Maegan Dougherty Photography » NJ Birth and Family Photographer

Today I met Kendall. At almost 14 months old, she is so cute and happy and starting to take her first steps! Her parents are totally warm and welcoming and we had a fun time watching Kendall swing and play in her car, dance with Elmo and sign when she wanted a snack!

Posting about the holiday mini sessions got me thinking about the whole year so far in pictures. I went back through my blog to remember some of my favorites and I decided to do a contest!

The prize is a REALLY nice one: a BEAUTIFUL album with 10 mounted 4×6 images from the session. So if you are one of the contestants, be sure to e-mail this to everyone you know so you get lots of votes! Each person can only vote once and voting will be open until this Sunday, September 14th, at 6pm.

Although I would love to post my favorite from each session, I am limiting myself to ten! I love these images for all different reasons. Some make me laugh out loud when I see them. So make me feel warm and fuzzy. Some evoke a memory of a super fun family or an extra sweet child. And some are just so cute! Here they are…

1. Nicholas at 6 months

2. Baby butts

3. Tyler with his grandparents

4. Lexie-Ann playing peek-a-boo

5. Spencer and his dad

6. CJ Frowning

7. Alex wearing shark shirt in a field of flowers

8. Jackson’s Family

9. Luke and his mom laughing

10. Baby Dean with his mom

Happy voting and good luck to the contestants! The winner will be announced next Sunday!

This weekend I will be posting the details of holiday mini sessions, which will take place THIS month!

Here are a few samples of the holiday cards I’m offering this year. Picture your child or family on one of these. Pretty cute, right?

Be sure to check back later today or tomorrow for more information. I’m finalizing the details and the mini sessions are sure to be lots of fun, with some really cool deals!

I met these girls last year at a holiday mini session and they really made an impression on me because they were so fun and outgoing. So it was great to see them again yesterday. Their baby brother will be born in the next week or so. Mom looks beautiful and radiant, Dad’s looking good, too, and I think these girls are going to make life a lot of fun for their baby brother!

I was going to wait until tomorrow to post another post, but I just can’t wait any longer to share these pictures of baby Thérèse! Here she is yesterday at just 5 days old (I think that’s right). Perfection, that’s what she is! It was so special to spend the time with my friend and her precious baby girl and fun to work together to get the pictures just right. Christie might even let me go back next week for more!