{More from April + Elijah}

I thought I'd post a few more of my favorites from the maternity session with April and Elijah. I've gotten behind on blogging due to editing, the holidays, and this creeping crud that keeps coming back (over and over and...). I think I'm on my 4th bout of the stuff and am ready for spring now.

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{Elijah + April}

This handsome, down-to-earth couple is due with their first baby (a little souvenir from their service in Iraq!) on Christmas Day...and Elijah just so happens to hail from...OREGON! Yet again my world shrinks in a most awesome way. When Elijah put on his Oregon Ducks shirt I knew that a close friend of mine, a current UofO student and major Duck fan, would approve--she did, to say the least. April and Elijah were so easy to work with and I loved that she researched and sent me photographs she liked to give me an idea of what she was going for. Close by us during the entire shoot was Lucy, the too-cute-for-words puppy who I kept threatening to steal...she might have fit in my camera bag, yet I think Elijah and April would have noticed. What can I say, I'm a sucker for dogs! As I'm still heavily in editing mode--trying to catch up from losing days due to illness and Thanksgiving--I have a feeling I'll be adding more to this post, but in the meantime here are a few of my favorites from our session. April and Elijah, thanks so much for inviting me to document this wonderful moment in your lives! I can't wait to meet your little boy!!

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{Simon}

I think I may have topped my record number of shots taken during a photoshoot with Simon, especially at the end when he crashed out on the couch in the most adorable way. He is full of spunk with great big blue eyes that peered at my inquisitively throughout the shoot. Simon probably thinks I, and his parents, are crazy with all we were doing to get smiles out of him...but he humored us and in the end we all agreed that being a super model is HARD! Simon, you are a sweetheart and Dave and Victoria, a session with you guys always leaves a big smile on my face at the end. Thanks so much for letting me capture little Simon!

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