Christine Meulemans Photography, LLC

Remember Adeline?  I just looked through the images from my blog post (over two years ago now) with Adeline from when she was just over 5 months old, and I am amazed to see how much she’s grown in the time between then and now.  Kevin, Jasmine, and Adeline (and four-legged sibling Winnie!) are expecting an addition to their beautiful family in just a few weeks.  To say I was thrilled when Jasmine contacted me about a maternity session is an understatement.

Starting my business back in 2009 (after leaving my stable job months earlier to attend photography school full-time) was a calculated risk, but a risk nonetheless.  After I graduated from my photography program at the beginning of 2009 and got all my ducks in a row with the business in the weeks following graduation, I spent a few months just working on my photography skills/portfolio.  Then, in August 2009, I had my very first *real* clients:  Jasmine and Kevin!  After so much hard work the past two and a half years to make my business what it is now, and what it’s still becoming, I really can’t express how meaningful it is to me to have clients who I met during the very early stages of my business return to work with me again – they are essential to the success I can say my business is today.  I really am so grateful for their loyalty and trust in me!!  But enough about me – this should be about this gorgeous family!!!

Jasmine and I were closely watching for peak fall colors for this session.  Walking around my neighborhood this week, I realized we may have been just a few days early with the session (the colors are stunning right now!!), but we had a beautiful evening for the session, and considering I found it really difficult to cut down my favorites for this post, it was very successful as well!

It was so fun to work with this family again!  They were up for anything.  We all had hundreds (no exaggeration!) of furry-like seeds stuck to our clothes as we waded through the tall grass fields at the session location.  Kevin whipped out his credit cards to scrape the seeds off Jasmine’s, Adeline’s, and his own clothing in between shots!  It was actually really funny.  Adeline had fun playing in the fallen leaves and running around with her mom and dad.  She’s going to be a great big sister.   This family is wonderful, and I can’t wait to see them again for their new baby’s newborn session in a few weeks (we’ll find out the gender once he/she arrives!).  I hope you enjoy these images – they are *some* of my favorites!

All grown up & ready to be a big sister!

I especially love this photo (above) because Adeline loved her daddy throwing her up in the air two years ago as much as she loves it now!

*Glowing*