Category Archives: baby photos

5 weeks old and getting a kick out of his parents

The best part of this sweet little 5 week old guy is how engaged his eyes are in every picture, just adoring everything his parents do with him:

Even when he was VERY hungry…

And then he got a leeeetle sleepy…

But not before showing us a perfect pout:

Zzzzz….

Welcome little guy – so great to meet you all!

Three brothers, one year later

They got a new house, and we got to do another photoshoot :)

After their move this winter, these guys decided it was time for more pictures, and I was thrilled to get the chance to see them again.

I mean, how fantastic does it get?

And one of his signature ear pull/finger suck, just for posterity…

Run!

Defense needs some work… 

Handsome middle brother R:

Also handsome big brother B:

Family energy – I love.

And we also got this one without the nerf gun aimed at me, but this one’s more fun :)

Great to see you guys!

Michelle - February 16, 2012 - 10:50 am

Pictures are beautiful Jess, thanks again!

A third boy joins the family

We did little D’s pictures on Wednesday morning, when he was just six days old.  His two big brothers were off at school, so we got to spend some quiet time getting just D and Mama pictures.  Wonderfully sweet.

I’ll tease you a bit, before I introduce you…

 

And here we have Mr. D:

He even had a smile or two for us…

As well as some pretty fantastic scowls:

I love how different he is in each picture…

More smiles for his mama:

Aaaand then the yawns came.  Try not to yawn yourself, looking at this. :)

Wonderful to meet you, little D!

Long, beautiful, blonde eyelashes

I got to meet this seven week old sweetheart this morning – and I zipped through her edits so her mom and dad can have some fun holiday pictures to enjoy. Wonderful to see you guys!

Angie Tseng - January 7, 2012 - 11:15 am

Beautiful baby and beautiful family! Jess, I wish you lived near Philadelphia, let me know if you ever take your show on the road.

Mandy - January 7, 2012 - 11:31 am

Gorgeous! Baby Janey is adorable and the pics of her with mom and dad are so sweet. I love the wide shot with daddy – she is so very tiny!

Katrina Nordine - January 8, 2012 - 3:26 pm

Beautiful pictures of the Vonnegut Clan! You did an outstanding job of capturing them. They look fantastic!

5 days old, with her big brother

Sweet G was born just five days ago, and her big 17 month old brother D is already getting a kick out of his new role as big brother.  (Except that apparently he refers to her as his new dog…)

And I had to show you a few color ones, since it’s that festive red holiday time of year :)  And I can’t forget to welcome these guys into my elite club of families with two under two!

Ho ho ho!

Stephanie - December 20, 2011 - 8:51 pm

Love love love!!!

Danielle - December 26, 2011 - 9:51 pm

What beautiful pictures! D & G are so cute and sweet!

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth

This is a fitting post to follow the one I posted yesterday, because they feel like they bookend my holiday season (and even my 2011) nicely.  Yesterday on the blog I showed you a sweet little three month old girl in her baptismal gown, and it feels like it really was just yesterday that I was taking pictures of this sweet girl on at HER baptism in 2006.  But really, it’s been six years now since her first photoshoot at 4 weeks old, and this weekend marked her tenth photoshoot with me.

And now, at six, all she wants for Christmas is her two front teeth :)

Wonderful to see you guys, as always.  Thanks for hitting the big #10 with me!

3 months old and delicious

In my line of work, sometimes it’s fun to give myself little challenges – little things that I keep an eye out for when I’m shooting.  One of those things is the elusive dog lick picture.  I love a good dog-licking-baby picture – and getting the dog’s tongue just the right amount out of his mouth while the baby’s also at that perfect moment where they’re not too annoyed by the attention…

The fun thing here is if you click this “dog licking baby” link and get to a bunch of shoots where I’ve had dogs licking babies (yes, it’ll look at first like it’s not going anywhere, because you’ll see this post again – but scroll down, that link shows all the posts I’ve ever tagged with dog lick), the next post down after this one will be of this same pup: Harry, with his beloved little sister E. Our first shoot was back when she was just three weeks old, and now she’s three months old.

