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Sweet Baby Cove - St George Utah Newborn Photographer

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE to photograph newborns? I love it. A lot.

I was able to photograph my friend and her sweet new baby boy. He was so tiny and precious! Cove was wonderful to photograph! Even when he just wanted cuddles and we had to improvise, it worked out fantastically :)

I love capturing newborn smiles!

Congratulations Yoder family! He is such a sweet boy!

Flitton Family - St George Utah Photographer

The Flitton family is fantastic! I totally had a blast doing their pictures. 9 grandkids! Only one of which is a girl. They all were so well behaved. Family portraits are difficult but these guys made my job easy :) They all smiled so well and wow, I'm just super impressed with them. I embarrassed myself getting the twin boys to look at me and hopefully no one was secretly recording me because that would be something to laugh at! 

I just have to say, this cute kid above. I could not get enough of him! Just look at his smile! Adorable.

Thank you, Flitton Family! You are so wonderful!

Merrill Maternity and Family Photos | St. George, Utah Portrait Photographer

I just love the Merrill family. They are so awesome in so many ways. I am very grateful to know their family and to be good friends with them. When I was approached to take these photos, I was super excited. I've never done a maternity shoot before! Sara wanted to incorporate her family into the shoot as well and I'm so glad we did. Their children are so excited so welcome a new brother in the family soon. 

I'd say this first maternity shoot was a success :) 

Cade - 7 days new! | St. George, Utah Newborn Photographer

I was so excited to be able to do these newborn photos for my cousin. Ever since WPPI in Vegas, I've been dying to do a newborn shoot. I felt newborn photography was a direction that I wanted to move into. I've been slowly adding to my "studio" and that made me even more anxious to photograph a sweet new baby. Cade was amazing. It took him a little bit to really fall into that awesome newborn dreamland (you know, the kind where there could be a hurricane outside and they still don't wake up?), but once he was in that deep sleep, that's when the magic happened :)

Thank you, Hannah and Curtis and Congratulations on your new baby.

Calvin and Jordan's Wedding Day | St. George Utah Wedding Photographer

The Vesco wedding was fantastic. Jordan's family did a superb job putting this wedding on. I was able to stay the entire day and I enjoyed every minute of it. I was able to photograph the bride getting ready and her mother and sisters helping in every detail. She was absolutely stunning. I photographed the venue and the beautiful decor, the ceremony, formal photos, a few of the bride of groom, and the ceremony with the bouquet toss and cake cutting. I felt so lucky to be apart of their special day. Thank you Vesco and Borst family!

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Congratulations to Calvin and Jordan!

Kynzlee is OnE! | St. George Utah Child Photographer

Ok seriously.. I think this is the funnest one year old session I've ever done. Kynzlee was absolutely adorable and full of smiles and personality. Her mom and I laughed and acted crazy the whole night while shooting these photos. At one point we were in my studio room and our husbands were watching the kids in the other room. They asked us if we turned into animals because we were laughing and making funny noises and such to get Kynzlee to look/smile/laugh. My cheeks were hurting I was smiling so much! 

I love sessions like this because when I edit them, all those memories come back and I get to see a cute girl looking back at me on my screen and I can't help but smile all the way through the editing process too. 

Happy 1st Birthday sweet Kynzlee!!

Ohh ya, the infamous cake smash. She was hilarous! When her mom put the cake in front of her she started licking her lips! So Cute!! Then once she really got into the cake, it was more fun to throw and fling the cake than eat it :) What a blast she had!

Her mom had a wonderful idea of the "O" "N" "E" letters. It turned out super cute! I used these pictures to design her birthday invitation.