Pear Blossom

Have you guys seen the website for Baby Star??  They have some of the cutest products for little babies, everything from blankees to bedding and now apparel!  Madison has two of their mini blankees and we love them so much.  She uses them for her dolls, she uses them in the stroller and we use them in the car … I could go on and on about them, we simply love them!   

The new apparel line is so adorable!  It’s a modern look with simple fabrics and super cute colors.  When Dana at Baby Star asked me to shoot some of their new sets I was more then excited.  I love her pieces and it was such an honor to be asked.  I brought in two of my favorite tiny tot models, Kenley and Drew.   

I have a lot to share (a lot) so I’ll post Kenley’s pictures first with Drew to follow tomorrow.  Words can’t even begin to describe how dang cute this little girl is!!! 

So Madison celebrated her 5th birthday this past weekend.  We had a VERY small party, 8 girls to be exact.  I just wanted a small party where Madison could spend 2 hours playing, laughing and giggling with her bestest little friends … and I wanted it to be all about the girls.  I tried to incorporate all the things that Madison loves most … food, dancing, dress up and pictures.  She had such a great time, she really was spoiled this year!   On her actual birthday she woke up to a pancake breakfast made by her brother (he’s such a sweetie), she went shopping for a special dress and then she got to have a yummy family dinner in her honor.   

madison in her element 

We broke it down and did some freeze dance 

Even Anthony got in on the fun!  You should have seen all the kids and all the parents crammed into my little house.  Hilarious!!   

~S 

I’m so happy and honored to be apart of such an amazing fundraising effort.  For those of you who don’t know about the Nie Nie Recovery Fund you can find all about it HERE.  In a very small nut shell Stephanie and Christian Nielson were in a private plane crash on August 16th, both are recovering from very critical burns and have a long recovery ahead of them.  So who is Stephanie Nielson you might ask??  Well, check her out HERE … she has a VERY popular blog that details her life as a mom, wife and friend.  The Nielson’s have four children, they are all being cared for by Stephanie’s family.  To read updates and info on the events since the crash you have to visit Stephanie’s sisters blog C JANE ENJOY.   I love her blog, it’s so fun to read she has such a knack with words (it obviously runs in the family). Great reads all around and a very inspiring story!!!

Cristy from Paper Lili created the cutest shirts for the Nie Nie Recovery fund!  Madison got to model one and OMG did she look cute in her top.   

** So you LOVE the shirt, gotta have it???  Of course you do, and it’s for a great cause … NIE NIE TEE  

I was trying to get Madison to make a heart with her hands, but this is all I got … no love for me!  LOL   

Madison’s birthday started off a little early this year, we caught her off guard and surprised her on Friday with a puppy!!  Let me rewind a bit before I share everything.  Madison has been begging Joe and I for a pet for the last six months, it all started when we house sat a rabbit for 3 weeks.  Nothing against rabbits or anything but I wasn’t about to get a rabbit, we considered a hamster but realized it was too small and fast for Madison (she really wanted to hold her animal) we also thought about a Guinea pig but that quickly went out the door.  Our last thoughts were between a cat and adding a new dog to our family, we really weighed each option for quite a while.   When the final decision was made Joe and I were both very happy and excited to have a new member of the family.    

Madison was so shocked, so shocked!!!  She must have told Joe and I five times “I didn’t know, I can’t believe you got me a puppy, I could cry” she was so happy and so was Anthony.  Since that day she has been gushing about her brand new baby (as she calls it) and just loving on her.  We had some issues naming her, the kids are way to opinionated!   We finally came to a consensus  

Duchess Von Clover … the kids loved Duchess and I loved Clover.  She’s an adorable little Clover and she does come to any name :)    

Madison doing her best Sharpay (sp?) look 

My little 5 year old 

joe said I made a bad styling error in using black on her, he says it looks to much like a boy!    

Ok just one more!  

My little stars needed a platform to perform on and I found it.  This cool amphitheater was the perfect backdrop for the clothes and for my girls, they were in la la land while on stage, you would have thought they were standing in front of crowds of people.    Madison was a super sport to model on her birthday, she did have a little incentive though … a promise to buy her a new pair of shoes (do you see the things I get myself into).  Thankfully she didn’t find any shoes she loved (she has like 20 pairs of shoes!) but she did find a satin dress in a wild splash of blues and greens which looked really cute on her!  

Check out Matilda Jane for these cute dresses! 

It’s so fun to shoot a couples maternity session and then be able to come full circle and see their little baby all grown up!  This family was one of my favorite maternity sessions of all time, they are both so comfortable in front of the camera and they really just ignore me and interact, creating the most yummy pictures ever!  They’ve gone ahead and added a little stud to their photogenic family and OMG is he cute!!!  Check him out  

Is woodsy even a word???  It didn’t pop up as a mispelled word so that means A) it either doesn’t exist or B) it is an actual word and I’m a smarty … non the less I could pull out a dictionary to cross check my spellings/word creations, but I’m not that anal and I don’t really care :)  

I got to go out with some of my favorite models and shoot around some weeds, tree trunks and lots of dirt (oh and lizards, everywhere!).  The girls had a lot of fun.   

Matilda Jane’s Holiday Line PEACE BY PIECE is debuting soon … check it out!                   

So we had to improvise a bit, non the less Madison seemed to really love the “snow” … and Anthony really loved putting the snow all over her!  New stuff from 

Matilda Jane (with more to follow!)             

Isn’t Ry looking so insanely adorable???  OMG I Love her 

I had such a fun time shooting this mini session with Paula.  Her mom works at Anthony’s school and when she asked me to do a mini shoot for her daughter I was more then happy to do it.   We ventured off to one of my favorite locations and had a ball of fun :) 

I had such a great time meeting Simone and her lovely little family!  Simone is such a sweetie, she has amazing taste and a gorgeous home (very inspiring) … she’s also a designer and sells her purses, clothes and other wearables on etsy.  Check out her stuff, it’s awesome!  GardenHouse 

Simone nailed it with the styling of the clothes, I always explain to families that wearing all black or white tee’s is not a good idea, instead work with a color scheme that will create cohesive photos yet still hold distinct personalities in tact.  Her girls were so dang cute!!!