The Best of 2012

Sometimes at the end of a year, you'll look back and think "I didn't really do much this year."  This is what I thought when I first started thinking about 2012.  What really changed?  I didn't think anything did.  I feel the same.  These are the times, especially, I am so grateful for all the photos I take throughout the year.  I don't know if I'd remember anything without my photos, and maybe that's not a good thing, but I'm happy I love photography so much that it's just my natural way to document life in photographs.  I realized, through my photos, that so many great things happened this year! I was going to try to post all of my favorite photos of the year, but turns out, I have a lot of favorites! (Which is a good thing.)  

What good happened in 2012??

Let's start with the start of 2012: Two of my good friends got engaged and we were all there to see it:

 Celebrating so many weddings:

 

 Welcoming new additions to our families:

 

Enjoying time with all of our family and seeing how much we've grown:

 Having a blast with awesome friends:

 Spending my TENTH year with the boy I truly love:
 This year we: 

•  Toured Yuengling Brewery.
• Survived a hurricane.
• Moved in with 2 of the best people ever and learned how to restore furniture.
• Learned how to bake.
• Witness the shuttle Discovery's Final Flight.
• I got my first tattoo.
• Vacationed in Harper's Ferry, WV.
• I took my first Ferris Wheel ride.

and so much more...

 The very best thing to happen in 2012? I got my sister back! 

 

New Baby and Sister

 I have had the pleasure of knowing (and photographing) little S for almost 2 years now! She is one of the sweetest girls I know and I love watching her grow. Every time I see her, she's even cuter and more fun than the last.  Now she has a baby sister, who I know will be just as much fun to get to know as S has been.  S is such a loving big sister and did an incredible job with the photos. I was blown away with how she interacts with the baby being so young. Baby F was equally great with the photos.  I always love sleeping infant pictures, so I was happy to get some of those, but she was also awake for some, which is always nice. She was so alert and calm, I could really do almost anything with her. They're both so sweet and easy to work with! I can't wait to see how the two grow together. I am so lucky to have such amazing friends who have such amazing kids. Hope you all enjoy the preview of these sweet girls as much I did photographing them!

So precious!

All the little details. Just love.

Carter Kids

 Another day spent hanging out with some of my favorite little ones! Love so many of these, I couldn't help but post a lot again!

Favorite!

I love this smile!

A day with kids!

I spent a lot of today with my family and my cute little cousins! I have such a fun time with these kids! They have always been some of my best subjects. Thankfully, they love to be in front of the camera. I can't help but post my favorites!

"Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family." ~Anthony Brandt