Kate, Dave and adorable Fiona, the coolest kid on the beach!

Kate and Dave are just awesome, awesome people; the type of people that you just want to be around.  They are the perfect match and compliment each other so well.  Watching them interact as family is so inspiring.  They just get it.  I love that you can tell that they are absolutely infatuated with their little Fiona, and still the love they have for each other is so present in everything they do.   And don't get me started on Fiona!   She might be the coolest 1 year old I know.  I'm not even exaggerating.  So funny.

I was so excited when Kate asked me to do this shoot.   We had it booked months in advance and I've been dyyyying to show you all these pictures!   We had an absolutely gorgeous day down on Duxbury Beach.   (For the record, my heart will always be in the South Shore.)

Special thanks to Lisa from Little Ette Designs for Fiona's adorable headbands!

Meet Fiona... cutest little thing ever.

Gorgeous family!

Love this <3

Love this... this is so Kate's laugh.

There's just something about daddy - daughter moments..

I'll leave you with this... the coolest kid on the beach.  Can you stand it??

Lil miss Haley and her proud big brother, Jackson!!

ou all remember adorable Jackson and our day at the park??  Well, my dear friends Kate and Mike welcomed his little sister, Haley into the world!!  I am so so happy for them.   It just feels like yesterday that Kate came into work and showed me her hand and her gorgeous new ring.. and of course I screamed!  (ok... after I said "oooh new nail polish??.... that's how non-functional I am before my morning coffee.  Springs hottest color, right?? ).    That was FIVE years ago??  (I can't handle how fast time flies sometimes!)  Kate is just one of those people that makes my stomach and cheeks hurt from laughing after spending 5 minutes with.  I'm so lucky to have her in my life :) Anyway, the last few years have flown and I couldn't be happier for them and their growing, beautiful family.  Love you guys.

Remember this handsome face??

Boy after my own heart!!   I can't even handle it....

So... my photographer side kick is a big brother!

And he loves her :)

Meet pretty Haley!

Hello gorgeous!

Baby yawns get me every time!

Time for more kisses!

Meanwhile... while Haley was finishing up her little shoot,  Jackson was mowing the lawn!  Nice job buddy :)

Ellie is here! ... and she's absolutely perfect :)

Yesterday morning I thought my Keurig was a goner...  and for those of you that know me know this is a complete and utter tragedy.  Low and behold...  this morning,  Reid came to the rescue and  realized it was just a fuse.   YESSSS.   I know I know... why didn't I think of that yesterday morning??   I'm just going to blame it on the lack of caffeine haze.

Anyway... while I sit here with my delicious cup of coffee, I want you all to meet Ellie.   Remember my beautiful friend Jess and her maternity shoot (here)??  Well - she's here!  And she's completely perfect.  Like I said in the last post, Jess was absolutely destined to welcome Ellie into this world.  She is already such an amazing mother to this lucky little babe and it makes me so happy to watch.  And it is so amazing to see Brian look at Ellie like she's the most beautiful thing he's ever seen.  I couldn't be more over-the-moon happy for you guys.

SO CUTE

Already wrapped around his finger :)

Their first baby.   Frisky Cat wanted to know what all the fuss was about

Ellie is like a little doll... just perfect.

Love you guys!

(Brian... thanks for being such a good sport about this.   I definitely owe you a beer :)

ps... special thanks to Nikkie from Ashla Gaitan Designs for my logo design!

Pretty Lilly!

I was so excited when Melissa asked me to do Lilly's first birthday shoot... a cake smash???  umm YES PLEASE.   So cute and so fun.  I met Melissa, Aran and miss Lilly at their place on a gorgeous afternoon a couple of weekends ago.  We had a blast... Lilly wasn't quite sure what to make of the whole thing at first .. but give a girl a tutu, balloons, cake and bubbles??  Sold. Here's their beautiful family!  They seriously couldn't be sweeter people.

Pretty Lilly

Miller wanted to play too!

Lilly is going to be a big sister!  GORG-eous, Melissa :)

Aaaaaaand she's OFF!

So so so sweet... I can't even handle it

Ok... time for cake!   Quick change into possibly the most adorable little birthday outfit EVER.  Here comes to tutu!

The picture on the right...  kills me.  So funny.

Some serious deep thought went into digging in!

The aftermath! So funny

Fluffy pink tutu.... lovvvvee it

So fun you guys!    Hope you love them.   Lilly is absolutely adorable and I can't wait to meet your new little one when he gets here!

And thanks again for my wine!!  You're awesome  xoxo