I met Mike and Kim back in October of 2007, and felt an instant connection. They quickly became my “most favoritest” couple ever. You may remember their amazing wedding last April 2008. We still get tons of compliments on the portrait of them under that flowering tree (and I haven’t seen a tree like that since!). I feel so honored to have built a friendship with these two…and now there are three!! Meet, the incredibly adorable Vivienne Mahala!!

Daddy’s little girl.

You may remember Raffe from their engagement session (Raffe was a part of Mike’s proposal to Kim). She was also a part of their wedding, and I have seen pictures of Raffe from their honeymoon. So it makes perfect sense that she would be included with a portrait of their precious little girl.

Squeezable toes!

Um, yeah. Mommy did!! She brought this darling little tutu!

My favorite ; )

Holding her head up high!

Love it ; )

Mother and daughter.

We took a trip to Twin Brooks Park in Trumbull, where we shot their engagement session.

The entire family!

Love this one too!

I don’t know what kind of grass or plant this is but I love it!

Love those cheeks!!

Kim, Mike and Vivie! It was so great to see you guys, as always, and to finally meet your bundle of joy. I am so happy for you – on your incredible marriage, and on your newest addition in your family. xoxo, Vicki.

While Erik and I were in West Palm Beach we also had the opportunity to meet up with Lana. She is an incredibly stunning model that we had the pleasure of working with. Originally we had planned on only working with her at at Sunquest Aviation, but since Rob and Kathleen rocked that already, we spent a limited time with the plane, and decided to get some images of Lana in a wedding gown and veil at the beautiful Coral Cove Park in Jupiter, FL.

I LOVE traveling. Love it. Love going to new places, and seeing and experiencing new things. However, I am not the greatest flyer. BUT I also refuse to give in to my (irrational) fears, and refuse to be limited by it. The farthest I have flown was with Erik on our honeymoon to New Zealand. (Thanks Mom & Dad Souza!) It was well worth the 13 hour in-flight time! Not to mention the fact that we bungee jumped in New Zealand too. Like I said, I am not one to miss out on an opportunity because of fear. I am telling you this because as we were working with the amazing folks at Sunquest Aviation and one of the gentlemen asked if I would like to sit in the two seater plane as he was moving it from one side of the field to the other for our photo session. Little did I know that we were going for a flight! It really was a blast, as scared as I was ; ) Even when he turned around while flying to show me “no hands!” Needless to say, he may have talked me in to taking some flight lessons some time in the future (in my spare time). What better way to face my fears.

Ok – back to the session. Here are a few with the plane.

Off to Coral Cove Park!

Lana is wearing a birdcage veil from Brenda’s Bridal Veils. All of the hair fasteners, and this veil are from Brenda. She is amazing!

The rocks at Coral Cove Park were really interesting. It reminded me of cooled lava.

LOVE this shot. That is actually the veil I wore at my wedding ; )

Love these next two as well!

We figured we would have some fun in the water.

And of course laying down too. Splash!

Lana we had a blast with you! Wish we could have joined you on your trip to Austria. Maybe next time!