they came from Canada!

Yep, you heard me right...Canada. They have won the award for traveling the furthest to Simplicity By Christy for portraits! Miss V was an absolute dream. She is so well behaved. Does she not have gorgeous eyes!




I love this image....why you ask? Look at it close. See her sweet little face and her arms? She is being a child....care free, innocent...I just love it!!!



You know with me there has to a feet portrait somewhere right? So not to disappoint, here ya go!

{{insert big puffy heart here}}

Doesn't he just do your heart good? He is so cute! He makes the perfect baby. He has the eyes, the chubbiness, the beautiful smile and then there the is perfect personality! Perfect I tell you.

We had a great time downtown and he made all of our jobs easy. Here are some of those smiles!

Running, running, running

BEHIND! May is like Christmas for me. I have told you all that I am truly blessed. I am.

Yesterday I went for the injection for my back so I cannot be at the computer ( hhhhmmm...what am I doing here now?) for very long. I did want to update you all that I am doing very well from my injection. Right now I am about 90% pain free! I am very thankful!

I am running behind on proofing with lots of sessions this month along with the existing health issues. I will have all the proofs up in no time with the way I am feeling now. BUT, doctors orders that I have to take it easy for at least 24 hours. Thank you all for the prayers most of all and then for your patience. It means so much to me. You all are so very good to me. I appreciate all the phone calls, text and emails checking on me. I am very loved. :) {{swoon}}

Now off to rest!

Cause it is Sophie's Birthday Sale!

Sale...what.... at Simplicity By Christy? Okay so here is the deal!
All 2008 Sessions are on sale! You may re-order from one of your previous 2008 sessions at 50% off (pricing is on the website)! This does include gift prints and wall portraits. Now for the bummer...it does not include canvases, specialty items, collages and framing.
Now you must have already met your minimum order on that session and these orders do not count toward any outstanding order you have now. This is a great opportunity to get all those wall portraits you have been wanting along with your extra gift prints. If you have any questions please call me 256.658.4681 or email me at info@simplicitybychristy.com.

This sale will end June 8th! So get busy!

oh brother!

A little over a week ago I photographed this little guys new baby brother. He was the chunky monkey in the basket that looked like a nest.
This day he was the focus of attention and he loved it. Just looked at his smiles.

the calm before the storm

literally!

If you look in the background of some of the images you can see the storm coming. It was thundering so loud along with lightening. I think from some of the images I got the children were frightened.

Some of the family was from out of town and they were scheduled for family portraits. So we moved the time up for the session to miss the storm. By the end of the session it was pouring rain on us!! Yes it was! In this shot the rain was right behind them.


Then needless to say....we all RAN!!!!! LOL! It made for an interesting session.


Here are some from the rest of the session.

a sweet angel

I loved seeing you all in Mooresville. Miss A done so well. She is growing up so fast. She has her own little personality that is so funny as they all do. Here are a few from our day. Thanks again.

mooresville, miss d, and mister j

Make for an interesting afternoon. :) We had a wonderful time and they have beautiful portraits. Well when you have beautiful children you have beautiful portraits. LOL!




Mister J has always been fun. When taking his sisters portraits I let him sit in my lap. He did. I will do that with older brothers and sisters. They feel left out sometimes and need that little extra attention. You all have to remember....my children are 28 months apart. So I know how all of you feel. Bless all of your hearts!!! :)

Here are some from the day.










I hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day! I will be posting more sneak peeks today.

my sweet little E

is growing up so fast! I have enjoyed this little angel so much this year. He is absolutely precious. When we all first met at the newborn session he was not a happy newborn...was he mom? But, we made it work. :) Then he just changed into this sweet, always smiling, happy baby! He has been a joy. Thanks so much for being part of the baby plan.

displays ideas

I love to see how you display your portraits in your home. What really does my heart good is when I come to your home and see the portraits all throughout your home. Wow! That is just amazing to me.

I welcome all of you to send me pictures of how you have decorated your home with Simplicity By Christy Portraits. One client just sent these in. I feel like by showing these to you all you can get ideas for your home. You can have that "a ha" moment.



This client ordered 20x24 Gallery Wrap canvas for her staircase. She plans on taking a canvas from each of her 4 sessions of the baby plan and placing up the staircase wall. You can see the first piece here. The other display is over their bed. So I really like how she displayed her portraits and wanted to share then with you.




Thanks so much Kate for sending these in. I hope this has helped you all some.

newborns

I love newborns! They are just so precious to me. I love to photograph all children but newborns have a special place in my heart. This family has been with me a while. I photographed their first little man and now their second has graced us with his sweetness. Thank you for allowing me the honor of photographing your family and capturing your special memories through the years.

sisters and brothers

If you can't beat them...join them..right? They were wonderful! We had a great time in Mooresville. Little G turned 1 and time went by so fast it seemed. It was so good to see you all. Here are a few from our session.

East of Chattanooga, Tennessee

is where I traveled for this session. Their first child was on my Baby Plan and now this little angel has come along. He is the sweetest thing. We had a wonderful session and here are a few.

downtown session

I have told you all that when you become a client we all become friends along the way. We become so close and keep up each others families. Once the baby plan has ended we miss each other so very much. It was so good to see this sweet family. They are expecting their second boy. They are signing back up on the baby plan so we will see each other alot again and I can't wait. :)

As some of you may know I don't offer nude maternity. I proudly will photography maternity in a beautiful way. I have so many ways of doing so. This family just wanted a few shots so we done them along with little mans 2 year portraits. So this is just one way that mom dressed in a gorgeous way that shows her belly and she is stunningly beautiful as well. Call me for more ideas if you are interested in these type sessions. I will be glad to incorporate them in the baby plan somehow. :)

So here is mister C.D. He has grown so much and I have loved seeing him grow up. Here are a few.

vintage girl

I think this first image is one of my favs in a long time from one year olds. She is gorgeous here. As you all know I am a hat fanatic. A girl after my own heart. LOL!

those blue eyes

Brown hair and blue eyes....a cutie patootie if I must say so myself. Here he is Monday at our studios with his sweet smiles and all that energy. Mom had alot of running around to do. :)

!!!Email Crisis!!!

I have been working on it all day with my hosting and they cannot get it to work. I can't send or receive email. !!!pull hair!!!

So if you need to get in touch with me by email contact me at lckey1@bellsouth.net

I do apologize for the inconvenience. :(

a little angel is what he is

This little man and his family has truly been a blessing to me. :) I have loved watching him grow and... growing closer to his family. Like I said a true blessing.

Here are a few from our last session. Mom let's me have fun with colors...so I had fun with the red and blue. LOL! I love it!

my brother and nephew

So what do you think? Do I look like my brother? I don't really think so, but some say we look alot alike. Funny how people see different things. We went downtown for a few and they wanted grungy. So that is what they got. :)