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Newborn-ish Twin Photos | Better late than never San Diego Photographer

My twin girls are going to be 9 in January, so they were born before Facebook really took off and before Newborn photography was popular.  Every single time I do a newborn session, I get a little sad that I didn’t do a session with a newborn photographer for my girls.  Honestly, it probably would’ve …

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San Diego Studio Photographer | Bunny Photo Session

We recently welcomed two new family members into our home – Loki and Odin. They are super sweet and soft and cuddley and we love them! My daughter, Alexis, has wanted a pet bunny for years and she’s so excited to finally have her dream come true! She was excited to get some pictures with …

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Belly to Baby | San Diego Maternity and Newborn Photographer

Welcome to the family, baby Ryan! We are so thrilled to finally get to meet you. You should know that you are a pretty lucky kid. Your mom and dad are rad, your two big brothers are going to make sure you are the toughest kid around, and you have a truck-load of aunties and …

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San Diego Family Photography – Monroe Family Christmas 2014

Here are a few highlights from the latest Amy Gray Photography / Melanie Monroe Photography collaboration. After my family’s annual Christmas photo session got rained out once and cancelled another time in favor of a birthday party that involved pony rides, we finally were able to have our pictures done on December 10th! I’m usually …

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Max and Ruby’s Birthday Party | San Diego Dog Photographer

My dogs, Max and Ruby, celebrated their birthdays together last month with a yummy (if you happen to be a dog) cake. They even had a friend at their party! Rosco, the miniature schnauzer, got in on the fun too! They all posed so nicely for their photos and seemed to enjoy their doggy cake-smash! …

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Baby Aaron’s Arrival | Superman Newborn Photos

“It’s a bird!” “It’s a plane!” “NO!” “It’s Baby Aaron!” Baby Aaron’s arrival was a spectacular occasion for his mom and dad and big brother, Luke. We decided to do his newborn photos in the most “Super” way I could think of. This involved copious amounts of paper mache’ , the sacrifice of a super-sized …

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7 Years old | San Diego Twin Photographer

My baby girls turned 7 on January 9th. SEVEN?!!!! Seriously?! How’d that happen?! Amy Gray Photography and I went out on a little location-scouting mission to this beautiful field in El Cajon. It was a great opportunity to get my twins’ 7 year old photo session done. Their cousin, Lissa came too, so we got …

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San Diego Baby Photographer | My Cutie Pie Nephew

I got to babysit my baby nephew again recently when my sister-in-law, Stephanie took my girls out for a super special Auntie Day tea party at the Hotel Del Coronado. While the three of them drank tea and ate caviar (yes, my kids legit ate caviar), Romeo and I visited the park and I just …

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