last summer john (my husband, for those of you new to my blog) and i decided we wanted a fence to coral keep jack from running towards the street. we commissioned my very handy brother-in-law, “dude” as jack calls him, or jeremy as the rest of us call him to help john with the labor. my sister katie thought up the idea of a swapping jeremy’s skills for mine. this session completes our contract! i can’t believe this sweet little girl is going to be one in two days! (the wheels are now turning as to what we need done to our house for janie’s next session! )

here is janie in katie’s belly, newborn janie, 3 months, 6 months, and 9 months!

here she is at 1 year!

and in the show-down between janie and the giant cupcake, the cupcake won!

i was excited when erika contacted me last spring about doing an extended family shoot with her in-laws, 14 people in all. i have photographed erika’s immediate family a few times before and they are probably the nicest people you can find! saturday was finally the day of the shoot and as i was driving to the state park in monroe the sun was no where to be found. i checked weather.com about 5 times that morning on my i-phone and it assured me the rain would hold off until after noon. well of course, about 20 minutes into our 9am session the rain started so we had to book it to the gazebo. i did not want to make 14 people all meet again another day so we plugged along under the gazebo for a while and even found (thanks erika!) an awesome opening under a huge tree that sheltered us from the rain but worked great for photos. everybody was so wonderful to work with and erika did such a great job organizing the shoot!

i am up late burning the midnight oil, determined to get this beautiful girl’s sneak peak up before i went to bed. so, here i am at 1am with a sleeping baby in my left arm, typing one-handed.

…cake!!! happy birthday 1st birthday cale!

this little babe is 8 months old and this is her first photo-shoot! i looove all the girlishness! (probably because i am swimming in boys over here.)

then we skipped over to a nearby park and did a few family pics!

here’s another wonderful family that i have played with so many times and was so happy to see again this week!

i can’t believe this sweet little girl is already 1! look at how much she’s grown this past year:

we met up at a new location (that i loved) in ann arbor yesterday. she was in such a happy mood and i love that we included big brother and mom and dad too!

i was so happy to see this little baldie and his mom and dad again last night. it is crazy how much they grow in six months. he couldn’t be any more adorable with those big blue eyes and bald head.

danielle is an airport high senior. my second this week! she is as sweet as she is beautiful.

these six cuties are all cousins! they range in age from 10 years to 5 months. they all have at least three things in common. every single one of them has gorgeous eyes, the longest eye lashes you’ve ever seen, and an awesome grandma! she decided last spring that she wanted to decorate her walls with her grand-kids. she did such a great job coordinating their outfits and putting this all together!