Welcome Baby Gabriel!

BFF Erin, Rafael, and proud big sister Stella welcomed baby Gabriel James with all the love in their hearts on September 27, 2008. Baby Gabriel was a whopping 10 lbs. 5 oz. and 22 inches long!! As Erin would definitely say 'HOLY HANNAH!!'.
I was shooting a wedding with Joe the day Gabriel was born, so it wasn't until 4 days later that his titi (that's me) got the chance to visit the happy family.
Of course baby Gabe was doing what newborns do best while I visited, eat and sleep. I did get to see his beautiful eyes for a few seconds here and there :) Erin amazed me with how great she was feeling and looking 4 days after birthing this big boy! Raphael and his mother (who flew in from Puerto Rico) arrived a bit later from the grocery store and I was able to congratulate the proud papa and the abuelita! I can't wait to visit again soon!! LOVE YOU.

Camden Children's Garden

Before heading out to photograph Rusty and Jane's wedding two weeks ago, Carver and I made a quick visit to the Camden Children's Garden and met up with Mary and Jack. I had a great time watching Carver and Jack run around, I even had fun chasing after them. The garden was really cute and would be a great place to meet up with families for photo sessions. The colors are beautiful and the children have tons of fun! We took a ride on a train, spun around on the carousel, climbed on dinosaurs, checked out the butterfly garden, ran through tunnels and ran up and down ramps and last but certainly not least, played in the water fountains! FYI - bring a change of clothes.








In case you're wondering...Jack is sharing his raisins with the dinosaur.

Jane + Rusty Wedding

Last Friday I was part of a very special day, Jane and Rusty's wedding! Rusty is the father of one of Kyle's dearest and long time friends from high school, Luke.
Jane looked gorgeous and had a permanent smile all day long! She was a thrill to photograph and her laugh was so contagious. Rusty was such a gentleman and I came to find out he had quite the outgoing personality! He had invented a little trivia game to play during the dinner where every single guest was involved, and won a beaded necklace! I loved it! I also loved that Kyle and I were guests during their family dinner as well! Their ceremony was at the beautiful Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, cocktails and dinner were served at their club, Gulph Mills Golf Club. The club recently finished their covered outdoor seating area and it's gorgeous!
Thank you again Jane and Rusty! Congratulations!



I think Jane designed and put together these wonderful wedding favors of bunched herbs, each herb had a special meaning to the day and the marriage.


I loved this little moment of Rusty's youngest son, Ben and his fiance Kate walking to their car from the ceremony.

The happy couple...



Thank you again to Luke & Kate for offering Jane my services!

Day Tripping to the Jersey Shore!

I just wanted to quickly post about today's little adventure to Stone Harbor, NJ today. Summer is almost over and Carver hadn't been to the shore yet and I didn't want him to miss out, especially now that he can walk! We had a great time and met up with our friends Christel and Izzie. Carver didn't waste anytime making friends with the 'big' kids and enjoyed playing in the huge hole they had made in the sand. When I asked Carver if he wanted to walk down to the water he ran to the ocean and didn't hesitate at all, he loved the waves and laughed every time they hit him. Izzie was a trooper and played hard as well, despite her teething pain and short nap. I didn't get any photos of it but, she had a little boogie board in her baby pool and loved 'riding' it! She is totally too cute!
Thanks for meeting us down there Christel + Izzie! We hope to see you again soon.







I hope to post about the great wedding I shot last Friday, by the end of this week!

SuperStar Numero Dos!

It just so happens that I know THREE women who have the exact same due date!! Crazy! And each of their bellies looks completely different. One of those women is my BFF Erin, and her belly is biggyful ;) Sometime this September she will be birthing a beautiful baby boy. I am so excited to meet him and I hope I can be there when he's born. A few weeks ago we had a little impromptu photo shoot and we had a blast! Seriously, they were so fun and energetic, every minute was a riot. Enough jabbering... here are my favorites! Oh and Stella is a true Super Star!











Congratulations to you Loca!! I love you Mama!

A Joy To Play With!

It was so great to hang out with Joy yesterday! She took the day off and came over to our place. Lunch, fun at the playground and while Carver took his nap we lazed around kibitzed a little and watched a reality show called Rich Bride, Poor Bride. This episodes bride & groom rented an ATM for their reception, not that they had a cash bar, but so that guests could take out cash to fill their envelopes for the bride & groom's gift!!! Terrible.
Joy didn't bring her camera along yesterday, but I had mine. During our playground adventure she couldn't resist herself and swiped my camera! No complaints here though... she always gets great shots of me and Carver and I just couldn't say no. Thanks Joy!

photo•Joy Moody




photo•Joy Moody



I love love love this shot of Carver on the slide! This is his favorite thing to do at the playground.
photo•Joy Moody

Peach Pickin Time!

