Ella Bella Photography - Newborn Photographer in Austin & San Antonio, Maternity, Baby, Child, Family » Austin Lifestyle Photographer https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog Ella Bella Photography - Austin & San Antonio Newborn Baby Photographer Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:43:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Terrific Two { San Antonio Lifestyle Photographer & Austin Baby Photographer } https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2018/07/terrific-twos-san-antonio-lifestyle-photographer-austin-baby-photographer/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2018/07/terrific-twos-san-antonio-lifestyle-photographer-austin-baby-photographer/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2018 05:10:18 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=13986 I’m sooo happy I was able to spend my morning with this newly minted 2 year old! He’s soooo super adorable and we had a super fun lifestyle session for his 2 year portraits! You know it’s an awesome session when it turns into a splashing good time in the pool! Loved it!!
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]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2018/07/terrific-twos-san-antonio-lifestyle-photographer-austin-baby-photographer/feed/ 0 Dreamy { Albuquerque & Austin Family Photographer } https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2010/10/dreamy-albuquerque-austin-family-photographer/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2010/10/dreamy-albuquerque-austin-family-photographer/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:35:53 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=3748 I’ve been looking forward to sharing these sneak peeks from my good friend and fellow photographer, Bethany Dawn (see her website here!) from our trip to Albuquerque early this month! We met at the most beautiful flower garden with these amazing tall wildflowers and dreamy sunlight! We have nothing like this in Austin – you’d never guess this session took place in Albuquerque, NM!! So lush with blooms, these sneak peeks feel more like spring than fall! Enjoy your sneak peeks, “B” family! Miss you much!

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2010/10/dreamy-albuquerque-austin-family-photographer/feed/ 12 Big Baby Blues | Austin Baby Photographer https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2009/11/big-baby-blues-austin-baby-photographer/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2009/11/big-baby-blues-austin-baby-photographer/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:32:31 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=1846 One of the things I love most about my job is having the priviledge of photographing my clients again and again. I absolutely love it. This handsome little guy was 3 months old when I first met him and look at him now… 6 months old and look at those baby blues now!

Little “Q” was such a happy baby when we met at Mayfield park last week! I had so much fun photographing him again. :) Thank you for your patience, “H” family while it took me a bit longer to get your sneak peeks up! I’m getting behind on my sessions for the first time this year – it’s the busy season and I’m doing my best to try keep up! Enjoy your sneak peek! I adore your little man!!

Droooooool….. ;)

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2009/11/big-baby-blues-austin-baby-photographer/feed/ 0 One Years Old | Austin Toddler Photographer https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2009/08/one-years-old-austin-toddler-photographer/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2009/08/one-years-old-austin-toddler-photographer/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:52:26 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=1445 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… :)

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Just a quick snapshot of my little dude I took with the diaper cam this past weekend. I just love those two little teeth! He’ll be 10 months old next week. Still not even attempting to crawl or scoot around. He’s content to sit there and play, or roll around (one direction). He loves bath time with his brother. He’s a great eater and ate real macaroni and cheese tonight! He’s crying now so I better go check on him. I love you sweet boy!

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2009/01/2-teeth/feed/ 2 My Valentine | Austin Children’s Photographer https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2009/01/my-valentines/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2009/01/my-valentines/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:20:43 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=727 Hunter turned 27 months old this month. He’s talking up a storm now. Such a change from just 4 months ago. He just started telling me “I love you” too. I’ve waited soooo long to hear that!

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2009/01/my-valentines/feed/ 1 Hayden is 9.5 months old! https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2009/01/hayden-is-95-months-old/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2009/01/hayden-is-95-months-old/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:22:57 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=706 Hayden is two weeks away from turning 10 months old. His first year of life has literally flown by. I was looking back at some of his baby pictures tonight and it feels like yesterday that I took them. Hayden has been with us in person longer than he was with me in the womb. I’ve always thought the 9 month old “birthday” was a special one because it marks the same amount of time spent outside the womb as spent inside. What an amazing little boy he is already. So loving and cuddly. He loves to give hugs and kisses. He can drink through a straw already! He adores his big brother and I think he actually misses him when Hunter is at preschool everyday. He’s a mommy’s boy. I love this phase of development. Tonight while I was bathing him, I was singing and he started bopping his body up and down – dancing to my song. That’s the first time I’ve seen him “dance”. Such a sweetie pie.

