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Beautiful Sisters {Hendersonville, TN Family Photographer}

Hendersonville, TN Family Photographer | I love shooting family photos. Knowing the art that I am providing has the potential to be passed down from generation to generation gives me goosebumps. I also think that family photos have the biggest potential of being printed and adorning the walls of my clients’ homes, which is my ultimate goal. Digital files are great for sharing on social media, but prints are where it’s at! I shared a graphic on my Facebook page yesterday that said “Your family portraits look better on a wall than on a disk in a drawer.” And it’s totally true. Who knows what the digital storage technology will look like in even ten years!? CDs are almost obsolete. My laptop doesn’t even have a CD slot, and other medias such as music and movies are being downloaded from iTunes or straight from your TV. My point is, technology is always moving forward, but physical prints will last a lifetime. I’m hoping, in the near future, to base my portrait sessions mostly around prints and heirloom products, and have digitals be an afterthought.

Wow! I really went off on a tangent there! Now, back to the purpose of this post — to showcase the adorable Cox family! Nicole and her family were referred to me by her sister, whose family photos I had done just a few weeks before. (Did I mention that I love referrals?) She and her husband we so sweet, and their two little girls were some of the most adorable I’ve ever had the pleasure of photographing! I can’t wait to work with them again!

Hendersonville, TN Family 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.

Happy Family of 4 {Nashville Family Photographer}

Hendersonville, TN Family Photographer | I love my church. We have an amazing kids program, as well as special events and programs for men and women. One of these programs I’m involved in is called iMom. Once a week during the school year, I meet with a couple hundred other moms like me, and we are fed spiritually, emotionally, and sometimes physically! It’s an amazing time to connect with other women who are in the same stage of life as me, and to make and develop many new friendships.

At the end of last semester, we held a drawing, and a few lucky women won various gift cards. At the last minute, I decided to give away a mini photography session in the drawing. So, I ran up to the front with my little piece of paper scribbled with the details of the session, and sweet, beautiful Laura was chosen as the winner! I hadn’t met her previously, but I’m so glad that I finally had the opportunity to spend time with her and her adorable family, and provide them with a beautiful family photo session. I think I’ll make the photo session giveaway an annual thing from now on! Especially if it means I get to hang out with such amazing families as this!

Afternoon Shenanigans {Hendersonville, TN Family Photographer}

So many things have happened since my last post! On March 9th, I turned THIRTY!!!! I know, I can’t believe it either. I used to think that thirty was SO old. Like, when you turn thirty, you are a legit adult. I mean, being a wife and mother of two boys had me doing a lot of “adulting” already, but once I turned thirty it’s like I could feel my youth being sucked from me. Haha! Don’t get me wrong, I still feel ever bit as young as I always have, it just feels like I have to be more responsible now or something.

Another big thing was that we moved from our large, beautiful home into a much smaller rental house while we, Lord willing, build our dream home. Our new house is going to be everything we have always wanted in a home, and I will even have my own photography studio separate from our house! That will be such a blessing! I can’t tell you how many times I have apologized to clients because of all the toys that were scattered around, or the dishes that were left out on the counter.

Our puppy, Skye, is now a huge 73+ pound giant of a dog, and is steadily gaining between 3 to 5 pounds a week. It won’t be long before she passes up Kaylee, our St. Bernard. Here’s a snapshot of her growth so far.

Speaking of Kaylee, she and Skye had quite the play session the other afternoon. Here’s a little bit of what went down.

Well that’s just ridiculous. And could Kaylee look any more like a senior citizen? I mean, she is eight years old, but she looks at least twelve in this picture!

Grayson wanted to get in on the action.

Not sure what Kaylee is doing here. Probably gagging on a stick. Don’t worry. She’s fine.

See? What a goober.

Then there’s this precious face. I mean, how could you stay mad at a face like that?

We just love her. She’s been a great dog so far!

Grayson says she’s his dog, and loves her a lot more than Oliver does. Oliver doesn’t like when she comes up to him when he didn’t invite her. He basically likes her only on his terms. Whereas Grayson doesn’t care what she does. He just laughs and snuggles with her and tries to play. It’s so cute to watch. I’ve heard him say on many occasions, “I love you, Skye!”

Then there was the time I told him to give Skye a hug, and he did this. Haha! We’re still working on appropriate positions for hugging dogs. Luckily Skye didn’t take offense.

Oliver would much rather play with a dandelion than take pictures with our dogs. Which is fine by me. It made for some great photos!

Love these boys. I often get asked if they are twins when we’re out and about, and although they are almost 20 months apart, I feel like they’re twins most of the time. The only difference is that Grayson can communicate better than Oliver and is potty trained. Hopefully Oliver will be trained by two and a half just like his brother. So we’ve got three months to work on that. 🙂 So far he isn’t interested.