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Here’s a session with Vickie and Bryan, along with the ever camera-friendly Sarah and their newest addition to the family – baby Evan.  Much like on Vickie and Bryan’s wedding day, Sarah nearly stole the show again, prancing around the park, cute as a button. That said, we did manage to get a couple of her little brother, and mom and dad too. It was great connecting with them again on a beautiful evening at St-Vital Park – I really loved the warmth in some of these pictures:

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Continuing on with the series of Jasper through his first year, I dropped by Julie and Devin’s place a few weeks back when there was still more snow on the ground. Babies change so much in the first year, and little Jasper had clearly become a little person since I last saw him.  True, he still maintained his calm and reserved air he’s always had (he probably regarded me with his cool, sober stare for the first half hour).  But this kid was now on the go – I think if Julie and Devin’s lower backs could have handled it, Jasper could have endlessly walked around his house the entire time I was there.  This kid clearly loves to walk, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he skipped crawling altogether.

After towing his parents around the circuit of the kitchen and living room for nearly an hour, we bundled Jasper up and went outside for a few shots.  Baby snow suits are one of the banes of early years (for both the parents and the babies), but Jasper’s outfit and stegasaurus hat were pretty cute (I think what made it cuter was Jasper’s air of patient resignation about it all).  A couple of snow shots, back inside for some more walking around, and then it was naptime for the little fellow.  I’ll be interested to see what Jasper’s thoughts on spring will be.  In the meantime, some pics from the session:

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I have to say, though, the hats were pretty cute.  And just like her name, Solara is a radiant child.  What struck me most about her was her eyes – steely blue, bright and happy, with these occasional little looks she would give the camera as if she knew an inside joke her parents didn’t.  A real cutie and a joy to photograph – some pics from the session:

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Even though the focus of the shoot was to be on her little newborn sister, little Bandhna was very keen to steal the show.  Though she started off quite shy of the camera, a few stories and a couple of games of blocks soon had Bandhna prancing about the living room and playing with my umbrellas.  Gurkirat took a little more work to get to smile, but Gurdeep seemed to have the touch that day as she certainly enjoyed hanging around with her daddy.  Some nice light and nice colours in their living room – here’s a handful from the session:

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It’s always amazing how quickly babies change in their first year.  Having taken his picture as a newborn earlier this summer, Jasper had clearly moved beyond the fresh new baby look and was now filling out his little “I rock” t-shirt.  No longer a sleepy newborn, he was fully awake for the entire shoot and gazing intently at the bright colours of the fall evening as Julie and Devin pushed him along in his stroller.

It was interesting to see little hints of his developing personality come through.  Jasper seems to be a pretty stoic little guy, but already in possession of what looks to be a keen sense of humor: it usually took some patience to catch a smile, but to my and Julie’s amusement, Jasper seemed to like smiling whenever Devin was forced to fetch the stroller, move a bag, or perform some other chore (apparently this wasn’t the first time he responded happily to watching his dad exert himself).

We stopped along Wellington Crescent to take advantage of the sunset colours before going back to take some shots of the family hanging out in the home. Looking forward to next time and getting Jasper into a little snowsuit in the snow!  In the meantime, some faves from this session:

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