Saturday, January 25, 2025

Happy New Year!

The week before Christmas, we had a photographer come to our home to do newborn pictures of Watson, and also take family pictures for us for our belated Christmas card. (it ended up being a New Years card this year!) 
Ever since we've been married, I have been spoiled to have photographers in John's family, and they have done our family photo shoots for us. But both of them live out of state now, so we needed to find a new option. I ended up reaching out on instagram to see if anyone had good KC photographer recommendations. I had a number of responses and reached out to a handful of recommended photographers. Among them was a recommendation to Emmie Mae photography from NE Kansas. When Emmie responded to my session request, I was thrilled. I hadn't heard of her before my friend gave me her information, but when I checked out her work on instagram I was very impressed. I had high expectations after seeing her work, and she completely exceeded them!! I am IN LOVE with these pictures she got and we will treasure them always! 

Enjoy these favorites from our session. And if you are in Kansas/Missouri/nearby and need a photographer, I HIGHLY recommend Emmie. She is professional, sweet, and talented, and I'm excited to hopefully work with her again in the future! Check out her website here, and you can also follow her on facebook and instagram.
I am a fan of vibrant colors, but with doing these in our living room/a smaller space, I decided to go with mostly neutrals that would blend well with the Christmas decor colors. Normally I would prefer to plan ahead more but this time I literally grabbed stuff out of our closets about an hour before the session. I'm thankful for how everything blended together-it was a bit of a gamble! =)
John: Sonoma brown brown henley, thrifted // Ariat Jeans
Me: black old navy leggings // golden velvet tunic from Neesees Dresses clearance a year ago, jewelry from...somewhere? =)
Axton: Carter's jeans // Children's Place brand green henley, Little Stories consignment
Elliot: Carter's jeans // Cat & Jack brand grey henley, Goodwill
Madeline: Floral pants & white shirt, TJMaxx
Watson: Green sleeper from Nordstrom Rack // beige rainbow swaddle from this set, gifted from my sis // hat from this set (my FAVORITE hats for him-there are six in the pack, super soft and stretchy, and he wears them all the time!)
Caught a yawn!

I have one kid in particular who thinks photo shoots are just tons of fun. Bet you can't tell which one. =)
He is the most opposite of me in personality, but favors me in looks (people who knew me when I was a kid say he is a mini Chelsy =)) and apparently in enjoying cheesing for the camera, too! =)
He is the best daddy to them. 
(Gigi told me in one of my last visits with her, "If I was a kid, I think I'd want to be John's kid!")
Watson was a dreamboat for the session and I couldn't believe how many different expressions and moods were captured! A yawn, a smile, super awake, very asleep, and dozing. =) So cute!
I'm the luckiest girl in the world to get to be their mama.
Also they are the CUTEST kids. 
Just look at that little smile in his sleep!
And I'm really the luckiest to get to be his wife.
At the very end, Watson informed us that he was finished. =)

Happy New Year, friends! 
-Chels


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4 comments:

  1. What beautiful pictures! Congratulations on your new little one! I love that photo with all of your hands holding the baby; that is such a cool idea and I haven't seen that one before. How do you choose which photos to print/order?! They're all so good! Thanks for the outfit details. It is always fun to see how other moms put together outfits for their kids and it gives me some ideas for my little guys!

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  2. The pictures are beautiful and so beautiful and so is your family. I have been following your family and the Maxwell's for years and love seeing the families grow! You did an excellent job with coordinating outfits too!!

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  3. Thank you for sharing your beautiful family pictures.

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  4. Beautiful family. Best wishes.

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