Here are a few pics I took of him yesterday in our bathroom. The sun light was hitting his face and making his eyes sparkle. I grabbed my camera to see if I could take a few pics of him in that light.

I love his smile…

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From our family to yours… Merry Christmas! Remembering that Jesus is the reason for this season. I am so thankful that our God, Everlasting Father, gave his only Son, Jesus, on this day, to be born for us all, who changed the world, who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our sins, who took MY place on the cross so that I don’t have to pay the price for my own sins when I die. Happy Birthday, Jesus. Thank you for Your eternal gift of salvation!

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/merry-christmas/feed/ 1 Two in front of our tree https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/two-in-front-of-our-tree/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/two-in-front-of-our-tree/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:41:19 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=667 I’ve sat down two three times to write this blog post but was interrupted each time by a crying child. Hunter has had a 102-104 degree fever for 48 hrs straight. Took them both to the pedi today to rule out RSV. They tested negative. Hunter’s fever still continues. Both have horrible chesty coughs, congestion, watery eyes. My poor babies… here they are last night… all dressed up to go see Santa. I photoshopped out their goopy eyes and noses. (eta: We drove all the way to to see Santa (our outdoor Southpark Meadows Santa) and he WENT HOME EARLY because it was “too cold outside”. COLD?!?! FOR SANTA? WHO RESIDES IN THE NORTH POLE??? It was 45 degrees out. So, no Santa pictures with the boys this year. I guess that’s Austin for ya!)

One more… Technically not a great photo, but the only one I got with both of them looking forward before chaos ensued!

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/two-in-front-of-our-tree/feed/ 3 Alaskan Cuties https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/alaskan-cuties/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/alaskan-cuties/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:55:23 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=659 Beautiful Miss “E” (almost 3 years old) and her adorable little sister (17 months old) came all the way from Alaska (via Houston where they were visiting family) for a photo session with me! How cool is that? The session was challenging due to travel fatigue, missing nap time and super windy cold weather, but I got some cute pictures of the girls! I’ll have the rest of your proofs done this week! Thank goodness for the “Big Top Candy Shop” that was right down the street from us!

Meet Miss “E”… :)

And her little sister, Miss “A”… :)

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/alaskan-cuties/feed/ 0 Christmas Tree https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/christmas-tree/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/christmas-tree/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:11:47 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=648 Just a quick pic from my diaper camera of the boys two nights ago… aren’t they sweet??? We were on our way to our church for a Christmas play. I think they look so much alike here.

And a video of my boys: :)

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/christmas-tree/feed/ 2 The “C” Family https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/the-c-family/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/the-c-family/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:00:27 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=632 In pursuit of the perfect Christmas card photo, I met the “C” family at my favorite urban spot (with the blue brick wall) for a mini session. It was super windy that day (and freeeezing outside) and well, we didn’t get many photos that were salvageable. Long hair + wind = not a good situation. So, we tried for mini session #2 a week later and we were blessed with calm winds and mild temperatures. Mission accomplished! :-)

I just love this one! Even their dog “Asher” is smiling…

And finally, look at the pretty red tree in the background – We finally have our trees turning colors in Austin!

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Did you guess? Yep, that’s Hayden! My “Baby Cakes” (a.k.a. “cakes” – we have nicknames for our nicknames!) He’s now over 20 lbs, wearing size 12-18 months, cutting two bottom teeth, eating stage 2 foods, drinking from a sippy cup, self feeding with a mesh feeder (loves bananas and peas in that thing – but what a pain to clean it out!), loves to watch Oobi, Signing Time and Sesame Street, adores his brother – can you see the love between them? It melts my heart!

