This little girl’s smile just makes me want to smile back. We had her session at 3 months old at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. My favorite picture is the one where she is hanging on mommy’s shoulder and smiling the biggest smile. Smiles aren’t always so easy from this age. For outdoor sessions they are often so amazed by being outside that smiles are not easy to capture. But, when we placed her here she would give me the biggest smile. I almost had a hard time snapping the picture because I just wanted to smile back and talk to her more. And do you see her hair?? Beautiful! She will have tresses that ALL of the girls want when she gets older. It is already so thick! I am slightly jealous since my Sarah does not have this much hair and they are 9 months apart… but anyway… isn’t she just the cutest thing??

You know with all of this rain we have been blessed with lately, that we were bound to have a wet wedding at some point. On the first Sunday in April, we had just that! How do you handle a wedding at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens? I mean, the reason you plan a wedding at the gardens is to have it outside! But the rain turned out a beautiful thing at this wedding. The air felt perfect… not too cool, not too warm, and a mist was falling during the wedding but it only added an extra special touch. The rain cleared just in the time for the outdoor reception. There was so much about this wedding that was unique. Don’t miss the Husky that ran down the isle right before the bride and started chasing geese during the ceremony! Did you notice there were no flowers? Did you notice she has no veil?

What I love so much about this wedding is that it is uniquely THEM!! That is what you should do when you are planning a wedding. Don’t follow any rules you don’t want to!  Make your day about you and your future spouse!

Because I know the groom is out of town on business and his bride misses him… I am posting a few from the wedding I am working on…

Today I am in love with….

Eyelashes, perfectly in focus…

The wind blowing her hair at the perfect time…

Beautiful eyes, staring straight into the camera….

And little girls wanting me to take her picture while holding a flower to her face…. and her chipped fingernails. (in pink, of course!)

This session was on pins and needles all day. It was sunny all day but the forecast said it was coming. We moved the session up a little just to make sure and it start raining on my way to the gardens!! But it was overcast (perfect portrait weather!!) and humid and NOT raining long enough for our session.

These kids were so much fun. I have had so many babies lately, that it was great to hand out with them. I think they have had their pictures taken a few times because they were very eager to give me the best smiles. I have some funny outtakes too that I plan to share in the next few weeks.

I KNOW the blog is behind…. but at the end of the night I have to edit and answer emails and for right now I am running out of time… so the blog is last on the list. But I Have SOOO much content to share with you guys. Just wait… I plan to spend a night just posting on the blog very soon! (Check out the facebook page too… I upload more there than on the blog !)

P.S. When setting up what I call the “path” picture, dad said come on, we have “wizard of oz”. That cracked me up. I told him I think I was going to change the name…hahaha!