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Benjamin 9 Months | Lake Charles Family Photos

Lake Charles Family Photos This month has been a lot of fun. Benjamin continues to learn new things everyday (it feels like it anyway), and explore the world around him. Crawling around the house seeing what there is to see is probably his favorite activity! He’s taken several steps while holding onto our hands, and...

Michigan 2019 | Lake Charles Family Photographer

Lake Charles Family Photographer What a week! We got to go to Michigan at the end of July with my family, and it was exhausting and wonderful. If you’ve even been on a “vacation” with an 8-month old, you know it’s not much of a vacation. I told Stephen we had to do everything we...

Benjamin 8 Months | Lake Charles Family Photographer

Lake Charles Family Photographer This past month has been an adventure, that’s for sure! We not only moved, we went on vacation THE NEXT DAY with a 7-month-old. And we still don’t have Internet. I’m currently sitting in a McDonald’s parking lot with Benjamin asleep in the backseat just to have wifi to upload this...

Benjamin 7 Months | Lake Charles Family Photographer

Lake Charles Family Photographer I know I just posted Benjamin’s 6-month photos a couple weeks ago, but I got a bit behind. He’s 7 months today!! This month he got to spend a lot of time with Uncle Philip, who was here for two whole weeks. One week he went to VBS every morning and...

Splash Pad Mini Sessions | DeRidder Family Photography

DeRidder Family Photography I am so excited about these sessions! I’ve been thinking about doing this since Benjamin’s cousin visited in May and we went to the splash pad. It was so much fun taking pictures of Katelyn exploring the water, and it made the heat a little more bearable! These sessions are specifically geared...

Benjamin 5 Months | DeRidder Family Photography

DeRidder Family Photography Time flies, when you’re having fun, right? I can’t believe we have a 5-month-old! This past month Aunt Delaney came to visit from Dallas and we went to the zoo in Alexandria! I think the grown ups enjoyed it more than Benjamin did this time, but I know he’ll love it when...

Benjamin 4 Months | DeRidder Family Photography

DeRidder Family Photography Benjamin turned 4 months old last week! This month he started rolling from back to belly, and gets very upset when he does it. He likes to fall asleep on his side now, and often when I go to get him in the morning his feet are the opposite direction from the...

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