Photo Shoots with the neighbors

I have all these seriously great neighbors who let me practice my photography skills on their families.
I'm still learning, so I really appreciate them letting me experiment on them!
It's good for me because I learn something new with every photo shoot! Perhaps by the time I leave Pittsburgh, I will be so good I could actually start charging people :) Ha ha.
We'll see.

This is my friend Amanda's new baby girl, Audrey. She was seriously adorable. The stocking was Amanda's idea, and boy am I glad she thought of it. Those ones turned out so cute! We also got some of Andrew. He is one good looking kid. When I put the pictures on the computer I showed Brinkley and then asked if she wanted to marry Andrew. She said "yes. marry andrew."
Woo hoo!

My friend Laurel is so sweet. I think even if every picture I took of her sucked, she'd still think they were great. Luckily for me and her, we had some goodies... despite the FREEZING weather. Sorry Paisley! You were a trooper!
This was my very first family shoot! I definitely learned a lot this day. I'm hoping they'll let me take them out in the spring for more pictures. I have some good ideas.

I think Laurel had these on her Christmas cards the very next day!
What a beautiful family!

My other friend Jessica had twins; Sophie and Ivy. I underestimated how difficult it would be to photograph twins. I'm hoping one day she'll let me redeem myself. I was able to get some good individual shots, but as for getting the girls in a picture together... um. Yeah, we'll do another photo shoot soon. At any rate, I just have to say that Jessica is handling twins beautifully. She is an incredible mom, and makes some seriously cute babies.