Alyssa & Dylan: Children Portraits

Today I had the opportunity to meet Alyssa & Dylan we went to a local school and we were able to get some great images of Alyssa & Dylan playing hard on the playground. After a bit of play we headed back to my house to capture some great buddy photos outside! It was a beautiful sunny day outside! As you may know those days are sometimes far and few in Washington! It's crazy to think just a few days ago we had snow in our area.....

I just love this picture! You can see Alyssa was truly having a blast!

Carrie just got engaged and guess who will be making

an appearance on here for her wedding this August!

Alyssa has such beautiful blue eyes!

Dylan is in Kindergarten and his Aunt Carrie watches him since

he gets out of school early.

Hanging out on the monkey bars!

Time to head back to the house!

Safety First!!! Must check for cars!

Such a little model!

Today was the first day that I had the privileged to meet Alyssa and you can just feel how close Alyssa & her step Mom Carrie are. I know that Alyssa will remember all the special memories that she has had and will continue to make with Carrie. I'm honored to of been asked to be able to capture Carrie & her fiance' Jeremy's wedding! For me to be able to stand back and watch the emotions throughout the day will truly be a blessing.
Alyssa wanted to make sure I was ready to get this next very important photo!

Alyssa & Dylan are very close! I think you can see how much they both have a

blast while hanging out together!

Tyler Gene Akin: 6 Month Session

I have extremely enjoyed motherhood. Tyler is already 6.5 months old. When I was pregnant with Tyler everyone told me it goes so fast they aren't little for long! They weren't kidding. I look back of portraits I took of Tyler and it's amazing how you can see their personality develop even through images. while I was doing Benjamin Byrd 3 month portrait session Katy and I thought it would make sense to do some of Tyler at the same time...

I love his big blue eyes! I think that's the only thing Tyler inherited from me!

Tyler has always been a VERY happy baby we were extremely lucky!

My husband and I actually met while I was a resident Firefighter and my husband was in the fire academy. Tyler's uncle Steven is a firefighter for Roy! It will be interesting to see what Tyler wants to do when he grows up! While I was pregnant and still working as an EMT Tyler loved the sirens well at least he did a lot of kicking and to this day he will sleep right through sirens no matter how close they are to us everyone is always surprised to see.. personally I think he just became used to hearing them... it's so funny how every kid is so different.....

Telling Secrets!

Tyler wanted to take Mr. Lion for a walk....

If you ask Tyler for a kiss he will love to give one to you but also beware of the drool! It comes with teething!

I never knew how much having a child would be such a wonderful blessing in my life. Everyday I get up and I'm excited to see what Tyler will discover that day! He loves to go for walks, meet new people! He's already such a flirt with all the ladies! I think were going to have our hands full in a few years!