future college football player...

...its just undecided of which team he will play for!!! his dad is an auburn fan and his mommy is alabama! clearly she is the only one in the family with any sense : ) needless to say, he photographed perfectly in both colors {even though it was painful to take pics in that auburn tee}...one thing is certain, caleb is a chunky monkey!!! he will definitely make a great football player one day...as long as he keeps it in the sec, he will be ok with me : ) 3 month pics are usually pretty tricky, but i ended up with more shots than i could choose from!!!!

sweet love!

he is cute even in orange

i heart this pic!

and this one!

chunky monkey!!!

happy anniversary...

...this was a real treat!!! my bestie boo, lindsay's mother in law recently called me to ask me if i would shoot her parents 50th anniversary party...they have a huge huge fam and wanted formal pics as well as tons of candids to capture the day...great!! i was thinking this was a party at a church or something...wrong! this was a wedding without the ceremony! haha!!! they sent out over 150 invites, had food for a small army and rented this fab place called paint rock valley lodge {which is AWESOME}...what a fab experience...i heart old people! i think they are so sweet and so wise...you can learn so much just chatting it up with someone that has lived a long life! i learned tons from chatting with all of the guests, i especially liked the part where i was reading the guest book and saw where someone had signed that their last name was swafford...thats my maiden name!! { and not the worlds most common name i might add!} i asked who they were and the guest of honor informed me that was her maiden name! WHAT?!? half the people there were swafford's! i then chatted it up with atleast 10 people that stories to tell about my great grandfather, who i had never met. it was so cool! anyways...there are tons of great pics from this day...great formal family pics and really cool candids of people simply interacting! i could post 30 pics from this day, but since im so behind, i'll keep it at a minimum : )

super cute sign that was there

one of my fav pics of the day...clueless who they are and if they even know each other...see what i mean about people interacting!

i hope i have half the marriage that they have!


their family!!!

the guests of honor!!! how truly wonderful!!!!

some more of the sweet girls...

...i know i have been absentee...i took a lil mini vacay and i have been busy trying to catch up from the mini vacay! so im almost caught up and have plenty of great pics to share with you...they arent previews because these clients have seen their galleries but i still wanted to share!!!


remember my last post...the awesome one of the 3 gorgeous girls and their gorgeous mommy...now that their session is all done, i wanted to share a few more that are my favs from their session : )


more post coming in a few

one brave mama...

...words do not even begin to describe how impressed i am with this mom! i met amber 2 years or so back when her oldest, haynes, had gymnastics with ava! we were pregnant with out second at the same time...both girls...finley was born a month to the day before addison. amber always made me want to scream because everytime i saw her, she was perfectly put together! her hair and make-up always look fabulous and she barely looked pregnant the whole time! when gym started back this past august, we were in class with haynes again and guess what...amber was preggers again, with another girl!!! reason numero uno why we are done having kids at the casa de murphy! new baby is named lola grace which i am in love with! i love love love the name lola! needless to say i was over the moon when she called me and asked to do some mother daughter pics with lola and her! conclusions from this session...a- she will make every woman that reads this sick...she looks like a 17 year old instead of a woman that has had 3 kids!!! b- i dont think i could function with 3 girls c- sweet lola is beyond precious with her chunkiness and looks JUST like haynes! these are very pre- previews...i barely looked at these pics today and i just couldnt help myself!! im sure i will post more when i get caught up!

all time fav mother daughter pic!

i cant decide how i like it best...

this is a close second!!!

sweet haynes!!! i adore this pic!

finley! she is a lil firecracker!!

:)

LOLA GRACE!

sweet sydnie...

...i heart new clients! HEART them! i quickly learned 3 things about this sweet fam! sydnie was a very advanced (she was a pro at holding her head up), happy, photogenic almost 3 month old, her mommy and daddy are crazy about her, and i was going to thoroughly enjoy working with them! the v fam was awesome awesome awesome! im so thankful to luke and hannah's (the twinsies) mommy for sending them my way! sydnie's pics turned out so precious and im keeping my fingers crossed to be working with them again very soon! thank you so much for sharing her with me!

happy family

{i was on a bit of a bw kick}

she has him wrapped around her tiny finger

she's a mommy's girl!

sweet love!!!

told you they were crazy about her!!!

makes my heart sing!

one of my favs!!!!

omg! does it get any better!!!

anna boo...

...my sweet sweet anna boo! anna kate is my 3 rd daughter that isnt really my daughter. i guess technically she is my niece since her mother is like my sister that i dont have! needless to say, i love her like family! she used to be up there on the "worlds most difficult child to photograph" list but she is getting better with every session! these were taken at the chase historic depot and turned out just right!

i love all the mother daughter shots!!!

brace yourself...

...remember my urban maternity couple and how ridiculously attractive they were!?! well imagine their baby! well your wait is over! meet baby jaxon! he is completely delish! his nb session seriously ranks in the top 5 of nb sessions! he was perfection! i didnt even hear him cry til it was almost over! there are so many amazing, adorable, beyond scrumptious shots! i was able to narrow it down, but please have pity on his parents when they have to choose! this is just a small peek at what is to come! congrats chris and amy!

if this isnt the worlds most gorgeous fam picture i dunno what is!

maybe this??

or this!


perfection!!! prince charming inthe making

nothing like a sleeping baby to make you swoon!

a gift from a friend became a great prop!

i love baby toes!