Category Archives: babies & children

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baby grady

February 12, 2009 – 1:26 pm


Amidst my fall ’08 weddings, my dear friend (and often wedding assistant), Heidi, had her sweet baby boy, Grady, and I squeezed in a little time one morning to take a few pictures of him. He is such a cutie pie and much bigger now since these were taken last October when he was only a week old. Finally sharing them here. Enjoy! :)


Baby toes … my favorite!



Three generations!

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happy new year everyone!

December 31, 2008 – 8:04 pm

I have been extremely blessed to work with wonderful couples and families in 2008. I’ve shared with them as they joined their lives, celebrated an engagement, welcomed a baby (or babies in the case of my cousin who had twins), adopted a child, prepared for high school graduation. It’s the stories that mean so much to me and I feel so honored that so many of you have invited me to capture these moments for you.

This might take a bit to load, but I’ve put together a little slideshow of highlights from 2008.

I’m looking forward to what 2009 holds. Hopefully I’ll see many of you again and make many new friends in the new year.

Happy New Year!
Kris

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Pieter, Max and Ellie | saint joseph michigan children photographer

December 29, 2008 – 6:47 pm

In November, I met up with these amazing kids at Kiwanis Park in Saint Joseph. The pictures were a surprise for their dad for Christmas, so I’ve been holding off posting anything until after the holidays just in case. I LOVED hanging out with these guys and just following them around for an hour or so letting them be themselves and do their thing. Pieter is awesome with his skateboard, Max is a soccer lover and Ellie is a little gymnast with all her cartwheels and jumps. We wandered around the park with all its beautiful fall colors and took a ton of fun photos. Here is a slideshow with a bunch of my favorites.

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the hill family slideshow

November 20, 2008 – 1:11 pm

more fun with the Hill family. enjoy the show. ;)

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the crump family slideshow

November 7, 2008 – 6:12 pm

Had such a fun time with the Crump family. We were so blessed to have the rain stop during our session so we could shoot some outdoor pictures at the park. Here’s a little slideshow with some more of the photos. Enjoy!

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the crump family | byron center family photographer

October 28, 2008 – 9:41 pm

Our photo session didn’t start off how we had hoped. It was raining off and on all day but it was our only chance to photograph the whole family together, so we decided to make it an indoor shoot. Not ideal since I do mostly outdoor natural light sessions, but we made it work.


Then I noticed the sun shining through the living room window and I glanced outside to see that the rain had stopped. We rushed outside for a few and when we realized it was going to stay dry for a while longer we headed over to the park, where we originally planned to meet.



A lovely evening. Lovely fall colors. A wonderful family. :)

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baby derek

October 23, 2008 – 9:21 pm

I shared some pictures a couple months ago from Rachel’s baby shower and on Tuesday I was finally able to meet baby Derek, who is almost two months old already. Rachel and Kelle (one of my very best friends in the entire world) came over to my parents house to visit and I snapped a few pictures of the baby while they were there. Isn’t he so adorable?

We took him outside for like 30 seconds (brrrrr!) to take a few shots of him on my parents porch swing. Got a little chilly, but it was worth it.

Rachel and Derek. Check out that little smile I caught. So precious.

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baby grayer • slideshow

October 9, 2008 – 10:27 pm

My gosh, I just want to gobble this little guy up. He’s so precious. Here’s a slideshow with some more of Grayer’s pictures. :)

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the melzers • families | naperville family photographer

September 30, 2008 – 1:41 pm


While in Naperville, Illinois visiting with old family friends this weekend, I was so excited to meet up with my friend Heather and her family at the nearby Riverwalk. She has such a beautiful little family and we had fun walking around together taking pictures here and there. Heather, I know you’re dying to see some so here are a few:






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grayer • babies

September 26, 2008 – 11:00 am


Mom and I went to visit Amanda on Monday. Our families have been friends for years and I even photographed Amanda’s wedding a couple years ago. We just had to meet her new baby, Grayer. He is soooo cute with those big handsome eyes. ;) He makes the sweetest little faces. I kept thinking I was finished and had enough shots and then he would do something or make some cute little facial expression that just made me have to keep shooting. Here are a few favorites:




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