Merry Christmas!

{Families} The Furteks | Northern Virginia Family Photographer

Jason and Tricia (and big brother Brooks) welcomed another addition to their beautiful family — a sweet little boy named Cole!  So of course we had to take some pictures to document the growing family:)

{Seniors} Carly & Jessica | Northern Virginia Senior Photographer

Carly and Jess have been best friends FOREVER (and no, they’re not sisters… although they look very similar!), so naturally they wanted to take their senior photos together!  We met up at their high school and then went to the beautiful Morven Park in Leesburg for lots of pictures and laughs (these girls are so goofy and fun!).  Here’s some of my favorites from our session.  I hope you enjoy them! :)

{Pets} Lila Mae | Northern Virginia Pet Photographer

Ya know my hyper husky-mix Lucy (who looks even more ridiculous than usual lately because of her second summer hair cut)?  Well we decided it was definitely time to get Lucy a friend (who would be able to keep up with her!), so last Saturday John and I drove up to Pennsylvania to pick up an adorable 11 week old golden retriever!  I’ve ALWAYS wanted a golden retriever because of how sweet and loving they are (not to mention how CUTE!), and this puppy did not disappoint!!   Lucy was confused and standoffish at first, but she has come around and now these two play very nicely with each other!  Yay!!  Ok, gotta make this quick so I can continue my puppy-monitoring… I forgot how hard it was to house train a puppy, but luckily she’s doing very well!

Here’s Lila Mae, our 11 week old golden retriever puppy!

{Places} Cape Hatteras Lighthouse