My dear friends Lori & Cleto’s daughter simply melts my heart. She is full of love and joy just like her mama and papa.  And her eyes…they simply sparkle!!
After baby went down for a quick nap, Lori and I got to play around for a bit…super fun times!!

KaDo is giving birth in August and in celebration of her summer pregnancy we decided to hit the beach for our session.  Unfortunately, the only day we could schedule our shoot was on July 5th, when I believe everyone and their mother had the beach as their final destination.  After both of our 2 hour car rides to El Matador beach we hiked down to this California oasis.  While processing, I was really inspired by the ethereal landscape and KaDo’s beachy baby glow.   KaDo, thanks for being such a rock star on our hike down to and back from the beach and congratulations you are going to be one amazing mama!!!

What is love?  Well, that is a good question!!  One thing I know for sure is that Melissa and James find its true meaning while looking into their sweet Sophie’s eyes.  I had the pleasure of shooting Melissa from the moment she found out she was pregnant.  For 9 months we kept careful record of her progression.  Two short weeks after her grand entrance I had the honor of capturing sweet Sophie Mei Yan Armstrong.  Well, Miss Sophie just turned three months old and looking into those eyes, you experience the purest love around…yes, that’s right…precious, drooly, giggly love!!