One of my BFF’s (I feel like I have many!) referred me to Karen for family portraits. I met Karen a few years back at a party and recall how well we got along. When she contacted me to set up a session, I was naturally excited to see her again and meet her beautiful family.
The second I arrived, it was nothing but laughing; I felt like we were old friends! We started the session photographing her 2.5 month old baby boy, Lucas. What a doll! I believe he only cried once while I was there (and I was there a LONG TIME) and gave me some incredible smiles to capture. We gave Lucas a break since it looked like Jaelyn (4 years old) wanted some camera time too…but she needed to warm up to me a little bit. Tickling did the trick! At first mommy had her in pig tails, but when I saw the beautiful curls I asked if we could put her hair down. So glad I did! What a cutie patootie!
After a couple of fun hours of shooting, we hung out for a bit and got to know each other a little bit more. It was such a great time. Karen & Juan, thank you SO MUCH for allowing me to capture your beautiful family, it was a ton of fun and I hope you enjoy the photos. Here a few of my faves from the day!
Oh, and Karen, let me know when you’re ready for sushi!
![Lucas & Jaelyn](http://maricelcruz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/MIC_1749.jpg)
![Lucas & Jaelyn](http://maricelcruz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/MIC_1823.jpg)
Still a little shy, but I love it!![Lucas & Jaelyn](http://maricelcruz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/MIC_1959.jpg)
Warming up to me a little more…
…and finally got her to be silly with me!![Lucas & Jaelyn](http://maricelcruz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/MIC_2126.jpg)
I couldn’t choose just one photo from this series, so I’m showing my 3 faves![Lucas & Jaelyn](http://maricelcruz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Blog-Collage4.png)
![Lucas & Jaelyn](http://maricelcruz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/MIC_2135.jpg)
![Lucas & Jaelyn](http://maricelcruz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Blog-Collage1.png)
![Lucas & Jaelyn](http://maricelcruz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Blog-Collage-3-1-copy.png)
![Lucas & Jaelyn](http://maricelcruz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Blog-Collage-32.png)
![Lucas & Jaelyn](http://maricelcruz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Blog-Collage1-1.png)
![Lucas & Jaelyn](http://maricelcruz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/MIC_2992.jpg)
And finally Jaelyn was ready for a nap after this pic![Lucas & Jaelyn](http://maricelcruz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/MIC_2794.jpg)