Deadline and an adorable share.....Vancouver, WA baby/kid/family Photographer

First just a note to let any of you know that are still deciding on getting Christmas cards. The deadline to order them will be the end of November to ensure they get back in plenty of time for you to mail them out to family and friends. I am designing them up like crazy so if you had a session from me this year please get ahold if me if you are interested in ordering some.

Also the end of November is also the deadline for ordering any prints. There is a rush order fee applied to any orders not placed by the deadline so make sure to get them to me on time. All galleries will be purged from the system in December as well.

There no longer is a waiting list for those of you that were unable to get appointments with me. I am booked solid plus some and have been for months. There is no way to get anybody else on the schedule until after the first of the year so if you are need of photographer still please, please let me know and I have some fabulous friends that I can refer you to.

My blog and site are going to be getting a revamp over the holidays and the new and improved Polka Dot Photography will launch Jan 1st (maybe sooner). I am NOT booking sessions for 2009 as of yet but will hopefully start mid December to release dates.

Last a fun share since I have severely neglected all my loyal blog readers. Thanks for all the emails hounding me about posting something. har har. You don't realize how many people actually read until you don't post. Love you all, it is just crazy around here but I am loving every minute of it.

I sware these kids could be models. I have another shoot with the whole gorgeous family tomorrow and am very much looking forward to meeting the rest of the kiddos.


and I have been told that my basket has been nicknamed the pineapple basket by blog readers. I love it and am so referring to it as such now. (0;




Peek a book


The FABulous hats by miss Nuxie made. What a fab christmas present these would make. I rock the adult one everywhere I go and get so many compliments. The little boys ones are adorable too. Go check out her site and tell her I sent ya! Click HERE for the link.








and last but surely not least. I scored this killer high chair on my way to pick z man up from school a few months ago. I am love with it. This was his first food. How cool is it that I got to take pictures of his very first food. I love my job.

A quick share.................Vancouver, WA baby photographer

Just one quick photo that I had to share........ see look, I am getting on a roll aren't I? heee heee. (0:

Happy Halloween from the cutest fat baby....

This wasn't fat baby's official costume but the one big brother wore when he was his age. I am so glad I saved it because he is just too cute as the baby gap teddy bear. The two were actually vampires for halloween and were looking scary cute but I couldn't resist sharing this one. And what does me posting mean? You guess it. The new computer got here this week and I have been cranking out the sessions like a mad woman. So excited. Lots and lots to share just as soon as I get caught up on everything. Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween.

belly belly belly and out of the office...........Vancouver, WA Maternity Photographer

I have quite a few bellies I have shot lately, which means that in the next few weeks I will have lots of tiny, yummy little newborns too and I couldn't be more excited about that. I still have lots to share on the blog but have been busy getting work done so the blog has been a bit neglected. Anyways here is a cute belly to share and their adorable 2 year old toe head as well. I sware he could be Jacks twin brother.
**also a quick note to let you know that I will be out of the office Friday until Sunday and will return to work on Monday the 6th. Please call me if you have anything urgent, if not shoot me an email and I will get back to you on Monday. Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!

Baby B......................Polka Dot Photography, Vancouver, WA baby photographer

So baby B and the previous post, baby J came at the same time and shot them both last christmas. It is so fun to watch them get bigger. He is such a cutie and had the cutest smile. Reminds me of my little guy. Anyways here a few to share. Sorry about being MIA but it is for good reason. I have gotten so much work done the last few weeks and it has been awesome. So there will be lots of posts coming soon, I just have been too busy to blog them.

P.S. I am booked through the end of the year. If you aren't one of the lucky ones that got on the schedule, please email me to be put on a wait list. I will only add a few people to the wait list. I do have some amazing photographer friends I can refer you to as well so don't be shy! (0:

baby J is back ....................Vancouver, WA baby photographer

I did christmas pictures of this little one when she was super tiny last november. Her mom brought her down from Longview to do them again and she is still just as cute as ever. I love being able to see these little ones grow up and she just has the cutest smile and personality. Makes me want a girl, but man do I love my boys so very much.

Twins, twins, twins ................. Vancouver, WA baby photographer

A sneak peek finally. I see in my stats all you little blog checkers and all the emails and phone calls have been so amazingly sweet. I have the best clients and the most understanding during the crazy last month we have had. This family is one that has been ever so patiently waiting to see a little peek and I can't wait to share them. When I first talked to mom to set up the appointment, I would be lying if I said I thought photographing 6month old twins was going to be easy. But let me tell you, boy did they prove me wrong. They were soooo stinkin cute and smiley it would have been impossible not to get a cute shot of the two of them together. They put my older sibling clients to shame. ha ha. Anyways, here is a few of the two lovely ladies. They are actually my third set of twins this summer. The other two were newborns and I just realized I never posted them to the blog. Whoops.

And of course, we have to have a comment contest.......Amie, if you get 25 comments you will get free mounted 11x14 print of your choice.
No anonymous comments, please just type your name at the bottom of the comment.

sweet baby micah is back

Baby Micah is back! I shot his newborn photos in the hospital before I left for Alaska and now here are more from the most recent session. Me love me some fresh babies! Oh and I am getting a new computer! yes I am! I am so stinkin excited I can barely contain myself. These computer problems and also it being so incredibly slow have been driving me crazy, so it time to upgrade. I am going back to mac. yeah baby. So I will have me a new fresh baby this week too. ha ha.

smash the cake gone wrong ...... Polka Dot Photography/ Vancouver, WA baby photographer

Well I guess it didn't go wrong but for sure different then my previous smash the cake sessions. The prior little stinkers had cake in every fold of their cute 1 year old chub. There was no inch on their cute little polka dot cakes that went untouched. But this one......there was something different about her. Can you tell what it is? OH yeah, a neat freak baby. It was hilarious! She wanted nothing to do with getting messy no matter how much frosting we tried to put on her tongue. She just wasnt having it, unless she was sitting on daddy's lap and he was feeding it to her. It was sad at first to both her mom and I, but then we realized how funny it was and that the screaming shots were fantastic on their own. See, smiling faces don't always produce the best pictures and this just proves it. It puts a smile on my face seeing this series.........and oh my goodness, is she not seriously the most gorgeous baby you have ever seen? No this isn't just me babbling, I am being really serious. Fat baby has been pre-arranged to marry her. har har.

** Todd and Ivy, if you get 25 people to comment on this post, you will get a free mounted 11x14 image of your choice from your session**

yes it is 3:35 in the morning and yes that means no sleep

So we officially leave for the airport in 1 hour and 25 minutes. Why am I up? Because I had to finish my work before I left. This sweet little one is the last to share before I go on vacation so soak it up. Shot these at the hospital just day before yesterday. He was less than 24 hours old. I just wanted to snuggle with him all night.
Welcome to the world Micah
Born June 8th, 2008 at 5:24p.m.
8lbs 7oz and 20 inches long