We did these pictures just an hour before her baptism this weekend, and she was just a perfect angel for the photoshoot.

Even with very little sleep the night before, she giggled and played…

And showed us how big she is on her mom’s pretty chaise – much bigger than last time, already!

Reading Christmas books with mama:

Love that she’s peeking at her “1st Christmas” ornament here!

Mama and daughter in their pretty Christening dresses:

She did catch a wink before the big event…

Grandma’s pretty hands with baby E:

With her Godmother and Godfather, in her Christening gown and bonnet that her mom, uncle and grandma all wore…

Big cousin, with her fantastic hairdo and dimple:

And last of all, grandma with her three pretty girls:

Loved seeing all you guys!  Hope the big event was a huge success :)

Kristen Krikorian - December 15, 2011 - 5:28 pm

Love, Love, Love!! These pictures are precious, just like the subjects! Captures everything perfectly! xoxo

Anne Fryar - December 15, 2011 - 10:15 pm

Oh Jill, She is just so precious and to see Harry so loving to her makes my heart melt. Enjoy her!!!! Anne

Vicki Shield - December 15, 2011 - 10:46 pm

Love these pictures… so natural! You both look so beautiful.

Erin - December 15, 2011 - 10:53 pm

Beautiful!

Pat Larkin - December 15, 2011 - 11:32 pm

Eleanor, you are so photogenic and so lovely! Congratulations on your Baptism. Great pictures, Jill. See you soon, I hope!

Monica Pascetta Carroccio - December 16, 2011 - 6:53 am

Jill, she is beautiful!! Congratulations! These are great pictures! I love the one of her looking at the tree!
Monica

Kristen Marx - December 16, 2011 - 7:09 pm

Bellissimo sweet little Ellie! xoxo

The first of the next generation

Over Thanksgiving weekend, this sweet 4 1/2 month old guy had a huge crowd around – lucky guy. But first he got to get some pictures with just his mom and dad:

With mom and dad:

And with his grandparents:

And the whole team:

Wonderful to see you guys!  It’s exhausting being the star of the show.

Ten, seven and almost six months

Best best best.  Love this.

But I’m also kinda digging this one:

Oh fine, I’ll show you their handsome faces :)

Mr. Almost 6 months:

Mr. 7:

And Mr. 10:

Of course we had to do a Broncos picture – as all three “Tebow” for me:

Really fun pictures, thanks guys :)

Joan Fawls - November 22, 2011 - 3:29 pm

What wonderful pictures! I live across the street and saw you taking the pictures. Never thought they would turn out as good as they did. They are the best!

DF Baker - November 22, 2011 - 3:35 pm

what a great photo shoot…loved the little feet. DB

Angela Scannell - November 22, 2011 - 4:06 pm

LOVE THESE PICTURES!!!! Each one is spectacular. I love those cute little feet! What a great looking family!!!

Debbie - November 22, 2011 - 4:07 pm

Fabulous pictures!! These are really beautiful and captured so well your wonderful family.

Kristin sayers - November 22, 2011 - 4:34 pm

What a beautiful family! I love all of the pictures!

Judi - November 22, 2011 - 4:41 pm

Awwh! What a great pics – but then the subject matter is hard to mess up.

liddie sutter - November 22, 2011 - 5:15 pm

It’s hard to judge which one is best…I love the feet!!

Tanya Gray - November 22, 2011 - 5:34 pm

love love love the pictures! handsome little devils.. you too ross.

Bia santin - November 22, 2011 - 5:39 pm

Love the pictures!!!!!!

Ellen Strunk - November 22, 2011 - 8:36 pm

What a beautiful family!! Some very creative photos. I think my favorite photo is of the boys looking at Hayes. Hayes looks so adorable, and it shows how much his brothers love him. Nice family photo too. Ellen

Kathleen Riordan - November 23, 2011 - 6:13 pm

Jill, so cute! My favorite is the three boys on the steps. They are all getting so big!

