Michelle Enebo Photography

Wonder Twin Powers Activate!

Today Kate has been invited to the Hall of Justice for Super Hero Training.  Actually, she's been invited to Noah's house for his Super Hero In Training birthday party, but close enough.  Isn't that a great theme for a party?  I took the picture up above last week when I went to Kate's class to take pictures for a class project.  Noah is so into the whole Super Hero thing that he came to class all dressed up.  (And the cape isn't enough.  Noah must have the mask so his real identity will be protected!)

Here's a look at what we are giving Noah for his birthday.  Shhhhh!  Don't tell!

Happy Birthday Noah!

I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee

Thank goodness she didn't!  There would be nightmares all around for months!  (Ellie studied mosquitos in school and she's slept with the light on all week.  Ugh!)

For once we had a nice day for soccer games.  Hardly any mud.  I, of course, planned for mud so Kate and I wore our lovely rubber boots.  I think my feet lost 5 pounds each during the two soccer games they suffered through while it was sunny and 70 degrees outside. 

I am not highly flexible, nor do I have extra appendages so I didn't take the following pictures... my good friend, and photographer, Judith did.  So that means I totally lied when I put my watermark on these pictures.  Actually, I was just lazy and they got watermarked with everything else in the batch. 

Monkey Boy

This little guy is so talented.  He can pick things up with his feet just as well as he does with his hands.  His parents, Brad and Kari, are so proud!

All kidding aside, it was great to see little Leyton again.  He was here 3 months ago when he was just 6 months old.  Now he's got new teeth, a new haircut and a desire to walk.  We were barely able to get a standing picture of Leyton because he kept trying to walk away (with the assistance of his mom's fingers).

Leyton gave us many great expressions, but one of my favorite is in the family picture.  Doesn't his look just say there isn't any place he'd rather be?

Here are my favorites...

I did a few natural light pictures just as these guys were getting ready to leave.  Love that light!

Back to Basics

I rearranged my studio last week so I could take advantage of the glass french doors and all that glorious natural light.  Way back in the day (don't I sound old?) I used to ONLY use natural light.  In the last few years I've branched out and gotten studio lights.  Don't get me wrong, studio lights are so great with the white backdrop and all the bright colors and on those millions of dim dark days we get in the winter around here.  There is still something so yummy and soft about natural light that is hard to replicate, though.  So glad to be able to use it again sometimes.

That little man above is Chase.  He was not even two weeks old when I took these pictures and just a doll to work with.  He was completely calm (and forgiving!) when I asked his older sisters to snuggle together and he got folded in half.  He let us do pretty much anything with him, although he did take out a few things on Daddy.  That little guy had liquids coming out of all orifices (more than once) every time his dad held him.  Doesn't it feel good to be loved Pete?

One of the funniest parts of the whole session was the knock knock joke Pete and Amy told with their girlies Caitlin and Jade. 

Knock. Knock.

Who's there?

HIPPA.

HIPPA Who?

I can't tell you!

At first I didn't get it, but if you consider that Mom is a lawyer and Dad is a physician you realize it's about the patient privacy laws.  (Physicians must have written permission to divulge patient information.)  The funniest part is their daughters thought it was hilarious!  I probably can't use that joke on any other kids but I sure got a chuckle out of it!

Here are my favorite pictures...

Shhhh!

I was going to call this SMMT (Stupid Middle-age Men Tricks) but those initials sound like 'smut'.  I figured that might not be appropriate since I took these pictures for a Christian organization.

I took these pictures for an event we are going to next month.  These "X-Treme" walkers needed some promotional pictures and I was happy to put my creative juices to it.  I had so much fun watching these guy crack up as they were trying their 'moves'.  (One of these guys ended up at the doctor when one of his 'moves' got the best of him!)

Since this is supposed to be a surprise for all the attendees I won't share any more of the back story. You'll have to wait until May to hear more about these wild and crazy guys.

These last pictures we took just to entertain ourselves...

Super Sienna

While we were in Palm Springs 10 days ago (10 LONG, SNOWY, COLD days ago) I got to take pictures of my cousin Heidi's baby girl Sienna.  Isn't she adorable?  These guys live in Toronto so I hardly ever get to see them.  (This is the first time I've met Sienna and she's five months old!) 

Sienna had a smile on her face the whole vacation so she made my picture taking job easy.  Her brother, on the other hand, is a normal 3 year old and wanted nothing to do with me an my camera!

Here are my favorites...

This last one is with my nephew Jack.  Doesn't it look like she's giving him a big old smooch?

Overheard

at Jill's soccer game yesterday... 

"Coach Ken! Guess how I distracted the girl on the other team?  I told her she had a nice hat!" 

That's it girls.  Distract them with fashion! 

(This was not actually my daughter, but it could have been!  Since it was SNOWING at the game yesterday I didn't bring my camera.  The picture above is Jill and Madison showing their "Game Face" last year.)

Fool's Paradise

This beautiful little girl was born on April 1st, (No foolin'!) and her parents are in paradise.

There are a lot of people (including me!) who have been waiting to meet this little girl.  I've taken pregnancy pictures of Boo and Mark since she was first pregnant.  (I posted some of them here.)  Boo wanted to get shots of Mark's hands on her belly at 3, 6 and 9 months and then a shot of his hands holding the baby.  Isn't that a great idea?  I couldn't decide which picture worked best with Mark's hands.  I LOVE the one above, but it might not match up with the belly photos.

Here are all of the belly pictures in a row and the baby picture that I think probably goes best.  Feel free to leave a comment and let us know which one YOU like best...

So I had 19 pictures picked out as my favorites, but that seemed a bit excessive for a blog post.  I've barely narrowed it down to these...

And one more picture to show you that A) Raine was a normal baby so we did have a few tears, and B) Mark is already a pro at trying to soothe his little girlie.  Congratulations!

So Cute He Could Eat Him Up

I always say "That baby is so cute I could eat him up!"  In the picture above, Charlie isn't actually eating his little brother Blake, but it kind of looks like it.  While we were taking pictures, it seemed like Charlie just couldn't keep his hands off little Blake.  He just wanted to snuggle him up. 

Blake is a much more serious little guy than his goofy brother Charlie.  We were able to get him smile at the end though, after we realized how much he liked my music box.  Hello!  Why didn't I think of that before?

Here are my favorites...

The Babysitter Club

This is beautiful baby Addison.  When I was MUCH younger I used to babysit for Addison's mom, Amy.  (Just to make myself feel better here, I'm only five years older than Amy is.  If that!)  My sister and I used to babysit for Amy and her sister together.  We got paid $1 an hour and we split it between the two of us.  Try to find THAT kind of help now a days!

Anyway, back to cute little Addison.  Aren't those polka dots adorable?  Of course, on picture day, Addison would have nothing to do with her nap.  She caught a quick snooze on the ride to my house but that was it.  Amy was worried that Addison wouldn't cooperate, but you can see that we got plenty of great pictures. Addison's smiles just lit up the room, but I think I like the expression where she is making a little 'o' out of her mouth.  Apparently that is a common expression for her.

Amy brought with her some neat things from her grandmother to the photo shoot.  There is a fabulous 'tree of life' blue and white quilt that we had in some pictures.  Here grandmother's hand quilting must have taken for ever.  What a treasure.  The last picture also has something from her grandmother in it.  Addison is wearing a necklace that Amy's grandmother made for HER.  I love taking pictures of family heirlooms.  It's so great to document family history.

Here are my favorites...