Friday Family Focus

Katie and Randy invited me into their lives almost three years ago. Katie was referred to me through Baby Matters. A magazine was writing a story about her and her best friend from high school and needed a local photographer to provide some photos. What an incredible story it was. Through a true act of friendship, Katie was a surrogate for her friend. On that day, Katie had given birth to a little girl and I was honored to be a very small part of the event.

Since then, I have photographed Katie and her family more than 10 ten times since our first meeting. I've documented birthdays, the birth of her youngest son and even a huge family gathering.

Our first family took place at the park on a beautiful fall morning.

We made this portrait just before little "I" was born.

Katie called me from the hospital to schedule little "I"s newborn session!

Last September, I was off on another adventure with Katie! This time, it was a magazine called "Conceive" who was doing the story of Katie and Amanda's experience. So, over Labor Day weekend, my family and I traveled to Cincinatti OH. We spent one day at the waterpark. The next morning, we headed over to Amanda's home for the photo session and then it was back home to Moline! What a whirlwind weekend! But we had so much fun and I loved seeing Amanda and little "T"

Little "J" is Sara's age. So of course whenever we are together, we talk parenting, school, etc.

Here's our latest session. I can't believe he's already 18 months old!!!

Thank you Katie for inviting me to be your family photographer. I look forward to our future adventures!