Haircut

Titus got a new 'do.  I am his hairstylist.  He is too cute for words.

My heart melts with his big browns.  

The Baiseri Family

I have been more than slow on my blog posting.  This family has been waiting in the wings of my computer.  Meet the Baiseri family.  Andrea has a smile that is larger than life and exudes fun.  She loves teal and orange and will decorate just about anything in one of those two colors :)  James is cool as a cat.  He knows just what to say and how to make his bride laugh.  They have been a couple since high school days-when prom dresses had big poofy bows and ratted bangs were en vogue.  Their love and comfort with one another is palpable.  Together they have had 4 children-ranging in age from 18 years to almost 2.  I have gotten to photograph a lot of families and each family teaches me something new, they show me something special in life, and they broaden my hearts definition of what it is to be a family.  What I loved about the Baiseri kids, it that each one is at a very unique stage in life. Austin is wrapping up high school and the world as he knows it is about to get so much bigger, challenging, and exciting.  Greyson is 10 and he is a that tween stage....growing up, but not too sure how that goes yet.  He is sweet and goofy, young-yet not so young, all at the same time.  Charlotte is 6 (very soon) and she is going on 30.  She is in kindergarten, but that seems way too elementary for her.  Her facial expressions match her zest for saying the funniest things.  I feel like we could go to coffee and be great friends.  Then there is Hazel, who is almost 2.  That girl can give some good looks.  She is particular and is very close to her family.  She has a very tight bond with her siblings-and she soaked in each one in a very different way while we were together.  She could give Arnold a run for his money with a "What you talking about Willis?" She knows what she likes and what she wants to do.

   

Some of my favorite photos from every session I have are the imperfect ones...those images where some of the family is looking and some are not, where funny faces abound, where people don't know where to put their arms (and its awkward and funny all at the same time) and where the smiles are so big they are almost audible-eyes closed mouth open smiles.  This is what family looks like.  Not perfect.  Not always pristine.  Not just so.  Not all on the same page, even.  These photos are my favorite.  I think it's these photos that represent what your life and love as a family truly looks like-it is how all of us who live outside your front door see you. 

Baiseri family you are a crack up.  You fit together perfectly and do "family" beautifully.  I know life has ups, downs, and all arounds.  You know that full well.  I know that you can proudly say, God has seen you through every twist and turn.  Be proud, because the smiles you wear, bare His glory and His faithfulness.