Las Vegas Family Photography | Parker is 6 months old!

Hey Everyone!

I recently photographed Parker again at 6 months old this time.  I've been taking his photos every 3 months so his parents, Nick & Jenny, can put together an album of the first year of his life after his birthday!  It is such a great idea and I have to say, I've really enjoyed getting to see him grow up so far this first year.  I love seeing the drastic changes that are happening with him every 3 months.  He's turning into such a handsome little guy and I can't wait to capture what he goes through in the next 6 months!  

Here are some of my favorites of Parker at 6 months!

If you'd like to see this entire album of Parker the 6 month old cutie, you can see it here!

Thanks for reading,

Mary

  

Las Vegas Family Photography | Parker Wynia | 3 months old

Hey Everyone!

Todays blog has some familiar faces in it!  These photos are of 3 month old Parker.  I took his Newborn photos a few months ago, you can see that blog here.  I also photographed his parents wedding!  You can see a blog post from their wedding here.

Jenny and Nick have decided to have photos taken of little Parker about every 3 months so we can put together an album of his first year after his Birthday!  It's a really great idea and if you are interested in doing the same for your little one on the way, send me an email for info!

I'm really excited to be a part of Parkers first year and be able to see him grow up in front of my camera.  We are going to focus on milestones that he crosses as he grows up.  At this age, he was able to lift his head up on his own and he loves to lean back and put both his hand behind his head (this is so cute).  Here are some of my favorites from his 3 month session.

Here's Parker lifting his head up on his own while his Dad holds him.

Mom and Dad holding him.  See how he has his arms behind his head?  SO CUTE!  Just loungin'.

Loungin' up close.

We used Jenny and Nick's wedding rings in Parkers Newborn session and decided to use them again to try and show scale of his growth.

This is a super cute idea that Jenny had with the family on the bed with Jenny and Nick in the background.  LOVE this one!

That's all I have for now!  Such a great family and I'm so happy to be a part of so many exciting times in their lives :)  Watch for another Parker blog in 3 months!

Thanks for reading!

Mary

Parker Wynia | Las Vegas Newborn Photography

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I'm just a blogging machine this week!  Here's my third one in three days, this time of 9 day old Parker.  I photographed his parents wedding earlier this year, you can check out Nick and Jenny's wedding post from Springs Preserve here!

Jenny and Nick welcomed Parker Allen Wynia to the world on October 30th.  He's a beautiful, healthy baby boy who did not love having his photo taken!  Well... I think he mostly didn't like us trying to move him into poses...  We ended up getting some great ones though!  Here are some of my favorites from the session!

Here's Parker all curled up!

 Close up of his sweet little face :)

I know you've seen these rings before!

We headed to the park for a few photos at sunset.  It was pretty cold though so we didn't spend too much time there.  Love these of the family!

Aaaaand saving the best for last... this is really how he felt about us that day!!!  hahahaha!

I love it!  Parker is so unbelievably cute.  I'm so excited for Jenny and Nick to have him in their lives.  They are such great people and are going to be amazing parents.  Parker is a lucky little man to have them:)

Thanks for reading!

Mary

Additional Info:  If you are thinking of having newborn photos taken, it is ideal to take them within 10 days of baby being born.  This way they are really small and cute and most importantly really sleepy!  The older they get, the more awake they become.  The earlier the better for photos!

Las Vegas Family Photography | Huynh Family at Madeira Canyon Park

A few weeks ago I went to the park near my house with the Huynh family to take some family photos.  Vonny had just had baby Maia 3 weeks before so she wanted some photos of her before she started growing too much!  The whole family came along as well for some fun in the park.  It was a beautiful day, one of those last warm days in Las Vegas.

Vonny and Tison have 3 kids; big brother Jayden, little brother Jaxson, and baby sister Maia!  Sounds like a handful doesn't it?  I was amazed at how well behaved Jaxson and Jayden were.  Here are some of my favorites from their session!

Vonny and Maia :)

Jayden being very serious for how much he smiles!

Here's Tison helping Jaxson hang on some branches

Doing it all by himself!  And one of the whole family.

This is such a sweet one of all 3 kids!  I love how gentle the boys were around Maia.

I love the smirk on Maia's face!  

What's cuter than baby feet???  The answer is:  NOTHING is cuter than baby feet!

The whole family again!

We even managed to get a sleepy Maia in a pumpkin for the fall!

This pumpkin shot was one of the hardest ones I've ever taken because Maia was NOT having it that day!  Luckily, we got this oh-so-cute one of her in it!  Totally worth it if you ask me :)

It was a great day in the park with the Huynh's!

Thanks for reading!

Mary

Las Vegas Family Photographer | Barrette Kids

Hey Everyone!

This blog is near and dear to my heart as the subjects are all my (soon-to-officially-be) Nephews and Niece!  Eric and I were recently in Wisconsin for a few days and while we were there, we made a day trip down to Illinois to see his Sister, Brother-in-law, and their 4 kids.  All between the ages of 3 months and 6 years old!  Three month old Geneva is our only Niece out of the bunch, I guess the 4th time was the charm ;) Needless to say, they have their hands full and I was seriously exhausted after spending one day with this crew.

We arrived at their house around Noon, just in time for the two older boys to get home from school.  We all had lunch and soon after the boys needed to burn off some energy so we went to the park which is literally in their back yard!  I basically followed them all around with my camera and mostly got shots of the kids playing.  We were able to get just a couple of "posed" photos and I use the term "posed" loosely for reasons, well... you'll see!  Here are a few of my favorites from the bunch!

John climbing on the equipment.  This won't be the last time you see him climbing in this blog!

Leo speeding down the slide.

 Adam just smiling :)

Here are all three of the boys in the best pose we had all day!

Baby Geneva asleep on her Mom :)

Leo did NOT like his photo taken and he made it pretty clear to me... but he can't help but show his excitement while on a swing!

Here's what I mean about trying to pose these guys!  "Leo being Leo" is what I like to call this one.

John seriously has some climbing skills.  He's so good at it and his concentration while doing it is actually really impressive for a 6 year old!

Adam's chunky swinging legs!

I had to start sneaking up on Leo to get photos of him.  Here's one of my favorite sneaky ones :)

And for the finale, we've got the whole crew together!  Although not really concerned about smiling for the photo... I still like this one a lot.

These guys are a lot of fun and I love them but I think we'll be holding off on having kids for a while...  Or maybe just hope for girls ;)

Thanks for reading!

Mary

Las Vegas Family Photography | Danielle, Ralph, & Ava | Discovery Park

Hello Everyone!

Danielle and Ralph found me through my Groupon Feature and booked a family photo shoot with me for them and their beautiful 6 month old daughter, Ava!

We decided to meet at Discovery Park in Henderson early in the morning to avoid the deserts intense sun and midday heat.  Well... this just happened to be the week where it rained pretty much every day so it was uncharacteristically humid for the desert.  I mean, it wasn't just a little humid... it was like mid summer, Wisconsin humidity and it's about 85-90 degrees on top of it!  We all walked out of our cars to meet and were immediately sweating.

We made the best of it though and stayed in the shade pretty much the entire time.  We got some really great photos despite the heat, humidity, and sweat!  Here are some of my favorites from the day.

Everyone showed up to the session in their converse all-stars.  Including Ava!

Great looking family!

Ralph making little Ava smile :)

I love her little heart pockets.

Look at those eyes!

Love this one of Ava on the slide!

And I'll end this post with this great one from the end of our session where Ava was about ready to go home and we were all so hot that all we could do was laugh :)

Here is a link to their entire album if you want to see more!

Thanks for reading!

Mary