Let me start this off by saying “Congrats!” to Pete and Kelly on their BEAUTIFUL baby boy Kellen!  Seriously – he’s adorable!

Pete and I worked together YEARS ago at Carowinds, and when he came to me looking for a photographer for him and his wife, I was psyched! Luckily we got this session done right before Christmas because Kellen wasted no time in the new year getting here!  I’m so glad we were able to meet – another good reason to keeping my schedule pretty open after the 20th of December… emergency pregnancy photos!  Haha – I kid.

Not only was the timing perfect, but we are experiencing a GORGEOUS winter. It was 60 and sunny, which was perfect!  It had rained every day that week so the ground was a little wet, but that’s why people invented plastic sheets right?

Enjoy!

As Kelly best put it, taking pictures of Pete is worse than photographing a three-year-old!  Haha, he was all over the place, and if this kid has that much energy, Kelly is in serious trouble!

Best idea for a prop shot EVER!!  Pete was/still is a hockey player and, obviously, Kellen will be too!  (P.S. These are Pete’s skates from when he was a kid!!)

As corny as this may sound, I love the playground in the background; it has a nice shadow effect!