Nicole and Marty…you have such a beautiful new baby that makes such a great addition to such a beautiful family that you have!  I have so enjoyed getting to know you guys and I thank you for giving me the honor of taking part of this special time in your lives.  God Bless!

I’m not feeling too well and it’s in the middle of the night, so just one teaser for tonight!!!  More coming soon of this beauty baby!

I don’t see these girls as much as I wish I did….these three are my cousins that live up north, and we FINALLY got together to do a sister’s session as a surprise for their mom for her birthday.  We drove back behind our grandparent’s house by the river and did the pictures there and I LOVE how they turned out, the lighting was just gorgeous, and so were my subjects.  

C is going back to college this fall, H is starting college this fall and I can’t believe how big E is, she has grown up so much in the past year!  As I was going through these photos I couldn’t believe how much H and E (the blondies) look like their mama!!!  C looks just like her daddy!  

Love you girls!!
Enjoy!

I recently had a session with Miss Lauren, who toted along her mom and dad along for some family pictures.  Meeting Lauren was SUCH a delight, she is one of THE most mature and precocious little 3 year olds I have ever met, she is just PRECIOUS!!!!  I loved every minute of being with her!!!  Mom and Dad were pretty awesome too  Miss L told me when she met me exactly how she was going to smile, she had me cracking up the whole session.

Meet Lauren….isn’t she a DOLL!?!?

Her outfit was exactly my style!!!  A hat and a TON of color, I LOVE!!!!  (and a tutu )

And this is Lauren’s family….you can see how she got her good lucks, huh?  Aren’t they all stunning?

Seriously….gor-GEOUS!

My fav…

I love this, little L was pretending like she was sleeping and it made such a sweet shot…

The light was AWESOME that night!!

Love this too! <3

Thanks for being patient with me guys!

**I have been on vacation for 10 days, so it is taking me a day or two to get my bearings back, LOL!  We had a great time, we celebrated Britton’s 2nd birthday and my grandpa’s 80th birthday…all in the same week!  I took a lot of pictures and will be back this week to share!  It is so great to go and spend so much time with my family, but I did miss my hubby and am glad to be back in my own bed.

This is going to be a super long post tonight…..to make up for my lack of blogging for the past week Well we are home!  We took off over a week ago and went to our cottage to spend the week….let me tell ya, I was sooo excited to go, I had visions of sitting on the dock on the lake all day every day and doing absolutely NOTHING.  Isn’t it funny how things don’t go as planned?  The weather was terrible….soooo not summer weather!  Cold…in the 60’s and it POURED half of the time we were there.  Oh my goodness, not the vacation I envisioned at all. The kids get so out of their element even after a weekend up there, they end up being train wrecks with lack of sleep and naps, and out of their routine.  I’m sure the neighbors were glad to see us go late Friday night, LOL!  On the other hand….I got to spend some great quality time with family that I don’t see much….we went an evening at my Dad’s one night, with my grandparent’s another night, we had a late night cookout with my favorite cousin and his wife and their kids one night, my favorite uncle helped Justin with finishing up the roof, I spent some time with my mom and the kids saw lot’s of their Nana…..

The best part was going out on the boat…you see I grew up around water all of my life and my mom had a boat since I was around 15 or so, but my uncle has always had one so I have spent a lot of time on one.  My mom no longer has hers, but my uncle took Ava and I and my cousin and her two kids out and we had a ball.  It was the only nice day we had…the highlight for me was when I strapped some water skis on and decided to give it a go.  Believe it or not, I have never attempted to water ski, I was always too scared, too embarrassed.  Funny how all those inhibitions can go away with age, eh?   I popped up my first try (and second, third, fourth….) and skiied maybe…oh, 15 feet or so.  HA!  I did it over and over again and finally got tired.  I was so darn proud of myself   And OMG was I sore the next day, LOL!

It was so good to get away though, even with the nasty weather.  I am hoping to get up there every weekend for the rest of the summer and make use of our cottage.

I had messages on my cell phone when we got home early yesterday morning and I will return them all tomorrow (Monday).  I promise I am not ignoring you!

Now on to pictures of the sneak peek I posted over a week ago…..

My favorite part of my job is the people that I meet.  I get to meet the most wonderful people, and learn about their lives and share a bit of mine as well.  I have made some great friends this way and I look forward to making many more.  I stayed and chatted with Sarah after our session for a long while and came away feeling like I have made a friend….it’s such a great feeling.

This session was THE most fun session I have ever done!  Sisters commissioned me to photograph their kids in Waterville, on Grandma and Grandpa’s 10 acres.  I could have stayed there forever.   Such an awesome, friendly family and gorgeous kiddos!  The color on these pictures just kill me, I had so much fun with these.  And now on to Q, L and A!

Mom was well into her 3rd trimester with a baby girl….isn’t she gorgeous?

Look at those eyes!  They are sooo amazing!

So photogenic, Miss L is.  She is such a sweet, sweet dolly.

This spring I did a contest and the winner got a free session with me….and that winner was Jen!  I know Jen though the mom’s group that I am a member of and did her daughter’s newborn pictures about 6 months ago.  Such a great session, I had a hard time choosing what pictures to edit and to post….

The kids are such sweethearts, and were so incredibly GOOD.  I was amazed and the session went absolutely seamlessly.  Loved it!  The light was simply GORGEOUS!

The sweet, quiet kids.

I think Dad was really liking these shots….

LOVE this!

Thanks guys!

I recently had the absolute PLEASURE of photographing this little one to mark the turning of the big “ONE”.   His family tagged along and we got some awesome shots….I seriously had such a hard time choosing!  I know I’m lagging on the blog posts, hang with me guys!  I have TONS of stuff to post in the next few days and week!  I’m an editing fool!

On to the Birthday Boy!!

The sweetest, funnest (most fun?) family….

Big Brother….

I love this one!!

Look at that sweet face!  I could just eat him up!

Save the best for last……sigh…..

“H” Family!!  I had such a great time with you guys!  You gallery will be up tomorrow, I’ll shoot you an email.  Enjoy your preview!