Happy Valentines Day 2013

A Happy Valentines Day To All Our Family & Friends.

May all your days be filled with LOVE.

J&K Baptism Portraits

Nov. 2012- Here's a few of the baptism portraits I took of the G brothers in November. Aren't they just so sweet and gentlemanly in their baptism attire?! K, (the first photo) is my little God-son. Congrats, K&J! D&P, your boys are just beautiful!

A Family Wedding

This year, my brother's family flew in from CA to spend the holidays here in CT with the families. We were so excited to see our nieces together with our little guys. It was so nice to see everyone. Here are just a few shots of the cousins looking festive at Grandpa & Melissa's December wedding:

The cousin lineup.

Liam (2)

Heidi (2) 

Christian (7 months)

Violet (5 months)

sisters

brothers

 I love this shot of Heidi. Such a doll!

Lookin' so handsome.

Cousin love.

Sweetie pie, Violet, in her red dress.

Little Christian checking everything out.

Helping Grandpa eat his cake.

Someone also enjoyed squishing the cake! (Boy, was the floor a mess around us!)  I love this shot. Even though Christian's face is out of focus, I like the way his hand with the cake evidence is in focus. :)

Daddy Gets Old

So, my dear husband turned 40 on Oct 4th! He didn't want to make a big deal out of it and he specifically didn't want a party, but I wanted to make it a little festive for him, so I chose to decorate in a football theme when his family came over to celebrate for a birthday dinner. 

Liam helped arrange the balloons and both him and Christian watched and approved while I baked his chocolate butter cream birthday cake. I found some old pictures of Ryan playing football back in his scholar athlete days and elementary school years and used them to make place cards. I'm so proud of him. And- of course - that night, I dressed our boys in football shirts for the occasion. :) Do I get a thumbs up?

Don't feel bad for Ryan, though. We sent him on 4 days of vacation with a few of his friends, while I manned the house and kids at home so he could enjoy a birthday trip. Humph! ;) jk

Happy 40th, to my Sweetheart!

Nice glasses...That's a LOT of candles!!! Hahaaa.

Updated News for New & Old Customers

  

ANNOUNCING THE CHANGE: I absolutely LOVE what I do, but I love my children even more. I've decided to greatly limit my workload, in effect now until my children are of full-time school age. 
Being a full time, stay-at-home mom is the most fulfilling & rewarding job I have ever had, and while my children are still young (and because we are gratefully able to afford to do so) I want to be the one to raise my young children every moment of each day. There are some wonderful places I could bring my kids for child care so I can work all the hours I need, but I don't want to miss a day with my kids. 

THE DETAILS: Instead of completely coming to a work halt, I am available to my existing customers, for "mini shoots".(Sorry, this does not include newborn sessions.) I will be setting some dates for festive back-to-back mini shoots and if I have any open time slots after a certain date, I will be more than happy to fill them with new customers.

My "mini shoot":
30 minute shoot in the Branford area
6 fully edited (full resolution) portraits on DVD
$75. Great for seasonal portraits and holidays.

Please feel free to email me with any questions! 
andrea@akbdesignstudio.com

Image: Liam picking strawberries in our backyard. :)

4 Months Old 9-18-2012

Christian turned 4 months old today. He's rolling over now and enjoying his bouncer exerciser. He's such a snuggle bug and what a happy baby he is! Here he is enjoying a morning at the park on a blanket. I love this little man! XO
P.S.- Thank you LF for the adorable sailor outfit he's sporting!

 

Christian is 3 Months Old! 8/18/2012

Three months has flown by and little Christian has changed so much and grown so big! He has a gummy grin now, like a little old man! (I'll have to take some of those shots next.)He's been chomping down on his fists a lot lately. (Could it be an early first baby tooth coming in?) Here's a couple updated shots of my littlest cutie-pie. I just want to eat him up!