He is 6 months now. The adorable chunky and baby drool stage. We love this age. Here he is in all his goodness - Our little nephew Cruz.
6 comments. Click here to add yours.
1 comment. Click here to add yours.
… or so we thought. It is hard balancing 4 kids, a photography business, Tater’s medical career, and life in general, so we told my parents that we were going to take this year “off” from doing their Christmas card. To say my mom LOVES pictures is an understatement. She definitely takes more pictures than all of us, and we are always asking her for her pictures. 
As Christmas got closer, I noticed that she totally understood our situation, but I knew she wanted one done. As we thought about our parents and how blessed we were to have them, I realized, “How could I not do one for them!?!”… They do so much for us!!
I love watching my parents with all of these kids. My dad who sits on the floor playing ball or tickling them. Just the other day he was playing hide and seek with our girls and all I heard was giggles. It was priceless. My mom who makes them fun snacks and now I hear my kids say, “Will you turn my pbj sandwich into a flower just like grandma does it?” She also does a fantastic job organizing family get togethers and meeting the needs of all the kids. We are so blessed to have fantastic parents, and our kids are blessed to have them too! So here we go… this year’s Christmas card for them with their 10 grandchildren… that really did happen.
13 comments. Click here to add yours.
It’s time to party! She just turned 3, so we celebrated her birthday Bubble Guppie style. Here is her 3 year old photo shoot and a peek into her Bubble Guppie birthday party.
6 comments. Click here to add yours.
We love the excitement and energy this bunch of kids bring to each photo session. They are full of life and super adorable (handsome).
2 comments. Click here to add yours.
Sweet Layne came to us at 26 days old. We were a little nervous as we usually shoot newborns under 2 weeks because they sleep better, but she was a dream for us. 
We cannot say enough great things about this family. It was our first time meeting, and it was fun to find out all of the connections of people and friends that we have. We are thankful for the new friendships we make photographing others.
We love to hear the requests our clients have for us. This was one shot that was requested. We did this shot for our own daughter, and it continues to be one of our favorites. It really puts in perspective how little newborns start out.
Layne turns one month today. Happy 1 month sweetheart! 32 comments. Click here to add yours.
We have 2 fabulous frame collections for you to choose from!
The Artist Collection includes:
* Shabby Chic Frames with a variety of trim choices * Christmas Frames *Specialty Frames (such a polka dot, swirly frames…)
And…
The Paisley Collection includes:
* Unique Frame Shape Options * Hanging Ornament Frames * The iPad Frame * Chalkboard Inserts: This would make a great Christmas gift!! You could use them in a child’s playroom or in a main living area for some random notes. We have one in our kitchen and use it to help us memorize Bible verses. I love it!!
*** Please keep in mind that we only service our Central Illinois area.
8 comments. Click here to add yours.
… that we are not showing you the 200+ pictures that we loved of her shoot, but we figured while we were editing these, we would put some up.
We had to capture the artist in her. This was her expression when she realized we were taking out her oil pastels for her to color with.
3 comments. Click here to add yours.
I stop and look around at what God has provided for us, and I cannot help but to be in awe. He has given me all of the desires of my heart, and to Him I am so thankful.
I think back to the 7 years that I patiently 
(ha-ha) waited for Tater to be my husband. I see myself today living the dream I had always dreamed. We now have 4 wonderful blessings together. These kids give us so much joy and love. I remember the day that we were told it would be hard for us to have kids. Well, God provided for us once again. We are so blessed. Thank you God!
While we were in California, I knew that I wanted to have our family pictures done since THIS PICTURE was our most recent family photo. I seriously just googled photographers out there and found Julie with Julie Campbell Photography. Julie also has four kids, was a former teacher, and of course does photography, so I felt like I knew her already. Well, we had a blast at our session! It was a fun change for us to be on the other side of the camera.
Below is a slideshow of our session. Julie did an amazing job capturing our family today. It warms my heart when I look at the slideshow and see all of God’s blessings around me. Thank you Julie!
Photography and Video: By Julie Campbell Photography
special thanks to: Julie and her husband Tim - for “freezing” the ages of our kids right now in pictures and for giving us this incredible gift. Mom and Dad Kieser - for watching the kids on the beach so Tater and I could get our alone pics.14 comments. Click here to add yours.
[...] You can see the wonderful things that Hailey wrote about the experience on her blog here. [...]
Marilyn wrote: Beautiful photos- I love Cruz's curly hair and dimples!!!! (01/26/12, 4:55 pm)
Mindy wrote: I could eat him up! He is so incredibly cute!!! (01/26/12, 5:09 pm)
Sandi wrote: Oh, that baby is so cute!!!! (01/26/12, 5:49 pm)
g-ma d. wrote: darling pictures!! You did a great job!! (01/26/12, 6:24 pm)
Denise wrote: Gorgeous photos and beautiful family! I love them! (01/27/12, 9:56 am)
tami wrote: First off, BEAUTIFUL pictures. It's no secret that I've got a crush on that little man!!! I also just wanted to say THANK YOU for the comment you left on my blog yesterday. The whole time I'm reading it, I was just thinking, "Yes!! THAT'S what I was trying to say!!" You put into words what I was really struggling to say. Thanks for understanding my heart and leaving me that comments...seriously, as friend to friend and photographer to photographer, it absolutely made my day and just meant so much to me. I love you so much and thanks for that. (01/27/12, 11:07 am)