The Martin/Altman Cousins

When my friend Carrie asked me to take pics of her boys and their two boy cousins, all under the age of 6, I knew all kinds of fun would be in store. To get four little boys posed together for a family shot with their grandparents – no problem! 🙂  We met at Kelsey Creek Farm in Bellevue, Washington which is full of amazing spots to get pics, not to mention farm animals, grassy fields and playgrounds.  The kids were so adorable…and such boys!

Carrie and her family are very involved with the JRDF Walk to Cure Diabetes which raised over $85 million last year towards Type 1 Diabetes research.  If you are in Seattle, you’re sure to see them at the JRDF ‘Beat the Bridge’ event every year. The University Bridge is raised during the race and the goal is to beat the raising of the bridge.  (Btw, if you don’t beat the bridge, there is a band and prizes for those who get “caught”.  After a few minutes, the bridge goes back down, and everyone gets to finish. Whew!)  Thanks for all you do Carrie – and for such a fun photo shoot with your family!

Carrie and her youngest.  Too cute.

Carrie’s sis-in-law Berit and her adorable baby boy!

Viviénne & Landon

It’s my BFF Estelle’s birthday today!  (For the record, yes you can still use the term ‘BFF’ well into adulthood if you’ve been doing it since you were a nerdy 6th grader — we’ve known each other that long!)  We don’t get to see nearly enough of each other, but while I was in Seattle I finally got to meet her beautiful baby girl Viviénne (3 months) & see my little man Landon (6 years).  Estelle is a makeup artist and model, so NATURALLY we had to have a full-on two-day photo shoot for the kids!  Here are some of my favorites.  Viviénne is so beautiful and I love how she has her mommy’s lips.

Happy Birthday Estelle!!!  Love you!  xo

Hanging out with dad…

Landon loves his baby sister so much – it’s so cute!

I remember when this little guy was Viviénne’s size. Growing up so fast!

Viv in the little pink bunny towel I got her for her ‘birth’ day and her great grandmother’s gold baby bracelet.

Love this mommy/daughter pic of Estelle holding Viviénne.  Pink apron + cute baby girl + brand new kitchen = too much fun.

Hannah at 1-year

Who knew I’d be so lucky to be taking family pics on two coasts this summer? I met my very good friends Molly and Charles at Seward Park in my hometown of Seattle to celebrate their little girl Hannah’s 1st birthday with portraits.  I’ve known Charles since childhood and I met Molly after college when I was starting out in television at the same time she was starting out in radio. It’s such a small world that they met completely separately, and to my complete glee got married and had a baby! To say Hannah is totally adorable is a bit of an understatement. She has these giant brown eyes and a huge smile that lights up her whole face.  I can’t wait to watch her grow! Happy 1st birthday Hannah Banana!

 

 

 

PS – here’s a view of Mount Rainier from the park which looked so amazing as we were wrapping up our shoot, Charles requested I take a few pictures of it.  Seattle is truly a beautiful city!