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/guess-whos-8-months-old/feed/ 6 Taylor Family https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/taylor-family/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/taylor-family/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:32:01 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=577 I first met the Taylor’s about 5 years ago when we first moved to Austin. At the time, we all went to the same church and attended the same Sunday school class for young newlyweds. We were at that church for a couple years and then life got busy… moving house(s), having children, changing churches and we’ll… its been at least 3 years since I had seen them! I was so excited when they booked a photo session with me for their Christmas pictures! Their two children (ages 2.5 and 6 months) are *so* darling and have the most amazing blue eyes…







]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/taylor-family/feed/ 2 Still here! https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/still-here/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/still-here/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:45:55 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=573
This is the beautiful “H” family twin boys, 7 months old. :-)

Just a quick post to let ya’ll know that I’m still here! I haven’t been keeping up with my blog lately and I apologize for that! I know I owe a few more sneak peeks to some of the beautiful families I’ve had the privilege of photographing. I’m working diligently to get them all done this week! I know it’s December and Christmas is fast approaching. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. If you’re a frequent lurker of my blog – please leave me a comment to let me know you’re out there. :-)

More sneak peeks coming this week!

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/12/still-here/feed/ 6 Pettiskirt https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/11/pettiskirt/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/11/pettiskirt/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:55:45 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=570 I was so excited when I found out that Miss A’s mommy had ordered a pettiskirt for her first birthday party! Our photo session was scheduled for the day before the big birthday bash, so she got to wear it for her pictures! Every picture I took could be on a postcard. Miss A is such a beautiful little baby toddler! Enjoy your sneak peek!

 
 

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/11/pettiskirt/feed/ 3 Little Cowboy https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/11/little-cowboy/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/11/little-cowboy/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:08:51 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=498 First off, today is Hunter’s 2nd birthday!! (Nov 6th) My sweet boy has made me his “mama” for 2 years. He’s growing so much verbally – can pretty much repeat anything we ask him to and is starting to string 2 word sentences together! This is big news for Hunter since he’s been speech delayed up until now. Go Hunter! This year we laid low and didn’t throw him a birthday party. Mostly because my weekends are now full of sessions and editing and well, one more thing to add to the mix would be too much for me. Next year I’ll make it up to him with a big ol’ birthday bash. He did get a bike and 30 cupcakes (Sams!) and a big elmo face balloon (the thing was ten bucks!). Not too shabby. He’s also getting presents from family and friends as we see them. :-)

This past weekend, I had the privilege of doing a swap photo session for another Austin photographer. That was fun! They live in the Hill Country and own a 20 acre ranch. Their little 22 month old cowboy was super cute and energetic! Here’s a sneak peek!

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/11/little-cowboy/feed/ 5 Hayden Monster https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/hayden-monster/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/hayden-monster/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:32:22 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=487 Well, it looks like the winner of the Portrait Party contest is Baby Flower & Bee by a landslide! Thanks to everyone who voted for our contestants!! I hope everyone scored lots of candy tonight! It’s 12:30am and I’m about to go to bed but wanted to post one more storyboard of Hayden and his blue monster costume before I pack it away forever…

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/hayden-monster/feed/ 2 Miss “L” https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/miss-l/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/miss-l/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:17:49 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=411 After having to reschedule, I finally got to visit the Talley family and photograph 12.5 month old Miss “L” – isn’t she beautiful in her tutu? She took a fall at daycare and bruised her forehead earlier in the week – but I bet you didn’t notice until I told ya! :-) Photoshop makes boo boos all better. I’m working on the rest of your photo session! There are so many cute pictures!

]]> https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/miss-l/feed/ 2 Big Brother https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/big-brother/ https://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/2008/10/big-brother/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:56:48 +0000 admin http://www.ellabellaphotos.com/blog/?p=406 Here’s a quick sneak peek for the Spain family. I had the privilege of photographing their young family last week – a 3 year old boy, an 18 month old girl and a 3 month old baby girl. A very blessed family! I’m working on all your other proofs – they will be ready by next week!

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