This family marks my last official session of 2011!  It’s been such a great year, and this family was the perfect ending.  Their session has been on the books for awhile, and one of the reasons we had it scheduled for late November is because of the dreaded Houston humidity.  It’s just not good for hair!  We had the most glorious cold front blow in on Wednesday and Thursday.  I use the word cold front loosely seeing that it was still 70 degrees outside.  My point is, it was the most perfect weather.  But then Saturday rolled around with clouds and and our old friend humidity was back.  As I was driving to the session, it actually started to sprinkle a little!  We decided to go ahead with the session–we were all there, ready to go–but I think we we all a little apprehensive about the weather and the clouds.  Thankfully, the rain held off and the session went on without any problems.  In fact, I think the session went great!

Mr. L was a bit shy at first, but it didn’t take long for him to become another sweet little friend of mine.  He had such a silly and fun personality, and I loved getting to see him in action and see how crazy his mom and dad are about him.

And just a couple of the star of the show.  He is almost 4 years old, which is hands down one of my very favorite ages.

I just couldn’t decide if I liked this one better in color or black and white, so I’m just going to share both.

Thank you so much, H family, for ending my 2011 season on such a great note!

I know I’ve said it before, but I just love photo sessions on the beach.  In the summer I thought maybe it was because most of the families I shot were there on vacation.  Vacation=relaxation and fun, and each and every family I photographed arrived relaxed and ready to have fun.  This family, although not on vacation, arrived the same way.  Well, they tell me it was a little bit of a frazzling experience to get out of the house, but I never would have guessed.  I had the best time following them around, watching them play, and taking pictures.  I think this session takes the cake as the most laid back, relaxed, lifestyle-type shoot I’ve ever done.  And I loved every second of it!  Their sweet little girl was busy!  She was all over the place, running from here to there, and not interested in sitting much at all.  I love high-energy kids and high-energy sessions.  This family has waited over a week for their sneak peek, so without further ado, here we go!

This was the very last picture I took.  I love her windblown hair and her relaxed smile.  It’s just how someone should look after a day at the beach.