Greta loved sitting on this bench over at my house. She did not like when Jasper + Lexi barked… but she doesn’t seem too upset. Adorable

It’s official. The photo above has made it into my all time favorites. I don’t have a list that I keep, but if I did this image would place somewhere in the top 10 for babies that I’ve photographed. I can’t look at this picture without smiling.

Tea (pronounced: teh-a, at least that’s how I would sound it out) is a bubbly little baby that I had the privileged of photographing. Her uncle, Jordan Markwood (I know my blog readers like to know where my connections come from) and I went to Houghton College together. As a gift to his brother + sister-in-law he booked a session with me and I think we had been planning it for about 7 months – that’s right, even before she was born! We waited until spring and the warmer weather, which was a good choice and then I headed up to the Winchester, Virginia area to shoot the images at Tea’s home.

I loved the tutu pictures, which is why I’m showing you them, but that wasn’t all I captured. We took several family shots and even tried to see if Tim Tam (the dog) would sit for a few.

Tam Tam didn’t really want to sit… but he obviously loves Tea! I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I do – and visit the gallery to see the full set, which will be live for 2 weeks. After you see the gallery, and decide you need to have some photos like this of your own, click the contact button on the toolbar above or email me at {hello at marydougherty dot net} and send me a note so we can set something up!

I squeezed in a holiday mini session with the Drew’s when I was up in Rochester, and I’m so glad I did. I’m just as excited about these photos as I think they are, and Henri is now ranked #2 behind my niece Julia in my cutest baby standings. We headed over to the George Eastman House to use their gardens as our setting, and the color of the leaves was just perfect. I just love how vibrant the red is, it’s festive at any season.

oh, Henri. Can’t wait to see what they use for their Christmas card and all the people lucky enough to receive one better watch out, I’m sure it will be a keeper!