The Hilliard Family

Huntersville, NC  Family Photography

 

The Hilliard Family made the hike all the way up to Lake Norman from Cherryville for their family session with both sweet babies in tow– patience at its best. 🙂 Maddi is 6 weeks old now and Trey is 3 and in full force for the holidays! I love their idea of a Christmas tree farm, and it actually worked out fabulously. They will have an excellent Christmas card this year and many memories for the walls this Christmas- enjoy!!

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The Knoop Family

Denver, NC  Family & Lifestyle Photography

 

The Knoop Family met me super early for a fabulous morning session, after being the most patient and wonderful family ever- waiting on a spot for me to squeeze them in for their session. Finally, we made it work and I am so thankful. Beautiful family, and their sweet girls have so much personality…I could’ve listened to them chat and play all day. You can tell these girls are very fortunate to have such loving parents, and that equals a calm and laid back family session! love it! Siblings getting along and playing together is such a precious blessing. Enjoy!!

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The Kablan Family

Denver, NC  Family photography

 

Ashley and Jay have been enjoying their baby Hank- and I cannot believe he is already 8 months old. The last time I saw him he was a week old and tiny…now, he is the complete opposite. We are going to start having to do his photos more often so he gets use to my giant black camera in his face- he was not a fan. 🙂 This kid is on the course of being a pro bowler NFL lineman….kid you not. And I got one of my top fav pictures of all time of him…it can seriously brighten up anyone’s day!! Hope you enjoy!!

 

and THIS is what makes me smile this time of the year!!!!!

can you even stand it? these cheeks are to die…

The Ramsey Family

Charlotte, NC  Family & maternity photography

 

I am super excited to post these pics of a great friend of mine and her beautiful family. Natalie is due with her second lil man very soon, and I am so grateful to photograph her & her happy, glowing self. I cannot believe Parker is 6 now…but its so obvious that he isn’t such a lil toddler anymore.  Natalie and I became best friends in college and I’ve been around through all her fun. Josh and Natalie are so perfect together…he’s the only man on the planet that can handle & adore her and her wild self—and Natalie absolutely gushes over Josh, the same way she did when they were dating! 🙂 I’m so happy for their family to soon become 4!!! I am so glad I got to spend the afternoon and evening with them and wish we lived just down the street again like we use to! Hope you enjoy!!

 


and a quick pic of Nat and myself…Josh has awesome photo skills 🙂 or maybe we’re just fabulous models!

The Thompson Family

Davidson, NC  Family Photography + group photography

 

We had a fun early morning session with the Thompson family and their close family members this past weekend. Mindy & Travis have 3 wild boys (just like us)…and it’s so close to home when I’m photographing them. They are all boy and so so handsome!! Mindy brought along her parents and her sister and brother- and their families too. Her parents are rockstars and are incredible with their 6 grandchildren! Lots of fun…enjoy!!

 

The Geers Family

Charlotte, NC  Family Photography

 

Kelly & Greg are two of the sweetest people out there and I am so lucky to be able to photograph them & their beautiful babies every year! We went uptown for a different/ fun look…unfortunately it felt like it was 20 degrees below zero outside, plus the chilly wind to top it off.  We tried to stay outside as long as our hands and noses could take it, but ended in a cute market and coffee shop. My camera was even slowing down, it was so cold. Dashel is 15 months now, and like everyone knows, he doesn’t want to be held down or told what to do. He was ready to run the show…love his lil personality! And Nyla is just a precious precious little angel child. She is so loving and helpful with her little brother, it makes me happy. I hope you can see all the fun and love in this family through the photos I post. I loved spending my evening with the Geers!

PS- on the elevator ride back up to my car in the parking garage, a chick said  “oh man, someone lost their parking ticket- that sucks, it’ll cost them $16.” I laughed and thought, “yea, I feel bad for that ditzo…who doesn’t notice they lost their ticket!” OH, so guess what…I was that “ditzo” that had lost her ticket. classic Heather move.  (Needless to say, those who know me can probably guess what I did at the pay gate: I threw my car in park and told the lady I was running all the way back to get my ticket. ha!) Lesson of the day– I ALWAYS jinx myself, so stop. 🙂

 

The Roer Family

Cornelius, NC  Family Photography

 

Another fun session this weekend…sweet sweet family of five!! The Roer Family has 3 boys and they are all boy–which I am a HUGE fan of!! They all love one another so much. Makes my heart smile!  They just found out that they have a contract on their home and are starting a new in Raleigh very soon. But I hope to see them again someday soon!! I have so many great shots of this family, that I had a hard time narrowing it down! Hiding all the best for Christmas cards…but here are some favs of mine!!

 

The Maine Family

Huntersville, NC  Lifestyle Photography

 

I had a fun group session with John, Kristi and their daughter Reese and John’s sister & brother who were visiting from out of town a few days ago.  As most people know, men do not LOVE photo sessions (I still have yet to meet one) but these guys were troopers and hung in there long enough to get some awesome shots! All the cousins got to play and enjoy themselves as well! I’m really going to miss all these beautiful colors of Autumn. Hope you enjoy!!

 

The Blackledge Family

Lake Norman, NC  Family Lifestyle Session

 

I adore this beautiful family and loved our fun session last night. The Blackledge’s have two adorable little blue eyed babes and we became best buds right away! It was really my first fall session with gorgeous colors and it made me so excited…YAY for Fall! I hope you enjoy their peek…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Kester Crew

Denver, NC  Family Photography

 

So yes, I know I’m suppose to be keeping these blog entries quick but there is just so much I want to say sometimes. Thankfully my photos speak for themselves and explain these families perfectly! Kate & Doug are awesome (lame word, I know–but I couldn’t come up with anything better to describe them!), you can see their love and respect for one another within moments of seeing them together. They have three of the most handsome boys, 8, 6 and 2 1/2 years old…and they are all so much fun to hang out with. The outdoors and being real boys is their life!!  The entire time we were playing I was thinking “geez, I can only dream for my kids to be this well-behaved and well-rounded at these ages.”  Their family was such a delight to photograph and I hope you enjoy!