Paul Scannell - November 24, 2011 - 10:27 am

Great pictures

Fendy - November 26, 2011 - 7:58 pm

Love the Tebowing Shot, but my favorite is the first- the feet shot.

Steve T - November 27, 2011 - 5:54 am

Starting them early on the Denver Broncos…nice!

Kelly Beckett - November 28, 2011 - 3:19 pm

The pictures came out wonderful! The Tebow is a Beckett Family favorite!!

Katharine - December 12, 2011 - 2:10 pm

Beautiful pictures of a beautiful family!

Two under two, plus a bonus big boy

These guys are card carrying members of the “two under two” club, with a bonus 3 1/2 year old thrown in!  Busy, busy, busy.  And so much fun energy!

20 months old and 6 weeks old. So much love.

There’s something about the lines in this photo that I love.  The artwork on the wall and the bedspread kind of tie it all up in a nice bow for me, too.

Kinda love the mayhem in this one.

Love that dad made this face at/with J:

And so did Mom :)

Dimple :)

Really fun to see you guys as always!

 

Double deliciousness

I hadn’t seen these sweets since they were just tiny newborn babies, and now look how big and wonderful they are!

First little miss:

And his highness:

Getting giggles with mama:

The ladies, lunching:

The gentlemen, playing:

Where are the babies??

There they are!

Pensive little lady…

Do you BELIEVE the eyelashes?

Of course we had to end with tub time…

And S’s favorite part of tub time? The ending shower :)

Wonderful to see you guys again!

And in fairness, one more of madame showing off her tooth.  Thanks guys!

 

Leaf toss, nose smash and tickle attack

Where to begin?

Well, we have the kind of junior, mellow tickle attack…

And then we have the more advanced, grown-up tickle attack:

Did I forget to mention the rolls and the perfect baby cheeks?

OK, back to the list.  The nose smash –

Quick break for another couple of good old fashioned smilers:

And the leaf toss.  Not to mention we had our South End backdrop, with the gorgeous buildings behind.  Too perf. (The facial expression here also makes me very happy.)

Wonderful to see you guys again, it was really fun!

Emily - November 17, 2011 - 1:51 pm

Such an adorable(and HAPPY!!)family… love the photos :)

mep - November 17, 2011 - 2:34 pm

These photos could not be any better — love the gorgeous smiles! What a happy and beautiful family!

Anthony - November 17, 2011 - 2:36 pm

These are amazing! I love the tickle picture and the one of them on the bed together.

Sarah - November 18, 2011 - 1:03 pm

Such wonderful pictures!!

Peter Pu - November 19, 2011 - 8:39 am

Cute babies, Great photos!

Rebecca - November 29, 2011 - 9:01 pm

Love the pictures, can’t wait to see which one makes your holiday card!

Rebecca K - December 4, 2011 - 10:05 am

Totally gorgeous photos of a completely gorgeous family!

Five, and full of energy

Number one, total fave, right here.  LOVE the bit of mom and dad that we can see – mom’s curls, dad’s toe.  And the expression can’t be beat.

Loved seeing you guys, as always.

 

Crazy and awesome. Or crazy awesome. Both, actually.

If you’re a peruser of my blog you’ve seen these faces before.  For many years – and I love that their family gets crazier and more awesome every time I see them.

Chicken-fight!

Love all four expressions here:

Really love this one.

Crazy dancing:

We’ll do oldest to youngest:

And wait for it…

Pow. Gorgeous, eh?

You guys rock, as always.  See, Jackie?  I totally didn’t mention the fistfight. I’m good that way.

Soooo embarrassing

There definitely comes a point when what I ask my clients to do shifts from “fun, quick and crazy” to “soooooo embarrassing”. When this happens depends on the kid, but in this case it happened for 7 year old Z about ten minutes into the shoot.  Makes her have the best expression here, though!

I think of it as a challenge, though.  ;)

The shadows here are so cool in the afternoon sun:

Fun to run around with you guys!