First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage! This is certainly the case for the amazing couple of Nathan and Cali! We just had the pleasure of hanging out with them for their mini portrait session after enjoying photographing their wedding day last November, and their engagement portraits two years ago! It’s so exciting getting to walk alongside an awesome couple like these two in all the special moments of life!

WARNING: Cuteness overload below! Seriously, not only did I have the chance to hang out with Kristina and Adam again this year for our mini sessions (Want to see their session from last year? We got you!) but also, Kristina’s grandparents came along to have their photos taken by us as well! We met up at Lake Rebecca Park in Hastings, Minnesota for their mini portraits and spent most of the time chatting while taking their photos.

I have a heartbeat for other people who have heartbeats for others. Huh? Yes! Let me explain. I LOVE seeing how other people love on others. Still don’t get it? Maybe this family photography session will give you a small glimpse of what I’m trying to say. Meet the Jacobs Family. They’re a fun-filled, large family with a few unique twists. One being that they own Stillwater Balloons. The other? They have a heart for others and more specifically, adoption and fostering.

What’s cooler than documenting a family growing over the past few years? Documenting one of your closest college-couple friends growing their family over the past few years! Brady and Alyssa are that such couple and we have loved capturing every moment! Whether it’s been family photos, maternity portraits, a lifestyle portrait session, a baby announcement, or a gender reveal, we’ve had SO many memories created walking alongside these two! And it’s all been in the beautiful backyard of Minnesota - got to love the beauty of this state!

I never understood how people could say they blinked and their baby turned 18. How could that happen? But then, we had our first child and here we are already four years later with two additional adorable kiddos! I can only imagine that’s how Brian and Katie are already feeling about little Gavin. It feels like only yesterday that we were taking their maternity portraits in downtown St. Paul. You can see the full maternity session blog here, but to summarize it, we could see some epic clouds coming in the distance at the start of the session. We worked quickly and finished before it started raining. Just as we were walking to the vehicles, the wind picked up and the rain came down – like literally down poured. We laughed so hard as we tried to get the umbrellas closed and into the car.