It was my sister’s birthday today (Well - I guess officially it was yesterday, but I am a night owl!) so in honor of that I wanted to share a few pictures. Ok, ok – they are not pictures of my sister. They are of Valentina. But hey, that’s close enough right? She’s a miniature Charmaine! Happy Birthday Char! Hope your day was at least half as fabulous as you are!

We were at Old Orchard mall and Lance decided to take Valentina for a ride on the kiddie train. Truth be told, I think Valentina was his excuse! Who’s more excited here?

“It’s ok Dad, I won’t tell anyone…”

Till next time!

Here’s the newest addition to the Little family. I had so much fun meeting little Mia. I haven’t had many opportunities to photograph the teeny tiny newborns, so I was very excited about today’s session! Thanks Brian and Diane! A few of my favorites:

She must be having a sweet dream! Beautiful little grin!

I had a fantastic morning with Madeline, Claire, and Isabelle…

The girls welcomed me into their home with a private dance party in their room…

Can you say divas?!

Madeline:

Claire:

Isabelle:

Madeline and Claire couldn’t get enough of the jumping shots… I had to indulge them one more time

Isabelle with her mommy Allison… I am so in love with this shot!

I’m buried right now… a million things to get done and I don’t know where to start. Two papers to get done this week, photos to process, and trying to squeeze in some ‘me’ time too. I’m using Memorial Day to play catch up, so by this time tomorrow, I am hoping to have tackled a big portion of my to-do list.

As part of my ‘me’ time – how about I share some cute personal pics? (I knew that’s what you were hoping for!) I have the cutest nephews in the world, I’m sure of it! Every time I think of them, I get a big cheesy smile on my face… And so should you!

You may recognize this little cutie from the home page of my website. This is Ben, and he’s already 15 months old!

We started off at the Lincoln Park Conservatory and then headed over to the Lincoln Park Zoo. All in all, this proved to be a pretty cool day for Ben – he got to run around almost anywhere he wanted and have me chase him everywhere he went! Last time I saw him, he wasn’t walking yet. Ben has become bit more mobile since then. This is what I tried keeping up with all morning:

He did have a few fractions of a second where he’d stop and pose very nicely for me

I found out what a dog lover he is too! Here he is making friends with a pooch at the park:

A nice family shot:

He had his grandparents with him today too!

Having some fun with dad:

Thanks Katy, Jason, and Ben! Had a lot of fun today!

I’m taking a quick break from homework to bring you some of my favorites from Guillen’s 1 year photo session…enjoy! Aren’t they a beautiful family?

I had a couple sessions this weekend for Valentina and Guillen who both recently turned a year old! I’ll have more to share soon, but in the meantime here are just two from the weekend:

Sunday morning we had some very rainy, not-so-fun-to-drive-in weather… But we got up early for a family celebration and headed to the burbs… I’m a little behind on the blogging (and it is the middle of the night right now!) so this will be a quick post. Just wanted to share one super cute shot of Valentina! Here she is watching the rain fall into the pond outside, contemplating life (or trying to figure out how to get outside without us noticing!)

Lots of cool stuff going on, hope to catch you all up soon

Spring… did I say something about spring? You’ll have to excuse me, I didn’t realize Chicago was in for a blizzard tonight!

Here are a few pics from my niece’s baptism earlier today:

This shoot was very near and dear to my heart. I took these pictures while we were in Las Vegas earlier this month. Logan is 3 years old and has the strongest, most resilient mother on Earth, Sarah. It makes me tear up thinking about the circumstances under which we met that day but it will suffice to say that Logan’s daddy John is now resting in heaven watching over these two.

Despite everything, Logan is a gorgeous, rambunctious, and sweet little boy who I could barely keep up with! I had so much fun watching him laugh and run through the park as Justin tried to catch him!

My love to you both Sarah and Logan!