A Minion and a Train Conductor {Hendersonville, TN Child Photographer}

Hendersonville, TN Child Photographer | After almost a year after my last blog post, I’m finally back!  The boys are now 3.5 years and 21 months old, and are the best of friends.  This year was their first official year of trick or treating on Halloween, and they had a blast!  Grayson led the way through our neighborhood, saying “This way!” as he would direct us to the next house on our street.  Oliver trailed behind saying “More teetee (candy)!”  Thankfully, even though the weather forecasted rain all night, it stopped long enough for us to trick or treat around our entire neighborhood.  Needless to say, we had some very happy (and hyper) boys after collecting all that candy — of which I’m still trying to keep hidden.

A couple days before Halloween, I decided to take the boys to the park and do a mini photo shoot in their costumes.  Grayson wanted to be a minion (Despicable Me) and Oliver loves trains, so I decided that he would be a train conductor.  I made Grayson’s hat, and found his minion jacket at Kohl’s, which worked out perfectly!  You can find Oliver’s train conductor costume on Amazon.  So without further ado, here are some of the photos from their costume photo shoot.

Halloween Costume Photo Shoot

Minion Costume

Train Conductor Costume

Train Conductor Costume

Minion Costume

Minion Costume

Train Conductor Costume

Halloween Costume Photo Shoot

Hendersonville, TN Child Photographer | Joanna McVey of Southern Daisy Photography specializes in maternity, newborn, baby, child, and family photography.  Contact me today to schedule your next session!  Email me at [email protected], or contact me by phone (615) 294-6867.  You can also follow me on Facebook and Instagram.

Southern Daisy Photography serves Nashville and surrounding areas, including Hendersonville, Gallatin, Goodlettsville, White House, Madison, Hermitage, Brentwood, Franklin, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Bellevue, Old Hickory, Donelson, Mt. Juliet, Lebanon, Castalian Springs, East Nashville, Germantown, Nolensville, Green Hills, Ashland City, 12 South, Belle Meade, Cool Springs, Clarksville, Greenbrier, Spring Hill, Dickson, Portland, Fairview, and all other Middle TN areas.

Baby Girl “A” | Hendersonville, TN

When I was about 20 weeks pregnant with Grayson, I joined a facebook group of ladies all over the U.S. and Canada who were all pregnant and due the same month as me — May 2012.  In the past year, the 200+ members of this group have supported each other through births (premature, on time, and late), one heartbreaking death, midnight feedings, and milestones.  It has been so amazing to be a part of this wonderful group of women, and Grayson has over 200 virtual friends to grow up with.

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting five of these ladies and their kiddos in real life, and my most recent meet up was this past weekend, when I had the pleasure of photographing my fellow Tennessean’s daughter.  (In case you were wondering, there are 3 of us located in Tennessee).

Those eyes!  I die!

“A” has already learned to clap, and she enthusiastically demonstrated her new talent.

We have several talented moms in our group, and one such mom designs and makes wedding dresses.  A’s mom, Autumn, commissioned our fellow May Mom to make this beautiful flower headband out of her wedding dress.  The flower is detachable, so it can have multiple uses.

They brought along three dresses that A’s grandmother wore when she was a baby.  This is dress #1.  I love this little pucker that she’s giving me.

Here’s dress #2.  Cute and yellow.  Looks like it’s straight out of the 1950s….which is probably is!

And this pretty blue dress is #3.  I love her beautiful red hair with this dress.

At 8.5 months old, she has already started crawling (something we’re trying to teach Grayson to do)!

And has seven teeth!!!

Mama’s necklace was a nice distraction when she started getting bored.

You can really see just how gorgeous her eyes are in this photo.

Here are a few more from our session.

And here’s a little one of the three of us.  Unfortunately my little man couldn’t be in the photo because he was sick (for the first time in his life).  I’m happy to report that he is doing much better now!  I hope to meet these beautiful ladies (and Daddy) again!

Baby “B” | Hendersonville, TN

I had the pleasure of photographing my friend’s beautiful 10.5 month old baby boy the other day.  It was extra special, since my 7 month old son, Grayson, got to meet and play with him.  We don’t get out much, so this was one of the first interactions Grayson has had with another baby around his age.

Look at those gorgeous blue eyes!

Future basketball star right here!  His mom loved this one, and said that it looked like one of those high school basketball team photos.  It would be cute if, in 16 years or so, they do a side by side comparison with his actual high school basketball photo.

I love photographing bright colors, so when he showed up dressed in this colorful shirt I did a little silent happy dance.

Goodness gracious!  When I saw this Winnie the Pooh outfit, I made a mental note to dress Grayson as Pooh Bear next year for Halloween.

One of my favorite photos from that day.  I just love the adorable expression on his face!

Melanie wasn’t expecting to be in any of the photos, but I’m so glad I was able to capture these precious moments between mother and son.  You can tell this little man loves his mama!

Another favorite.  He just loved that blanket (which used to be his mama’s, if I’m remembering correctly).

Bonus photo!!!!  Bentley and Grayson meeting for the first time!  They’re future best buddies….they just don’t know it yet.