Time for an upgrade...

Well, the time has officially come.  This blog has been SO good to me but it's time to move it on over to my new site, Brittany Hyde Photography!  I never imagined I'd get to a place where it would be time for a big girl website but I'm so thrilled to have made the leap.  I hope you will continue to follow me over there, thank you so so much for all the support!

Meet: The Belshaw-Elvhedes

Happy new year!  You may remember little man Sam from June of 2013 when he came 5 weeks early and a full week before his baby shower.  Or from over the summer, just after he turned one.   As we were heading into the holidays, Jenny requested a formal shoot, this time with Sam's whole family in tow!  Mama Jenny, dad Fredrik and Jenny's parents, Pauline and Keith, in from Gibraltar to spend the holidays with their one and only grand baby!

A photo shoot in early January is quite a bit different than making a quick stop to say hello and grab a couple of shots in July! While there was much discussion about the outdoor temps, we convinced the warmed-blooded grandparents to brave the 'cold' (umm 40 and sunny in January?  I'll take it.) and head over to the playground for a bit of fun.

Belshaws and Elvhedes, you guys were a blast!  Thanks for heading out into the elements with me, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

Meet: The Vallarelli Family

Is there anything better than a two year old in a blush pink J.Crew tutu?  The moment little Mia came around the corner when I entered the Vallarelli family home last Saturday, I knew that the miserably cold and rainy December day didn't really matter, this would be easy!  

I was half right as Mia wasn't super excited about the camera (or me for that matter).  She certainly made me work for it but with that tutu and cable knit tights plus those big brown doe eyes, I don't think there was any way to fail.  Little sister Grace, at just 8 weeks old and in an equally adorable pink cable knit onesie was such a great sport, only showing her displeasure for a brief moment or two.  I had a hard time narrowing down a reasonable number of images of this foursome - I didn't notice it at the time but I managed to catch quite a few funny little faces from both girls, I couldn't leave those out!

Melissa & Rick, you have an absolutely beautiful family and home, thank you SO much for hosting me.  I hope we get to do it again sometime when the sun is out!

Meet: The Crockett Extended Clan

You may remember Kate, Brian and little Gwen from our warm weather shoot back in late May. Kate was seriously pregnant with baby #2 and Gwen was primed and ready to become a big sister. Fast forward six months and baby brother Preston is beginning to smile and Gwen is hilariously chit chatty.

Kate and her sister, Lizzy, contacted me about a month ago about doing a family shoot as a holiday gift to the rest of the Crockett clan.  With Kate and Brian in Maine, Lizzie and fiance Ben in Virginia, Sarah in Colorado and Kevin and his girlfriend Molly, in Washington state, it was certainly a special occasion that they were all in Maine for the Thanksgiving holiday!  So instead of shopping, we spent a couple of hours on Black Friday playing in the pre-Thanksgiving snow.  High school parties were often hosted at the Crockett family house so it was fun to be there as adults, a far cry from staying up until dawn and sleeping on the floor!  Lucky for Steve and Joyce, we're well past those days with a husband, a fiance, a girlfriend and two grandchildren joining their family over the past few years.

Crockett family, thanks again for having me up to play!  I had a ball, I hope you enjoy!

PS I have been less than thrilled with the quality of my uploads onto blogspot recently which has spurred me to finally start working on a real website...winter project...stay tuned!