Faith's 1st Birthday-San Antonio Lifestyle Photography

One of the very best things about moving back to San Antonio is the fact that I get to be close to my most awesome clients. Donna and Casey are sisters, and between the two of them I think I have photographed them at least a dozen times for birthdays, a wedding, a funeral (believe it or not), an adoption, a newborn in the hospital, a senior portrait, family portraits,etc. This week, I am doing two more for Casey and her husband Chris. Their baby Faith is 1 year old, and yesterday was her mooovelous party! I knew the details were going to be fabulous, all of their parties are, and I was very excited to see what Casey had in store for Faith's first big bash. I wasn't dissappointed...check it out for yourself: Later this week I'll go to their new home to photograph Casey's girls. Casey is hoping to get some updated portraits for their walls, and I am so excited to spend some time with her angels. Until then! xoxo, leah

Owen and Trevor: Lifestyle Session in Chandler, AZ

I had such a fun morning a couple of weeks ago, doing a Lifestyle session for two littlw cutie-pies and their sweetheart of a mom, Jennifer.

The session was a baby-shower gift from Jennifer's neighbor, who is my good friend Suzi. Jennifer and I thought it would be a good idea to wait until Trevor, the baby, was old enough to sit. We just barely made it, because he started sitting the week before!

Jennifer, I hope you enjoy your slideshow!

Gilbert and Chandler Family Photographer

WOW! School is in session and cooler weather is just around the corner. I can't believe it is almost Fall!

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Here are a few images from one of my favorite Fall sessions from last year. I love how relaxed and happy the Bell family is!





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The Deluna Family: San Antonio, TX

Last weekend I flew to San Antonio to do a very special session for my friend Donna and her daughter Brittany, who adopted five siblings. While I was there, I also managed to do a Lifestyle session for Joe and Tanya, who have a new addition to their family as well!

Meet Baby Zoe. She is obviously adored by her older siblings, Noah, Juliana and Ella:



Everyone wanted to get a turn holding her.
Big brother Noah was so gentle:


Ella almost had her asleep:


Love these cheeks:


The girls snuggled a bit on the stairs:



Then things got a little silly.


We went out to the backyard so the kids could show me their jumping skills:





We needed a break from all the jumping, so I promised them that if they did a few posed shots we would go back inside for some more baby-snuggling and a drink:





To see the slideshow, click the image below:



Deluna family, I had a great time getting to know all of you! Thanks so much for having me over!

Baby Kiana-One year old!

The first time I saw baby Kianna I couldn't get over how unbelieveably beautiful she was-and at the time she was only a few days old. Several months went by before I saw her again, but there was no change in her cutness. I was dying to photograph this little one!

I finally had the chance last week. Kiana just celebrated her first birthday, so it was the perfect time to capture her with her mom and dad as they played and cuddled at their Gilbert, AZ home.

I arrived to see Kiana already dressed and ready to play:


She looks totally relaxed here, but I don't think she held this pose for more than 2 seconds:





It's so adorable to see a dad playing with his daughter:


Kiana just started walking this week:

Love it!

So tender:


One of my favorites:

Anne and Dan are teaching Kiana sign language. Here she is saying "hey, get me out of here!"

Kiana took her first bubble bath and got a good taste of soap!

Another favorite:


Kiana was fading fast after her bath:



And she was out in less than a minute.

Anne and Dan, thank you so much for allowing me to photograph Baby Kiana! It was a perfect session and I really hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Until next time,
Leah

Baby Cooper: Lifestyle Session

The Krause family has grown by two feet!

This is the 3rd time in as many months that I've had the pleasure of photographing this gorgeous family. Suzette knew when she first contacted me that she wanted both a maternity session and a new baby session, and somehow we managed to squeeze a photography lession/photo session in the middle.

Our session took place on Sunday morning at Suzette and Christian's home. They have several areas of their house with amazing light, and we managed to take advantage of every one of them.

Suzette looks amazing:



I love this tender moment:






Here is the adorable big brother, Brody:



Suzette had the cutest big brother/little brother shirts for the boys, but it was very difficult to get them to sit together for a picture. I did, however, succeed in getting the following two precious moments, so I'm hoping Suzette can forgive me for not capturing the shirts:




This is Christian's mom, who has been visiting since Cooper was born:



I know that she helps out with the baby, but where she really shines is when helping out with Brody! I think every kid should have a grandma like this:







Cooper, it turns out, looks exactly like Brody did when he was a newborn, so Suzette asked if I could try to duplicate a photo that Brody took with his dad. I think it turned out lovely, although I'm not perfectly sure that the two images will look exactly the same:






I just love this last image. One of my all-time favs:



Suzette and Christian, thank you so much for letting me document your growing family these last few months. I've had a wonderful time getting to know all of you and can't wait to see your two boys grow!

xoxo,
Leah