Violet Isabelle Proud 04.06.16 // Cumberland Indiana

I'm in love.

I think I have baby fever.

On March 28 this sweet little bundle of joy was born to my sister Grace and her husband Nathan (remember their maternity session a few weeks ago?), and I became an aunt for the first time. Violet Isabelle Proud has already stolen so many hearts with her beautiful blue eyes and rosebud mouth, and just look at all that blonde hair! 

Truth be told, I don't advertise newborn sessions, not because I don't love babies, but newborn photography just isn't my strong suit (I prefer to leave it to professionals like Rachel Vanoven), but for family, I'll make an exception.  And even though I wish my pictures did look like Rachel Vanoven's, the result of patience and feedings and interruptions to get a few decent pictures of little Violet were well worth the time. 

I'm just not good with kids. Grace was always the baby whisperer. Until my own child came along, I didn't know what it felt like to have so much love for a little person that it overwhelms you. Don't get me wrong, I've always loved babies, but kids have just never taken to me. So I guess it goes without saying why I prefer not to delve into newborn photography. Still yet, it was my pleasure to take a few pictures for my sister of her wee bairn, and as a plus, I got to sneak in some baby snuggle time. Aaahhhhh, the smell of a freshly born baby. I'm hooked. 

First snow 01.13.16 // Personal

Indiana has had a pretty mild winter up until this week when we finally got our first major snow, ice, bad roads, extreme cold, and all that fun stuff. I like the snow, I really do, because the first snowfall is so fresh and clean and pretty. But if it's extremely cold with bad roads, I begin to hate it pretty quickly, because it keeps me cooped up and I start burning up with a major case of cabin fever. Today, however, a lot of snow has been melting, so I was glad that I took a few pictures of Eva in the snow yesterday, even though it was so cold we were barely out fifteen minutes before we had to go back inside with red, burning hands. Eva loved it though, even with getting severely cold. Unfortunately we weren't prepared with a hefty winter coat for her, even though I bundled her up with three pairs of clothing underneath her little coat, which is why she got too cold so fast, yet she still didn't want to go inside! 

As you'll see below, despite her gnarly faces in a couple of pictures, she enjoyed the snow, but I don't think she quite likes getting her picture taken. Don't let the few cute pictures I take of her fool you. Sometimes I honestly don't know how I get a few pictures of her to turn out, because even with everything I try to bribe her with, nothing is enough to entice her to stand still for one minute, look at the camera, and smile. I never would've expected my child to be the worst subject I've ever tried to photograph...