These three (Waterloo/ Cedar Falls children photographer)

Have you ever seen 3 cuter little ones? These are the photos that almost didn't happen! We had to reschedule once due to some timing issues. Ella had a fever the night before and when I walked into the house 2 out of 3 children were having a meltdown of some sort :)

The absolute only way we got wonderful images is because of MOM! I love having sessions with Carrie, because even though kids are screaming, toppling over, clinging to her or running in the opposite direction, she is able to stay calm and keep her cool. She wants to capture her kids for who they are, and sometimes, that may mean not the perfect smiley posed photo, but it's who they are!
When we were picking out clothes before starting to shoot I was almost giggling because the colors and layers were SO awesome!
This particular shoot was officially to celebrate Grady and Ella turning 2. However, Mikah is too cute to leave out. She somehow snuck into several shots! In this photo above, Ella is actually yelling to Mikah to take the flower! Mikah never did and eventually Ella gave up to go find more fun.
Grady was my little buddy this day! He let me carry him from site to site and jabbered in my ear about waterfalls. He was quite the little explorer! Walking through all the grass and weeds and climbing on stumps. I'm afraid miss Ella was a bit out of her element. She's more of a city girl and was a bit nervous at the uneven ground.

We ended our time together with some well deserved candy! Those photos are actually pretty funny. I may have to post just a couple next week :) I'm a little surprised with myself for not posting any black and whites this time! There are a few that I just know will be knock-outs, but the colors were awesome, and their eyes were so blue, I couldn't bring myself to do it for their blog post!