elizabeth is no stranger to the ol’ blog.  i got to hang out with her and her sweet pup late last year.  but i hadn’t seen the rest of her lovely family in quite a while so i was rather excited about this session.  and umm, at hilton head…shoot yeah!  after a couple of changes in dates, we finally got everything ironed out.  and it worked out for ayden and mr. wilson to make the trip with me.  i began checking the weather 10 days out (as many days as the weather channel app will allow) and it looked like it would cooperate.  that is until a couple days prior.  50, 60, 80% chance of rain.  ugh.  this was the last evening that elizabeth and her husband mark would be there.  no chance for a rain date.  the whole drive down we were in a down pour.  hazard lights kind of rain.  i was freaking out to say the least.  then, as we got closer to the island, like a big bright smile from above, there were little bits of blue sky.  it still drizzled on and off for the hour leading up to our session but by the time i got to the hotel to meet everyone, it was perfectly overcast and dry.

it was so great to see how hailey, brian, and donald had grown without losing the tiniest bit of their energy.  these three will run you ragged.  i had their attention for the first 15 minutes (maybe) but as soon as they touched a toe in the ocean water all bets were off.  i could only try my best to keep up with them.  looking at these images, i can still hear their belly laughs.  it was genuinely such a super fun evening and i hope i was able to do it justice.

thank you again elizabeth for having me come down.  hope you all enjoy this little preview!

and toes touch the water...