Jacksonville Children's Photography - The Nephews

My holiday visit to Florida was unusually cold, and I was disappointed not to have multiple opportunities to take my nephews outside for pictures to capture all the cuteness. I enjoyed spending tons of time with them indoors, but I think we were all getting cabin fever. Finally, after several weeks we had a day that was almost warm enough to be outside. We missed that window when Lincoln was barely walking, so I had my work cut out for me. At 1 and 3, Lincoln and Lenox are busy boys! This is the best example of what happened when we tried to get a shot of them together:
The motion and excitement captures them and their relationship at this stage and makes for a really fun shot. Still, photographing their sweet faces separately was a bit more doable to get those expressions that we know and love.








I'd love to work with your family next time I'm in Florida. Click here then the contact tab to contact me about photographing your children.

Jacksonville Kids Photography - My Nephews: Lenox & Lincoln

Lincoln has turned into a little boy; his first birthday was last Sunday. He was just a baby last time I saw him in July, not even crawling yet. It is amazing how quickly children change and just reminds me how important it is to take pictures often!
I had such a great visit over Thanksgiving and spent as much time as possible with the boys. In between them being sick, holiday activities, etc. we squeezed in a quick photo shoot too. We'll do a full portrait session and use some other neat locations in Jacksonville over Christmas. :)

Here's my sweet Lenox, almost 3:
Lincoln wasn't as happy as usual, but he's cute anyway:

It's so much fun to watch the boys interact:
Though sometimes Lenox loves Lincoln a little more than Lincoln would prefer:
I think Lincoln will be off and running by Christmas, he can take 5 or 6 steps alone already:
And he has that pointer finger working well to communicate his wishes:
If you're in Jacksonville, Florida, I'd love to be your child's photographer too! I'm down from Arlington, VA frequently so it would be easy to schedule your portrait session. Contact me today by clicking here, then the contact tab.

Me with the Nephews

I enjoyed spending the last few weeks visiting my nephews in Florida. They are growing so fast and doing so many cute and fun things! Being the photographer, I rarely am in any pictures, so I made sure my sister took a few of me with the boys last week, even though it was so hot at 10am that Lenox was sweating before we'd been outside 10 minutes! But we got a couple of cute shots. :)

Lincoln is almost 8 months and Lenox is 2 1/2.

photo credit to Susan

Lenox and Lincoln

I went to visit the nephews last week to see how much they had grown. Lincoln is completely different from Lenox, he smiles all the time and rarely stops moving. Don't let those chubby thighs fool you, he's 20 pounds of muscle! He's also quite the talker and will go on and on about his day if he can get your undivided attention. I love the way his nose wrinkles when he smiles!

Lenox still has the cutest profile I've ever seen!
Lincoln, almost 4 months and Lenox, a little over 2 years.

Lenox is quite the attentive big brother and just adores Lincoln. Hopefully the feeling will be mutual. :)

The Boys

Jacksonville Childrens Photographer - Lenox at Two

I'm still catching up on editing. Here are a couple shots from Lenox's two year old shoot, taken mid-December. Such a cute face, if this unbiased Aunt does say so herself. :)

Happy Birthday Lenox!

Lenox is officially 2 years old today! How the years fly by! It's amazing how much kids change from ages one to two. Barely walking a year ago, now he repeats everything you say, knows the alphabet, can spell his name and do 35 piece jigsaw puzzles. However, at his party on Saturday he still needed some help blowing out his candle despite his best efforts. :)

But he certainly knew what to do with the cupcake and
gave an approving "mmmm, yum, yum" after every bite.

This was after he discovered he could see his reflection in my lens. Lovely.

He takes the present opening very seriously, making sure to remove every bit of paper
and taking time to peruse the new George book. He loves books!

Here his is in the "jumpy thing" rented for his party with his favorite gift, a toy leaf blower.
It goes every where with him!

Mommy and Lenox after a fun day.

Lenox - 21 months

I went to Florida for a couple of days last week to see my adorable nephew (and the rest of my family). Lenox is talking up a storm and his "Aunt Jan" is especially cute. :) He seems to enjoy saying my name and would walk around chanting what sounded like AnJanAnJanAnJan. He must feel like his life is a quiz as he's often asked his name, last name, age, to identify letters of the alphabet (he knows them all and can spell his name) and to count to ten - but it's just so cute to hear! We had a great time reading LOTS of books, doing puzzles and playing with his latest obsession - lots of little plastic animals, all of which he can identify.
Here are the annual pumpkin patch/costume pictures.

For some reason Lenox has always though it is fun to balance things on his head.

Lenox - 19 months

I recently returned from a few weeks of visiting my family in the rainy state, formerly known as the sunshine state. I don’t think it has every rained so much in one place! Since our lake was at its lowest level, ever, in May, I’d say we’re making up for decades of drought.
However, rainy evenings do not make for nice pictures. Add a 19 month old boy, wonderful as his is :), to the mix and I’m amazed we have anything salvageable! You'd think he'd be a professional model at this point, but apparently he still needs a little training. :)
To give you an idea of how much Lenox has grown in 11 months, compare these images (photo credit to Susan):
Of course the smiles are better on the night when we didn't plan to take pictures!

The next evening, it was his Mr. Serious face.

A few "smirky" smiles.

Chasing away the birds.

His vocabulary is increasing every day, I think we stopped counting at about 70 words. One of his earliest words was shoes, but as you may be able to tell by his lips, it comes out more like "ooshhh" He wants everyone wearing their shoes at all times and didn't like that we kept taking them off during his shoot, so he's bringing my shoes back to me.

The family shoot was crazy. Our normally very calm, observant boy wouldn't sit still for a second. As you may also be able to tell, Lenox is expecting a little brother named Lincoln soon after Thanksgiving!

This was the more common scene!

And of course, fun smiles as we're leaving.

The beautiful "mama".