My life has settled now and I am doing photography full-time (quit my teaching job!), we bought a house (Cedarhurst area of Mt. Lebanon–did you know there is a tiny lake there?), and Jonah & Mimi are the sweetest, mellowest, cutest children a mama could ask for.  Jonah is now almost 2 1/2, and Mimi is rapidly approaching 7 months old. I am already missing her first, second, third months of life and need some new babies to squeeze.

I am overjoyed to admit that I really love living here and I am missing Portland less and less.  The culture of Mt. Lebanon and Pittsburgh are extremely supportive of families, there are so much exciting cultural things I want to do and have done here (Pirates games, Pittsburgh Zoo, wonderful parks, Carnegie Library, etc etc etc), and I have gotten to know many, many wonderful people in the 10 months I have been living here. On a very deep level, I feel I am coming into my own as a mom, a wife, and a person and am truly flourishing!

I got so slammed last spring in preparation for our move to Pittsburgh and a run of awesome clients, that I never blogged some of my favorite clients and sessions!  I am going to try to get to 5-6 of my favorites in the coming weeks, starting with this session of baby Annalise:

This couple was fun and easy, we got the most beautiful day at the Portland Rose Garden, and I just love the way their portraits turned out.  This is a great example of why I like to shoot families on location (this could be a park, your backyard/garden, or an exotic location like the aviary or the zoo) when possible.  I think the whole shoot was less than an hour, and I got so many lovable portraits of this family and their beautiful baby girl. Springtime = new life, new friends, & beautiful portraits!

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Are you looking for a family, maternity, or newborn baby photographer?  Powder Blue Photography offers in-home and in-studio portraits of newborn babies and on-location or in-home maternity and family portraits in and around the Pittsburgh South Hills and Mt. Lebanon.  Please contact Missy to schedule a maternity appointment and a tentative date for your newborn session.  Maternity sessions take place around 35 weeks (depending on mama’s stature), and newborn sessions take place in the first 10 days of life.  Family sessions take place anytime!