Steven | 9 months old | Ft Wayne Baby Photographer

This is the third time I have gotten to photograph sweet little Steven - this time for his 9 month portraits.  It's been so fun watching him grow over the past three sessions!  We met at his grandparent's home for some fall portraits and then squeezed in a few Christmas photos in preparation for their Christmas cards at the end of the session.  Steve is never quite sure that he wants to smile for me....but we were able to squeeze out a few little smiles at the end thanks to the help of Mom, Dad, and his grandparents!

                   

                          

Christmas Morning 2010

Christmas for us was very laid back this year. We were not able to get together with all of my family at once. My parents came to visit before Christmas on their way to Texas. Unfortunatley, I have no pictures of that - probably because we opened gifts at 10:30 at night and were all a little bit tired! Christmas Eve was a little different for us this year. We began going to a new church this past year and absolutely love it. They do not have the traditional Christmas Eve service though. We decided to come up with our own little tradition though - dinner together, followed by some devotion/scripture time as a family, and then movie time together. It was so nice to just spend time together as a family.

Christmas morning was spent with just the four of us - unwrapping gifts from Santa and each other.

Apparently Ernie had an accident similar to Jacob's....we found him with a cast on and his leg propped on a pillow a few days before Christmas. :)

Traditional Christmas morning picture...

Jenna's biggest request from Santa this year was a pink digital camera....

Jenna knitted all of us scarves for Christmas (with a little help from Grandma C.).... Jacob's biggest request this year were Xbox games and an airsoft gun...

Since we didn't have to be anywhere until early afternoon, we were able to spend lots of time relaxing and playing with our gifts!

Jenna got this book from Scott, Brenda, Marcus, Carsyna and Payton and absolutely LOVES it!

Family photo....not sure why I had us pose in front of the tree....you can't even see it! HA!

Christmas 2010

We spent Christmas day at Bob and Celesta's house celebrating Christmas with Chris' family. It was the perfect day - family, lots of good food, gifts, and visiting.

Jenna and Lauren - the zebra girls.... Megan and Chris' mom...

Jenna with her new camera!

Jacob and Becca....

Uncle Bob got creative while signing Jacob's cast!

The gifts....LOTS of them!! Chris...

Lauren and Megan...

Jacob....

Someone is awfully excited about her present....

That's because it was an iPad from all of us!!

Chris' parents.... Megan and Jenna....

Ryan playing with Becca's new "toy"...

Julie and Lauren.... Jenna and Rylee (Bob and Celesta's dog)....

Rylee...

Trying out Lauren's bright pink high heels....

Our Last Christmas....

On New Year's Day we had Christmas with Chris' extended family at our house....our last Christmas celebration for this year.

Jenna has been really into making cards and signs lately....she had her American Girl doll and a sign ready to greet everyone. It says "Happy New Yery Family". LOVE her phonetic and invented spelling!

Jenna and Megan and their AG dolls waiting to open gifts....

Lauren, Jenna, Jacob and Megan....

Jenna got a wheelchair for her American Girl doll from Uncle Ryan and Aunt Becca...

Books from Uncle Bob and Aunt CC...

A pink harmonica from Ryan and Becca...

Bill, Julie, and Lauren....

Bob and Celesta...

Ryan, Jacob, and Grandpa C (with a bow on his head??)...

Grandpa and Kramer ...

Megan and Jenna....

Chrsi and I (yuck...totally need to get my act together and get in shape!)...

Jacob doing his best Miss America impression....

Lauren and Jenna....

The world's LONGEST game of Uno....Jacob, Debby (Ryan's mom), Becca, and Grandma...

Megan, Lauren, and Jenna hanging in the basement....
Lauren and Jenna...