If you haven't gone out and picked your own fruit yet this summer, I highly recommend it! We met up with some of our playgroup friends at Linvilla Orchards this past Friday morning for some peach pickin' and had a blast!! I wouldn't mind doing it again before the summer's up... the orchard's eggplant and peppers looked fabulous!!

Bowling Baby!

Last Saturday night Kyle and I went bowling with friends, Brent, Mike, Ryan and Wendy. It's been a long time since Kyle and I have gone out 'just because'. Thanks Mom for watching Carver during bedtime and allowing Kyle and myself to go out and act like fools.
We drove up to Norristown's Facenda Whitaker Lanes. It was Laser Lightshow Night, and the country music was killing my game.

Sorry Gentlemen, She's Taken!

My very dear longtime friend, Olivia, is getting married!! Her beau of about 4 years proposed to Liv about 3 months ago. We are all thrilled and so happy for the both of them! Every time I see Liv she's smiling from ear to ear! And her ring is gorgeous!!! So her, so unique and so kick-ass!
Three Saturdays ago, Kelli and Olivia's Mom, Christine, hosted and threw a surprise engagement party for the newly engaged couple at the First West Chester Fire Co. It was a laid back barbecue with beers, horse-shoe tossing, and lots of babies and children! Seeing my girlfriends with their little ones was special, photographing them meant a lot as well.
Here are a few of my favorites of the girls, Liv and Chris totally surprised, and all our children...
Can't wait for the bachelorette party...and the wedding!


The Happy Couple...


Four mamas and a baby carrying a tub of soda and ice.


Totally surprised when they pulled up with Kelli and Wayne.


Family and friends...


Chris exclaiming 'I had no idea!'.


Liv is just too adorable! Even when slightly distorted by my fisheye lens.


BFF Lauren with big boy baby Dalton.


Laura and beautiful Brooke.


Laurie and Joe's one year old daughter, Emilia, with her grandfather.


Emilia's big two year old sister, Lillie! What a smile!


Amy's too precious for words daughter, Kaitlyn.


Carver and one of the firetrucks.


Here we all are...except for Liv.
Me, Kelli, Amy, Lauren holding Dalton, Laura, Laurie and Lillie.

Heart Melters

Carver and I finally made it over to visit Auntie Lauren and her baby love on Friday. He's almost 5 weeks old already, and this is the first time I've really had the chance to spend time with Lauren since she was in the hospital. Carver and I had be in perfect health before heading over, it's been quite the nasty winter season in the Kielinski household.
Lauren looked fabulous and Dalton was as sweet as could be! He loves his mommy and loves being in his sling. I was able to grab a few photos of Lauren and Dalton, while my 11 month old Carver baby was crawling all over and getting into everything, at one point he was playing with Brian's dirty smelly sneakers!
My good friend Laura also stopped by Lauren's with her 4 month old baby girl, Brooke. This was the first time I had seen Brooke and she is just the cutest baby ever! She has the biggest cheeks and when she smiles it melts your heart. It would be so nice if I lived closer to my friends, and we could see each other much more. I guess I should be happy that I don't live in another state or country though, then we really wouldn't see much of each other!
It was fun to hang out and kibbitz about motherhood, share advice and support each other. I love you guys!

Here is the very handsome, baby Dalton..

Dalton wouldn't take his darling eyes off mommy..

Carver meets Dalton for the first time and went straight for his feet!

Baby wearing is the best :)

Introducing beautiful baby Brooke at 3 1/2 months old...

I can't get enough of her cheeks!

Carver can't believe this little angel right in front of him! Love at first sight..

Finally Out Of The House

Today we went out briefly to meet up with my friend Bill at the Chestnut Hill Coffee Co. He's a very talented photojournalist who did a terrific job shooting our wedding. Almost two years later and at no one's fault but my own, I'm finally getting our wedding album finalized. It's going to look soooo good!

It's so nice for someone to take a photo of me with Carver for a change! Thanks Bill!

This place makes a killer chai latte! However it would have been great if they had high chairs.

One last photo of Mr. Bill.


Can't wait to see our wedding album! Thank you for giving us such gorgeous photos to remember our extraordinary day!

Kaitlyn Turns One!

