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Tonight I had a great time with Greyson and his mommy and daddy at Founder’s Gardens. He is getting SO big, crawling all over and getting very close to walking too (look out mama and daddy!). I love the shots I got of him, I have been going through and I think I have all of the ones I want to preview, then I find another and think “aw, that is too cute” and pick it too!! I somehow narrowed it down to 5 but his mommy and daddy will most likely be getting plenty way more than that to pick from in the next week or so!!! I had a great time you guys and hope you all cooled off and that the mosquitoes didn’t do too much damage!!

The kids all tell me they LOVE to shoot at Founder’s! Something about the free snacks…

Today I did some pics of sweet Declan and his mommy. You may remember him from his newborn pics HERE. I can’t believe how quickly he’s growing! And still cute as a button!! I hope to see him again very soon as he is THIS close to being able to sit up on his own! I can’t wait!!

I can’t believe how fast this little guy is growing! Here he was all brand new… and now he’s got his head up and is wide awake and all smiley!! We’re kind of aiming for a black and white little pieces collage of all of his sweetest parts. My favorite is his infectious smile!! Happy Sam…

What a neat family! I’m so honored to have met them today and been given the opportunity to photograph adorable Miss Brooklynn! This family is related to one of the entries from my fresh faces contest so I’m so glad to know that experience has brought one more sweet family into my life! Brooklynn is adorable at 11 months old. She was made for the camera – she wasn’t shy at all and as you can see, was full of smiles and thoughtful expressions. Here is a little preview for her family – I will have the rest ready for you to see as soon as possible!

Happy Memorial Day everyone!!! God Bless the USA!!!!

I had the pleasure of visiting one of my friend’s and coworker’s farm on Sat to shoot sweet Morgan again. She’s really grown a lot since I last saw her when she was just so brand new!! This time we included some shots with mama and daddy out at their beautiful place. If Miss Morgan doesn’t grow up a country girl I’ll be shocked! She wasn’t all about smiling at me, but that’s ok, we still got some really cute shots of her anyway!

We even got the horsey in on the action!

Maggie Beth just blows my mind. You can read a little about her rough start here.  But to see her now, at 10 months and 15 lbs, jumping and bouncing and smiling, you’d NEVER know how her early days played out unless you knew her!! She’s amazing and sweet as she can be! And beautiful too! Jill, John, you guys are blessed – but you already knew that, a thousand times over!! Thanks for trusting me with your pictures of your sweet girl! It’s an honor!

Sweet Kalyn was the winner of the tots division of my recent Fresh Faces Contest. And a sweet fresh face she has! She’s 7 months old and learning how to sit up and she’s getting some teeth too! She is apparently a very serious baby or either she doesn’t get my jokes (probably she doesn’t get my jokes) but it doesn’t matter if she is smiling or not, she is simply adorable and a deserving winner of the contest!

In addition to this session, she will get $100 print credit, a fun goodie bag, and a 2nd session she can use later this year and include her mommy and daddy (if she wants to!). Congrats Kalyn!

Little Heroes are everywhere around us. Some are more obvious than others. Some have no hair – they lost it during chemo. Some hide scars under their shirts from heart surgeries. Some are in wheel chairs. Some prick their fingers after every meal. Some live in your house. In your life. In your heart.

Littlest Heroes is an organization that allows photographers to give a priceless gift to the families of the littlest heroes and to the heroes themselves. They give them the gift of memories. Holland Photography is proud to be a participating photographer in this organization.

LITTLEST HEROES

You can read all about the organization on the website linked above but I am here to announce to you my participation in this worthy organization and encourage anyone out there that knows and loves a little hero to contact them and apply for a littlest heroes session. Holland Photography would be HONORED to photograph your hero!! You do need to apply through the website and state your location as “Athens GA” and you will be more likely to be matched with me. Once you are approved and accepted, we will get together and hold a session, free of charge, featuring your hero. You will receive a min of 10 prints from your session that are yours to keep – again, no charge. Should you apply and for some reason get denied (sadly they are not able to accept all applications due to the sheer number that apply) please contact me directly but please make every effort to apply through the organization first.

Any and all heroes are eligible. Let me help give you something that will last a lifetime. The gift of hope, strength, and courage through the art of photography.

I would like to personally wish each and every one of you a VERY Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous 2010!! Thank you for all you have done for my business in 2009. It’s your happiness and joy over the ways I have captured your memories that keeps me going and I am truly blessed to have clients/friends/blog readers like you!! May God bless you! From my family…

To yours…

SEE YOU IN 2010!!!!

So you remember Harper right? Well tonight she decided to add in some of her family members for pictures! I’ve known these folks for a long time and it was great to get to see them again tonight! We had a great time taking pics at their house (well, Harper might not totally agree about the “great time” part as there was this little “reindeer outfit incident…”). I think they make a nice looking group actually and of course Harper is aa cute as can be! I LOVE her hair and her chub-ness. She is too too sweet!! Here are a few previews for you guys! Hope you like them!

If this happens to be your yard… well, thank you for letting us borrow your pretty trees…