Oh sweet baby Mani. Have I mentioned newborns?! And right now as my daughter is now 3 1/2 I really love them espeically when they are other peoples’ babies. Ha! I want another child but man those sleepless nights for months and years. Oh but wait. Isn’t he so so cute? And he smells so yummy, too. It’s like a magnet for me. I just want to hold and squeeze them all! Lucky for me I have two newborn shoots coming up in the next week and a half. Yeah! You can see Mani in his beautiful Momma’s belly here.

Such a proud Daddy.

Oh, that little smirk! I could eat him up.

Oh, please. No pictures now. Nice try cute little man.

 Love.

Kisses from your furry brother.

Hello, Mani.

Love this everyday moment.

And this everyday moment is so angelic.

I love the new parent smiles here.

Daddy has magical sleepy baby powers.

Love.

All those Moms out there. Remember the itty bitty stage where they just laid on your chest all day long and you never wanted to move?! yes, this is that moment forever captured. Love love love.

Much love,

Robin

Oh, sweet baby Gabriel. That newborn smell. That newborn sleepiness. The cuddles. Yes, I do love it all.

how funny is that expression?

Mother/baby bonding time. Something I know Monica will cherish forever.

I previewed this image on my Facebook page. It really encompasses the everyday happenings and to me is the most cherished memories. Sure, anyone can create an idealistic image of a baby sleeping. But this is real life.

Big brother Michael don’t worry I haven’t forgotten about you.

We didn’t forget about you either puppy.

Grandma snuggles.

Cross my heart

Oh this family! Where do I start?! I’ve been photographing you for 4 years?! Yes?! Wowzers. I am so lucky to call you a friend, Amy. One of the things I love the most about photographing people is making friends. The kind of friend that is for life. Love you sweet friend.

It’s been about a year and a half since I last photographed these beautiful families. We have so much fun every time and I love seeing the children grow.

These two…these two…so much fun!

Gah…Morgan…there are no words.

Angie and Zenovy were married at Gervasi Vineyard in Canton, Ohio. It was a beautiful Fall day.  Gervasi has amazing Villas fit for Kings and Queens. They are full of Italian flare and lots of natural light.

Does this look like the Cinderella carriage or what?! Don’t answer just agree.

I was touring around the grounds the morning of the wedding and found this gem of a spot. I don’t need manicured lawns. I want overgrown with lots of character. Yes, thank you Gervasi.

Angie’s surprise for Zen was a picture with his baseball gear. Zen used to play baseball but injured his arm. I sure hope this meets your expectations Angie!

Zen’s brother playing the violin.

Thank you two for allowing me to capture everythign from this angle. I love beign able to see your loved ones in the background. I still chuckle at the fact that your pastor didn’t move even though he said he would. I kind of wedged him out of the way. lol It still turned out okay.

I loved singing country roads with you at the end of the night. I had a blast. Your friends are great Angie and I felt like I’d known everyone for years. Much love and admiration. Mwah mwah mwah!

Meet my sister, Carina and her family. They live in Perth, Australia.

My sister, Carina, lives in Perth, Australia. I would move there if I wasn’t such a chicken to leave my friends and family. It is a beautiful place live. J and I say we’d move there a lot. But the truth is we have some family who would be very upset if we moved their only Grandchild to the other side of the World!

Anyway, my sister was visiting the states for some time in July and asked that I take a few pictures. This was the FIRST time I have taken pictures of them.

You see the first picture above? Yes, that started it all. Then, this happened.

And this. RJ true personality.

I was a little nervous…okay, fine. A LOT nervous because well you see Luke is quite the artist with his camera. He has held his OWN exhibitions and won numerous awards for his photography.

Good thing he likes the artsy stuff. Sun flare coming at ya.

Don’t’ the kids look thrilled?!

My favorite. The Grandpa monster was doing disgusting things above my head and poor RJ was hiding.

Apparently, there’s  another monster! Watch out!

As requested.

So who’s having more fun?

It was hot and sticky.  But we had to get a couple of just Carina and Luke. Who knows what evil thing Carina did to evoke this laugh from Luke but it’s awesome.

See this image below? Now, scroll down.

As soon as I saw this photo while editing, I instantly thought about the one below from about 15 years ago. They look the same. Mind the weird scanned color.

 Love and miss you tremendously!  See you in 2015 if not sooner!