littlemonkeyphotography.com

Renton WA Family / Child Portrait Photographer

Some of the nicest people…REALLY

Anyone that know’s this couple will say the same thing.  They are super super nice.   Kind, thoughtful, just nice.   We all know a few of these people.  Friends or family that we may not see every day, but you would do anything for them and you know they would do the same for you.  When you think of them, you really wish you could carve out just a few more minutes in the day to hang out just a bit more often.  I guess I’ll quit gushing.  Mostly I was just excited to share such a momentous occasion with them and have a few more moments.

I am so glad you are all healthy and well.  I miss you all!

Love, Leya

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Catching up on June…watch to see some beautiful new life!

Remember those maternity’s from last month?  We’ll this month we get to see some of the beautiful new life that comes from being pregnant.  I remember those last few months and I am not one that does pregnant well, but seeing the new babies make’s it’s all worthwhile.  Now I’m blessed with my little ones AND get to see my clients new little ones…and I get to sleep all night…well most nights.

This family is just adorable.  I know I say this often, but it melts my heart when I see dads that are sooo involved.  What a beautiful family…I know this is late, but congratulations…J’s.

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Also, I am trying something different by posting storyboards instead of slideshows…please let me know what you think!! And email me if you’re comment doesn’t go through…(I got tired of going through all of the spam that seems to come from .ru addresses).

What a wonderful gift…if I do say so myself :) {Snoqualmie, WA}

Some of my favorite clients gifted their friends a session.  I couldn’t think of a better gift than this.  I wish my coworkers would have chipped in when I was preggo w/ my first son and pre-purchased a session for me.  At the time my son was born, I didn’t know how important that moment would be and how it would change everything.  Not knowing if the recipients would appreciate their gift, I called to make sure they used the session.  They did and were thrilled.  Of course, I was thrilled when I got to their house and met Miss A and she was already the perfect lady.   Have I told you I LOVE attentive, daddies…I do.  I love to see it!!

Newborns are sooo funny.  They already have their definite likes, dislikes and personalities.  Miss A was very alert, pretty mellow and super strong.  At one point I caught her w/ her head up.  Her mom being beautiful didn’t hurt either :)

Of course one of my fav pics was the one with grandma, mom and new lil A.  I teared up when I saw the tears in the new grandmas eyes as well.  It’s really at these times that you realize how important these memories are and how much I love this job!!

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the H’s – isn’t she lovely? {Renton, WA}

When I look at the 2 girls this family has been blessed with that old Stevie Wonder song comes to mind.

Isn’t she lovely
Isn’t she wonderful
Isn’t she precious
Less than one minute old
I never thought through love we’d be
Making one as lovely as she
But isn’t she lovely made from love

Both of these girls were just beautiful!  Welcome, lil Miss A…..Hope you enjoy:

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Twins – double little beauties

Right at 2 weeks, these adorable sisters had their newborn pics taken.  Mom, dad, both grandmas and a grandpa helped and got their pictures taken.  We stopped for a nap and kept the house unusually warm.  I hope mom and dad enjoy their sneek peak.

And who could forget their first baby?


I’m really liking newborns lately


I’ve decided to play catch up but adding sneak peeks as I finish the gallery.  So that means I may be going backwards to do some catching up, but my work should be more current!

I find my style is less posed and we just go with the flow of what we get.  Hope that isn’t scary to a prospective client, but having a newborn can be stressful.  Here’s the C’s, they were so easy to work with and little H was such a doll.

So happy to work with the L’s

What a great family.  So sweet.  Little K was sooo excited to get a new sister.  Little Ms E was just 4 days old.  Still with a new bellybutton.  Much easier than I anticipated.

Hope you liked your slideshow.  Here’s a couple of my favs from the session

Introducing Ms E Proud Mommy Big SisterSuch a beautiful new edition Having fun Loving family


Love and Joy – times 2

At the last minute, I was able to squeeze in the U’s.  I met them through EMOMs and their twins and little one are adorable.  Newborn shoots are alwasy unpredictable, but make it 2 newborns and a toddler and it should have been chaotic.  The grandparents helped wherever possible and the overall tone was pretty mellow (except for the 70 plus temperatures I made them endure!!).

What a cutie big brother was!!

Awwwwww so sweet in mommy and daddy’s arms

Remember that new baby newness?