In August, Shannon Hunt, one of my friends from high school, got in touch with me about being "guinea pigs" for a new type of photography session that she's beginning to offer. Sessions that are relaxed, casual, unstaged and capture a real moment in your everyday life.
I said sure, and although I was a little bit nervous about having her show up to my house at 7:30 a.m with specific instructions to "just wake up and be" (i.e.sans make-up and hair in a messy bun) and to not coordinate our pjs or anything like that - I couldn't be more pleased with the moments she captured.
They uploaded all out of order, but I'm just going to go with it. Sorry if it's confusing :)
Shannon stayed until after 10:00, but Dave had to head in to work before she left - so here we all are giving Daddy kisses before he heads off for the day...
This isn't a super flattering picture of me (to say the least), but it is TOTALLY Luke right now! He loves to wrestle and is constantly wanting to rough house.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfUl_eRN6rKlyRD2Zutg5XXmGXQXxe7isJqhm1UGRY4WN-0Tp1IqWNpj6KrFiDSnjoxgo-VSCZpmrxHH7St-w3dhHzn8kOfLZTDqcDQPhh5Xnm2fe1FeCxAv8FbFuBvk0k28Aac587Lk/s640/Shannon05.jpg)
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I'm super excited that Shannon got the picture of Mason walking on his knees - since the next week is when he started walking full-time. So glad to have a picture of this super quirky stage.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbLgib8pYmouXKPHgOVWjQr_wi5wFMDTwr0xfEPu3fx6pQUglVIgwAoIQ9rLSfVk6rydEm5E_3KDCMVXHsCRZAnQjbuCklHilgikQ9WyfqOe0eZGq7HGzDiWS2WbqQkYnL_mPaSuyoM0/s640/Shannon10.jpg)
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Mason picked up a plum out of the fruit basket before we started taking pictures and he WOULD NOT let it go during the entire shoot :)![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_hG0s8I8boHemGm5Q8CQXnCGpvNdhD-CNp1_2Zxkz6Bfns7t2hM-Fmi5FeE1ag-Hr5x7fI4h_4ShbekJZDt2F7_sJIyqv1Z9RlyyYZ1297dACzlPBmzjwpq6tR5yNeQTwKpkWacy7Lw/s640/Shannon18.jpg)
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Luke built this train track all by himself and he was sooooooooooo excited and proud to show it to Miss Shannon:![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXQFdGBWLVuF2-fJddCZFxxCv3JfrD47aI6ZIruvpuUCnrDM4oyG5lWV9PTkzhrP5K8xUv3C1oh7jH61n5JSWhaRACiHeBGpolPf3RlsT0lUQNzMxJCkfr_qBFy7siMD218Eubk2-i8c/s640/Shannon22.jpg)
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I always LOVE having our family pictures done for Christmas cards and all that, but these are something totally different that I will treasure FOREVER! We typically have our pictures done twice a year (Fall for Christmas cards and Spring for birthdays), but I'm really thinking about having this type of session once a year as well. Shannon was FABULOUS and so easy to work with.
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