Playing around with Hipstamatic. ??LOVE it!

Maintaining sanity in the car is brought to you today by the Apple iPod Nano (second hand from Mommy). ??Thank you Jimmy Eat World, Mute Math, and Paramore. ??Yes, my kid is hip and he hates kiddy music. ??They are, in fact, a product of their environment.

From my family to yours...Wishing you a very happy holiday and a prosperous new year!

Family photos taken by Allyson Hodges.

My last photo session of 2009 was of Baby Elise. What a cutie she is! You would never know it, but she was fighting a nasty chest cold. We were worried that the shoot would need to be postponed, but as soon as the camera came out, she turned into quite the sweet little model. Here are some of my favorites from the session.

I posted some photos a while back for a special project I was working on called The Resolve. The Resolve is a worship album created by the band at my church, Kinetic Church. They released the album last month and it's currently available for purchase through iTunes and Amazon. I highly recommend this modern worship album, not only because it's amazing, but also because my husband plays on it :). I also wanted to showcase the album artwork and original photo used to create it. Below is the album cover which was designed by the incredibly talented lead pastor, Dave Milam. He used the photograph I took below it as a basis for the design.

I have been able to watch (and photograph) Carly since she was an itty bitty baby and it's so fun to see how little ones grow and change. Carly is now 18 months old and always on the move! I took both outdoor and studio portraits of sweet Carly and both were so much fun! Here are some of my favorites from the session.

Taking a break from photographing little ones, this shoot was of three beautiful sisters. What was neat about this session is that each time one of them passes a major milestone (graduation, engagement, etc), they have a portrait of the 3 of them done. And because Leslie is graduating and Stacey is getting married, I was bestowed with the honor of taking this special family portrait. We had so much fun catching up (it's worth mentioning that I grew up living mere yards from these ladies). It was so much fun and they were such great models! Here are some of my favorites.

I've had the pleasure of knowing this family for a very long time. Steph and I were pregnant with our little ones at the same time too, so I've been able to watch sweet little Evelyn grow along with my little boy. Naturally, I was very excited to be able to take their family photos. As with most two year olds, Evelyn was more interested in exploring her surroundings than posing for pictures, but we went with her flow and got some great shots of Evelyn just being herself. Here are some of my favorites.

I had so much fun hanging out with and photographing the Dove family. The three Dove boys totally cracked me up with their back and forth shenanigans and Tara was simply beautiful. During our session we took some time to play Red Rover in a big open field, which was so much fun to watch - and photograph. (Yeah, that's right... I'm a super cool photographer that lets her clients actually have some fun!) I had a great time with this great family! Here are some of my favs from the shoot.