It was a couple of years ago that I started this tradition with my sister-in-law, Elizabeth. Ben and I always try to make it to our nieces & nephew’s birthday parties, but as I became more confident in taking portraits I started taking birthday pictures of the kiddos for Liz.

I had a very hard time leaving Pittsburgh in July because I thought the next time I’d be back home wouldn’t be until Christmas. Thank goodness I have a very understanding husband who knows I need to see my family and friends. After my sister and her boyfriend visited us in October, I rode back […]

The Kissling family have been family friends for a very long time. They had three girls around the same age as my sisters and I so we would get together for some epic “house” and “American Girl” play dates. When I was around 12 Tyler was born and since my parents didn’t plan on having any […]

When I married Ben I married into a big family, which meant I got nieces and nephews! : ) Will and Ezra are my two nephews and their birthdays are a week apart. So while we were celebrating Will’s birthday I shot some 5 year old birthday portraits of him and 2 year old birthday […]

Cece may only be a couple of weeks old, but Elle is already a great big sister to her. I got to visit Jonathan, Chelsy, Elle and brand new baby Cece just a couple of days after she was born. I was mainly there to visit with my best friend and hold that little baby […]