My very beautiful and good friend Amy threw a first birthday party with friends and family for her gorgeous baby girl, Kaitlyn. It was held at the Little Gym in Frazer. All the kids had a great time and I'm sure they were ready for naps by the end of the party! According to Amy, Kaitlyn was possibly a 'little overwhelmed' by all the action, but she was trooper and her eyes lit up when it was time to blow out her birthday candles!
The babies below are all my girlfriend's babies! We've all had our children within a few years of one another, and I'm sure we're going to have more!
I love this shot of the two gorgeous mommies with their birthday babies! Carly's boy, Trey, turned one also and shared the party with Kaitlyn. Carly and Trey are on the right, and Amy and Kaitlyn are on the left.

Carver getting adjusted to all the happenings around him.

Cutey patootie, Emilia.

Laurie and a very excited Lillie!

The birthday boy, Trey!

Carver cruising.

Handsome eight month old, Luke.

Adorable eight week old, Ava.

Daddy and Carver.

Mommy and Carver.

I'm not sure if this is the first pizza eating experience for Kaitlyn, but she definitely loved the pizza!


And the finale... cake time!
Here are Scott, Kaitlyn and Amy for her very first birthday cake! A year goes by so fast!

Social Butterfly

This past week has been busy in the social events category, and has flown by extra quickly because of it! Thursday we had a quick but 'eventful' visit with Jess and her 15 month old baby girl, Mischa. Carver experienced his first little kiss from Mischa! It was so adorable! He had a fantastic time playing with Mischa's toys as well, especially her dancing Dora doll! He loved how her hair moved around and he would grab and pull at it.




Mischa loves it when Jess reads to her. She would grab a book and plop right on her mommy's lap for some story time.


I've been trying to get over to visit with Jess and Mischa, since her 1st birthday in October! Hopefully this spring/summer we will get to see more of them.
Mischa is such an adorably sweet little girl who loves to dance, laugh, talk, walk and give kisses!


Next up... we spent the following day with Auntie Lauren who is expecting her bundle of joy any day now!
Carver eating a wagonwheel snack in Wagontown.

Having fun with the door on the entertainment system.

Auntie Lauren putting a movie on for the kiddos.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a few portraits of Lauren and Brian in their nursery. But I was able to snap a few 'work in progress' shots of her super crafty mother-in-law, hand painting a beautiful willow tree on the nursery wall. Paulette even made the ENTIRE crib set! Lauren picked out an understated toile fabric with a gorgeous color of light blue/green, if I were to name the color it would be 'Dreamy'. It all turned out so lovely! Lauren and Brian have worked very hard on preparing and designing the nursery, all we need is the baby...

BFF Lauren Is Expecting...SOON!

Lauren has approximately 2 weeks until her 'estimated' due date of February 3rd. Nine months flys by when your having fun! She's feeling well and ready to give birth to baby. I am so excited for her I can't contain it!!! I can't wait to welcome her into the 'Mommy' club with open arms and tears of joy! Lauren and Brian will be terrific parents, baby to be is going to have lots of fun with their mommmy and daddy! They decided to keep the sex of the baby a surprise to them and others, leaving the excitement even more uncontrollable!
Lauren's baby shower was wonderful event a few weeks back, that came and went really fast too! It was held at The Bordley House Grille, the atmosphere and the staff were perfect.
According to how Lauren is feeling... baby could be here any day!
I apologize for my random thoughts, like I said earlier, I am extremely excited!!!

Here's a shot of the lovely and super cool parents to be at Lauren's baby shower.

Before Halloween, Carver, Lauren and I checked out the local shops at Intercourse, PA. It's a popular tourist spot in beautiful Amish country. Carver is 6 months old and Lauren is just about 6 months pregnant! We had a great time and it was uncommonly warm that day! Lauren's wearing a tank top and Carver doesn't have socks or shoes on!

I did a little belly shoot of Lauren for her baby shower invites, here is the one she chose for the invitation.

This is a silly photo montage of sorts, that I did from the day of the baby shower. I cut and paste the group into the foreground of the Bordely House Grille. This group of women have been friends for many many years and we all helped put the shower together for Lauren. However, I can't forget to mention Laura, who is not in the photo but should have been. She recently gave birth to her beautiful baby girl, Brooke, and had to get back to her motherly duties at home.


Ok, ok..I know this post is about Lauren, but I couldn't resist including a photo of me, when I was 2 weeks overdue with Carver. I was HUGE, and I was happy! This was on Kelly Drive in Philadelphia, 2 days before Carver was born.

Lauren's home this week waiting for labor to begin any day now. I'm hoping to get over there for another blooming belly shoot in her nursery before she gives birth! Here is the slideshow of her awesome baby shower.