YAY! Mr. Nicholas O’Keefe’s sneak peek is FINALLY posted! (thank you for patience o’keefe family)

Thank you for asking me to capture your newest addition! He is absolutely beautiful and I cannot wait to see how much he changes in this first year. We know that it will definitely fly by.

Congratulations on such a beautiful and healthy baby boy! Kate will be the best big sister!

xoxo
Melinda Ann

Miss Kate and Leighton were born only 3o minutes apart. BIRTHDAY TWINS!

Isn’t this just the cutest face? He loves snuggling with his momma!

Can’t beat daddy kisses.

The very last photo of the shoot… great job Nicholas!

Ahhh! So that I get this up quickly I will keep this short and simple (yes, this IS a problem for me)
Thank you VERY much James, Krista, Logan, Ava and Hudson for being SO fabulous on such a crazy day!  The weather was against for a while but you were troopers!

I had a lot of fun following you around like paparazzi!  haha

Hope you enjoy your sneak peek and HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!!

xoxo
Melinda Ann

I just love the way they chose to sit in both of these shots!

Tried for a quick mom and dad only shot… but someone needed some hugs!

A good ending to a great shoot!

Patience definitely paid off for Amy & Mike! We had their shoot originally scheduled for way back in April but due to weather we had to cancel and reschedule. We almost had to reschedule for their rescheduled shoot too! The entire week it was calling for thunderstorms, I checked the weather every single day hoping it would change. It never did. Come the day of, Amy and I communicated back and forth thru email about the whether or not we should reschedule and we chose to just wait because the weather in Michigan is so temperamental. Glad we did, the storms didn’t arrive till hours after their shoot!

Thank you for being so wonderful! You’re a great sport Mike! haha
Enjoy your sneak peek and congratulations on the engagement! You’re a beautiful couple!

xoxo
Melinda Ann

If you follow me on facebook then you may have noticed I’m a big fan of CourtneyCourtney, (otherwise known as a simple CC) her items are all VERY original! VERY! There is not a single CC item that is reproduced! But that’s another post.

This post is about the durability and craftsmanship of each CC item. I thought for sure Leighton was going to ruin her newest CC dress when we were outside for a mini shoot. Now that she is walking there is not stopping where she goes. She LOVES being outdoors and doesn’t walk but RUNS when we get out there.

AND attempts to climb things…. VERY dirty things. :-D 

BUT WHO CARES!!! We’re having fun! Notice the dirt covering the front…

Getting her CC nice and dirty, really testing the durability!

This is how Leighton pays assistants.

Okay enough SUPER cuteness from my DD, back to the point… all CC ends are served for durability! I love this! My mom taught me that, “Serging is important in durability; make sure you get what you’re paying for!” Well, I’m sure from the photos above you can see that we have given our latest and greatest CC dress a good durable test! I like how Courtney makes sure to have all the seams align. And they align so perfectly!!! Another thing my mom taught me about good, quality craftsmanship.

So THANK YOU Courtney for making such beautiful, durable clothes for sweet little girls!!!
WE LOVE COURTNEYCOURTNEY!!!! and we LOVE the new ruffles!

I have to commend Melisa and Bryan, who chose not to find out the sex of their baby. That takes some major will power! I’m not sure if I could do that, so kudos to you two!
Their sweet baby bundle of joy is due on the 4th of July! WHAT A DAY!!! Well whenever he/she decides to arrive mom and dad are very excited to meet them.

They’re possibly the most laid back first time parents I have ever met! I think that staying level headed throughout the pregnancy definitely helps you hold it together once the baby comes.

Congratulations Melisa and Bryan! I had a great time roaming through the tall grass, pulling tent worms off of us and of course I enjoyed our conversations!
Can’t wait to meet your sweet baby in a few short weeks!

Enjoy your sneak peek!

xoxo
Melinda Ann

Beautiful Mama!

I realized a lot of the last ones were mainly kissing photos but hey, when clients love to kiss each other who am I to stop them!

Kids say the BEST things at the BEST times! I had to laugh when I was asked 5 minutes into shooting if we “were done yet?”. Not that they didn’t have fun because they did but once mommy and I mentioned McDonalds, (yes it was my dinner; don’t judge!) that is all that Markee could think about.

I was extremely pumped for this shoot because these kiddos have big personalities!  It has been two years since I took the girls photos, so I was ready  for a dose of their awesomeness! haha Their mom, Donell, is my hair ROCKIN hairdresser! LOVE her! She is SO talented! I have to show the photo that she drew of Leighton in her NuxieMade hat with watercolor pencils! SHE IS AMAZING! I’ll upload that photo to my facebook because it is SO beautiful! It sits in a frame on our mantel!

Thanks for such fun time Devin, Aurora, Markee and of course Donell!

xoxo

Melinda Ann

Aurora took a little while to warm up but later in the shoot the supermodel came busting out!

I had to share three of Markee because she was so animated for her photos. haha

LOVE Aurora’s lips. Lucky girl!

LOVE these next two! They turned out EXACTLY as I saw them!

“Good times, good times!” became the catch phrase for the weekend and it FIT! I definitely had nothing but good times with this family.

They welcomed their sweet lil surprise,  Mr. Mayvn, in October and I’m pretty positive it was the happiest day of their lives. Kurtis and Lauhhna received a gift card to Melinda Ann Photography as a Baby Shower gift from some family friends. I am always SO anxious to meet the families that receive gift cards because they are typically the happiest families. I think because it is not a typical gift. Very much a surprise! But a GREAT gift idea! (if you ask me haha)

The McMahan’s were FAB.U.LOUS models but I’m sure that shows!  I had the hardest time choosing photos for the sneak peek, so once again, I just grabbed random photos from the sessions and here they are in no particular order….

The one below was actually a typical “toss-out”, I was just getting my setting’s right.  But I love this one.

It was Mr Mayvn’s first time at the beach.

Mr Business

good ending

Thank you for such a great time Kurtis, Lauhhna and Mayvin! I know there aren’t any of the just Mavyn pics in this sneak peek but I saved them for the facebook gallery. This sneak peek was out of control fun!

I hope you enjoy it!

xoxo

Melinda Ann