A Visit From Grandma - Andover, MA Family Portrait Photographer

I love photographing Grandparents with their grandchildren so I was excited when I was invited to join this family for photographs while Grandma was visiting from England. We even got Surf, the dog, in on the fun!

Two beautiful girls and their Grandma.

This photo makes me laugh. Surf had to be picked up because he was a little too close to his electric fence!

A little more comfortable now that we were at a safe distance from the fence!

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Baby Ella - Middleton, MA Portrait Photographer

Eight month old babies are generally pretty cute, but this little gal was SO adorable. Love her round face and happy smile. This is a great age to photograph a baby because they are sitting up and have little personalities of their own. We did Ella's photo session at home in her beautiful pink room and out by her pool one sunny morning last week. I'm looking forward to a beach portrait session with Ella and the rest of her family later this summer!

And this adorable baby has an adorable dog too. Meet Charlie.

He was seeking a little shade from the hot sun!

Eleven Years Flown by - Andover, Boston, and North Shore MA Portrait Photographer

Eleven years ago on Earth Day -- April 22nd, 2001-- it was 85 degrees -- a gorgeous Spring day in Boston. At 1:30 in the afternoon, Grace arrived into the world, screaming her lungs out. She was two weeks overdue, and we could tell right then that she was going to be strong and feisty in addition to being just a little bit stubborn. But besides all that, she is a beautiful, smart, talented, mischievous and funny nature girl  -- with an infectious giggle that has stayed with her all these years.

Somehow she went from a 6 lb 13oz baby to a lovely 11 year old girl seemingly overnight. I remember every birthday in between then and now -- gone by so fast in the blur of time. It seems impossible but in June she will finish Elementary school and be off to Middle School in the Fall. I hate to even think about the fact that since those 11 years flew by the way they did, then next 11 will too and then she will be 22 years old and gone off on her own. OK. Must stop thinking about that now...I can't even go there...

Anyone who sees my posts on Facebook knows that I often post photos of Ellie, but rarely of Grace. She loathes my camera. If I can even get her to look at it, she's usually crossing her eyes or making some other goofy face. But she finally agreed to let me take some birthday photographs (I will admit there was a trip for FroYo involved). I really wanted to capture her personality and her loveliness and she let me do just that.

And here is that infectious laugh and giggles I was talking about...