Doodle’s Lost Session/Louisville, KY Family and Children’s Photographer

Growing up I moved a lot and by a lot I mean over 15 times to date. Along the way I have met some pretty amazing people and the Mullins family is one of them. They were my community group leaders, then my dearest friends and now I consider them my family.  Their children are pretty amazing kids but this little guy holds a very special place in my heart. We all call him Hanky-Doodle (which I am sure he will hate later in life) and he and my daughter were born just two weeks apart. It was amazing to be able to go through my pregnancy alongside Stacey and to have her not only encourage me as I became a mother for the first time but REALLY sympathize with me. We ate…a lot….had lots of milkshakes and generally became like sisters. Then….they moved away. To TEXAS! Whaaaaaat! That is not supposed to happen. We are adults, we are supposed to get old and stay in one place and scream at the neighbor kids to get off our lawn.

So, while I was happy for their new adventure in Pearland and all the wonderful things they were going to be doing with the church they were going to start, I couldn’t help but be miserable inside and somehow wish would just tell me it was all a joke. I cried, I pouted but the day came and I had to let my family go… and I won’t lie, it was hard.

One of the last things Baby B and I got to do was hang out with Zoe and Hank all day while Justin and Stacey had to work.  I brought my camera and snapped a few pictures before they left…and then promptly forgot all about them for A YEAR! How does a self respecting photographer even do that? I was getting ready to shoot a wedding tomorrow and grabbed my back-up camera to check the memory cards and there they were. I have to admit I cried when I saw them. I miss my friends. I miss their kids. I miss my daughter playing with their kids. I miss so much about them its hard to explain. I have been missing Stacey in particular lately and this discovery has really helped me feel just a bit closer to her today.

So here are a few of Doodle’s lost session….I hope you enjoy.