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There are times when you meet a family, and you click. You know that you could walk in their house anytime and pull up a chair to dinner and they would welcome you with open arms, and then maybe ask you what you brought for dessert. When I met Kathleen and Mike’s family at their wedding, friendships were made, bonds were formed, and I felt like a part of their family. I soon realized it wasn’t just a business deal. So when Mike’s mom Betty asked me if I would do a session with Mike’s sister Helen, I of course was thrilled.

Especially cause Helen is gorgeous.

She certainly knows how to work it!

And this is where I asked Betty if we could take her daughter to the shoulder of a interstate to get shots of the wild flowers. I was slightly afraid to ask, and to my surprise, she was totally up for it, and found a great way to get to it. LOVE when people trust me that much!

This is my absolute favorite! Work it girl! She looks like she came right off the pages of a magazine.

I had so much fun over the weekend during this shoot. The locations were ROCKIN, the weather was gorgeous, and Madeline is absolutely adorable. Matt was looking for something a little bit urbany, and edgy, so Hampden, Baltimore, MD it was. There were so many little corners and colorful buildings to shoot…I was in photog heaven…if there is such a thing.

Madeline is quite the ham.

A dad’s work is never done.

My favorite images from the day.

Assertive. Independent. And maybe a wee bit stubborn.

“Madeline, I think I see Hannah Montana through those doors!” WORKS EVERY TIME.

It has been quite some time since I’ve babysat and experienced the busy life of a three year old boy. I had forgotten about all the monsters that needed to be chased, sword fights to be conquered, dirt to be dug in, and hiding from the bad guys. Little Michael quickly reminded me, and I have a feeling those bad guys won’t be coming back…thanks to us, ok mostly Michael.

Boys can never get enough dirt.

And I believe his words were “NO MORE PICTURES”

Michael is SOO animated, I couldn’t keep up with all his faces.

And then, after a long day of saving the world, he changes out of his superhero clothes and washes up, just like the rest of us.

Internet, do you know? Cause I don’t think you have any idea how hard it is to narrow 700 shots of the cutest baby on the east coast to one blog post. In fact I bet it’s easier to eat one of those green vegetable thingys, broccoli, I think they call it. Noah is absolutely adorable and I think he was quite fond of me, if I do say so myself.

Melissa and Seth have had a long road to starting a family and finally had their dream come true when they moved their adoption search to social media and found a pregnant mother through facebook. And then there were three, Melissa, Seth, and now new born baby Noah. They beamed the entire time I was there, and they couldn’t possibly love him more than they already do. Noah is so blessed to have amazing parents who seem like old pros at this parenthood thing. They are so much fun, cute, cuddly and laid back. Without further ado, I want to introduce you to Noah Benjamin.

I think that’s a smile ;)

Like a little pea.

I was afraid that those tiny little booties would be too small…I was way off…they were too big!!

I LOVE this image, absolutely love it. Priceless moment.

Proud pappa.

I just love the way Seth looks at Melissa.

Look at those toes!

Noah LOVES smooches.

So peaceful and serene.

Melissa is an incredible mother.

Finally a family.

For more on their story check out them on the Today show or Facebook Fairytales, a new book out by award-winning, internationally published writer Emily Liebert about miracles through the social network Facebook.