Dyke.Family

I'm so EXCITED to share this shoot with you but then I'm really heartbroken to share it since this will be my last shoot with the Dyke Family for awhile:( They just got orders to head to Cherry Point!! For those of you who dont know thats on the East Coast in North Carolina...far far away from here. I know they are really excited to start a new chapter in their lives and are going to miss everyone here in 29 Palms. They have become apart of my little family. I know you have read in past posts that Tatum & I have known each other for almost 2 years coming up. I have had friends move away due to getting out or moving to another duty station. But this one is really going to get me since we are really close friends. I'm going to miss our little play dates we have with the kids. I will miss seeing PeyPey's (Peyton) face when she says something so adorable or does something funny. There will be no more little get togethers and have the kids playing while we bbq and play some games on a Friday night. Our little ones have grown up together so far and I know Luckas is going to miss his little girlfriend. And most of all I will personally miss Tatum's 7 layer dip she makes:) The Dyke family is going to be missed VERY much. I know I'm not the only one that agree's. I know we will miss them and hopefully we can join them in the future soon!! Okay, I have to wipe my eyes..so enjoy these amazing teasers from their shoot:)
So we were wrapping up the shoot and Miss.PeyPey wrapped her arms around both Tatum & Eric and was smiling...just look at this cuteness!!

Welcome Home.Richardet

This is beyond a very special homecoming for this amazing family. The Richardet family has FINALLY finished a year deployment and it came at just the right time for them. Andrew came home on the day they were going to celebrate their son Nicholas' 1st birthday:) Even though the date change quit a few times I know that Chrissy is so happy that her family is finally back together and complete. She had a feeling that if she was running behind that some how the buses would be on top of their game and be ahead of schedule which was very true when they arrived to base early. They didn't want to let each other go when they were reunited again. I had to hold back my tears since I know she was so ready for this deployment to come to an end. We had talked about not having the kids in the sun while we waited and we would have Andrew come around the house to the playground where Hailey and Nicholas were playing to surprise them:) Hailey is the biggest daddy's girl as I was told and she was acting so shy when she saw Andrew. I guess she couldn't believe that he was really home:):) Welcome Home Andrew!

Jude.Baby

Its official:) Jude was so ready to get his photos taken today!! It took him maybe a total of .5 seconds till he was busting out a smile for me and LAUGHING the cutest little laugh. He is such a little ham. Jude just turned 6 months old this week and these photos are going straight to his daddy who is deployed with the Army out of Tennessee. Leizel and her husband are both Marine "brats" who's parents settled down here in 29 Palms. It was so nice to hear how it was like for her to be a Marine child and then became a Army Wife to her highschool sweetheart. She is one strong woman:) Okay, lets get back to Mr.Jude...this little handsome man was loving the camera and was so fast at crawling to get to me. He literally melted my heart with his total cuteness!!! I can't wait to see him grow. Here are my favorite teasers...

Fournier.Family

I will admit that I was very excited the moment I opened my facebook message from Kristina asking when she could set up a shoot when her family comes out for a visit:) They had just moved here from Washington and were settling into life in the wonderful desert we live in. I was pumped to meet her and meet Miss.Charlie who has beautiful blue eyes. I was hoping to maybe get a smile from her, but she was wanting to be serious for her close up!!haha Stephan was a good sport too and smiled for me, even though he doesnt like photos. So, thank you so again Stephan!! Kristina was looking stunning as ever:) She doesnt even look like she had Miss.Charlie 3 months ago....oh yeah 3 months ago and she looks like a model!! We ended the shoot by a lovely snake that was in the middle of our walking path back to the parking lot. Thank goodness I spotted it and it wasn't a rattle snake or I would have had to jump in Kristina's arms.lol :) Here are my favorite photos...

Brittany.Maternity

Let me just start off by saying that Brittany was GLOWING when we started our shoot. She makes pregnancy look like its a freaking breeze. And you wouldnt guess that she is due October 16th, yes you read that right she is due next month and she looks STUNNNNNNING. I wished I looked like her when I was pregnant with our son as far along as she is, so jealous:) Brittany is getting ready to move back down to Camp Pendleton to welcome home her husband from his deployment. She can't wait to have him home for the birth of their handsome boy Daniel. They already have an adorable little 2 year old who is about to turn 3, Brea. She wasnt all into the photos, but when it came time to paint mommys belly she was down for some painting! I had a blast with these 3..hehe!! Check out the sneak peaks...