On Monday morning my Grandpa Buck passed away. He was 84 years old and lived a long healthy life. Most of you will remember I recently lost my grandma as well (his wife). I know you are "suppose" to lose your grandparents because it's the circle of life...but that sure doesn't make it any easier.

Now that he is gone I don't have any grandparents left, and that makes me sad :( I was fortunate enough to have a very close relationship with my grandparents, I called, I visited, I gave hugs, said "I love you" if I could rewind I wouldn't do one thing different.

Here is my grandpa giving me a smooch when I was a baby!And giving me another on my wedding day.

If you have living grandparents and you don't call or visit as much as you should....shame on you! Change that, and change it today! Go visit this weekend, you will make their day.

When I got to the Duffy house Baby Ben was still in the tub so I had to get some cute shots of him!Then mama got him out and dried him off for some pictures. A whole family of red-heads!The Dad in this family is Dan Duffy, he is a long time radio friend of mine. We worked together for years on the Steve and DC morning show. He is one of the best guys I know, I think the world of him and his family is too cute for words.

Speaking of the weather, I had scheduled a maternity session in a studio (GASP!) I know, I never ever shoot in studios... but I needed to get these shots done. Febuary in St Louis is usually about 30 degrees outside....but of course the day we booked the studio is was about 60 degrees! So we stayed inside for a bit then hit the streets!

Have I mentioned to all of you that I am the "Baby Whisperer" ??- Seriously... newborn babies love me, at nearly every single newborn session I've ever done they just open their eyes, look right at me and sometimes even strike a pose for me like Audrey did below :)

~I also got alot of great shots of Audrey and her very proud big brother Tyler~