{Wichita Pregnancy Portraits} Robin + Chris

This week, I was looking back through portraits, and realize I NEVER shared my sister's pregnancy portraits from her daughter, Alice, on the blog. This is only relevant because I'll be taking pregnancy portraits in Wichita for Baby #3 later this month ... so I figured I better share these, so Miss Alice doesn't develop a "middle child complex." ;)

Adding little people to pregnancy portraits definitely brings the unexpected element to the shoot! 

{Salina Kid Portraits} Theodore, 2 years old

It's hard to believe my nephew is 2 years old already! He's got lots of spunk, energy and a touch of feistiness. ;) We grabbed a few quick portraits when he was in town over the weekend.

This October is bearing down on us and is going to be off the wall crazy .... there should be a lot to share on the blog over the next few weeks. I hope I can keep up with it all! I'm accepting offers for anyone who wants to come watch my own baby so I can keep up with my editing. ;) Just kidding. Sort of. ;)

{Photojournalism} Theodore's 1st Birthday Party

One year ago, my family was celebrating the addition of a new family member, Baby Theodore, my nephew. The last year of being "Auntie Karen" and fielding phone calls from Theodore "Auntie Karen, mommy won't let me eat ice cream" or "Auntie Karen, let's go SWIMMING!" have been fun.

Over the weekend, both families gathered to celebrate one year with this little guy. As you can see, Theodore was "locked and loaded" .... ready to eat birthday cake.


In the foreground (right side) you can see his cake ... although at the time he didn't know it was yummie sugary goodness. :)


A tentative first taste.


Going gangbusters!


I think my dad will love this photo. Look at Theodore's left hand ... it's all he's using. My dad's a leftie, and out of the 4 kids my parents had, no lefties in the group. Looks like his first grandchild might be a southpaw!