I met this sweet boy at his newborn session a year ago and look at him now! You might recognize him because he’s graced the front page of my blog a few times over the last year. He really enjoyed the balloons his mommy brought to the session and of course his yummy cakey goodness at the end! Enjoy your sneak peeks, “V” family! Thank you for inviting me to photograph your adorable children over the last year!

My adorable sneak peeks today are of little “J” who is turning 1 years old this month! Oh my gosh is he a gorgeous baby!!! He was having a “daddy day” and clung to his proud papa almost the entire session. I love so many of his pictures, it was hard narrowing down which ones to pick for this sneak peek! My job is so tough at times!! (giggle giggle)

I wanted to do a quick sneak peek of my mini session with my own two boys - so I will remember how sweet, sassy and unpredictable they are at this age, 3 years old and 20 months old. I am again reminded that it is soooo much easier for me to take pictures of other people’s children! I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!! I have two more newborn sneak peeks coming up before the end of the year - so check back soon!

PS. That’s Hunter’s “Build-a-Bear” bear. His name is “Biwuld-da-beawr” (Our cat’s name is “kitteh” - see where we lack creativity when naming animals? lol)

A boy and his bear…

Hayden running faaarrr away from my camera (He gets his cast off on Tuesday!!!)…

And Hunter…

Last Sunday (9 days ago) I had my final group of mini sessions and I’m just now posting sneak peeks of these beautiful families. In between their session date and today, I had 2 newborn sessions, 2 family sessions, Thanksgiving with our family in San Antonio, an ER visit on Friday night after my youngest son fell and broke his wrist (we also thought he had a head concussion but thankfully he did not) and a looong weekend waiting for Monday to come so we could get an appointment with a pediatric orthapedic specialist to put him into a cast. Whew. And then comes the rain…

But I digress, I had so much fun meeting 5 families on my final mini session event of the year. We had perfect warm sunny weather and Mayfield was buzzing with photographers and dressed-up families. I love this time of year! I’m sharing a lot of sneak peeks on this post so be sure to wait for them to load - they are worth it! Enjoy!

My 1st “C” family

My 2nd “C” family

My 3rd “C” family

My “V” family

As promised, I have more sneak peeks of these three beautiful sisters who I shared on my blog last week! It was an amazing session and it only lasted about an hour long! I got so many great portraits! I hope you enjoy your sneak peek, “R” family!

I met the “D” family at my favorite park for a family photo session and got a workout chasing around this adorable little man…

He was a big ball of happy energy (much like my own two little rascals!). I hope you enjoy your sneak peeks as much as I do!

Meet Miss “P” - who just celebrated her 1st birthday! Isn’t she lovely?

I had fun chasing her around last weekend - she’s quick! But luckily, so am I with my camera and I caught this adorable smile

Her mama is uber talented and made her pretty dresses and matching bows…

Little Miss “P” also has a handsome older brother who is so wonderful with her…

I was super excited to try out my new coral pink background I recently bought! Ella Bella Photography has officially gone PINK! (Loving it!!)

And now for the good part! Little Miss “P” is my very first baby to totally and completely SMASH her cake during the “cake smash” segment of her 1 year photo session!!! (I knew when she put her face in the cake that it was going to be a memorable occasion!) Enjoy your sneak peek, “G” family!!

You may have seen this little cutie on my blog earlier this year! Miss “C” is now 18 months old and has the sweetest curls in her hair! She still has those gorgeous brown eyes that are going to break some hearts one day! I managed to keep up with her at the park last week, after breaking my toe just 5 days before her photo session. (Even with a broken toe, I only rescheduled one photo session - I love my job so much I just can’t stay out of the game for long!) Enjoy your sneak peek, “S” family!

More sneak peeks coming soon - my apologies for those families waiting to see their pictures! I broke my toe earlier this week and it’s been hard to get back up on my feet again (pun intended). I’ll be sharing more sneak peeks later this weekend/early next week!

And because I can’t post without a photo - here is my littlest boy, Hayden, 16 months old…

I met this adorable family at Mayfield park a few days ago for their daughter’s one year old portrait session. Miss “L” was such a sweet baby girl, full of smiles and giggles. I just adored her pink tutu that she wore towards the end of the session too! Another photographer came up during our session and commented on how cute she was in her tutu. The photog told us that she was a mom of boys. Hmmm… that sounds familiar!

Enjoy your sneak peek! Happy 1st Birthday to your beautiful little girl!!

This is her (affectionately named) “stinky” face…