happy halloween

from me & my lil turkey!

marlee is 3. (and a half!)

and sooo dang cute!

this is her big brother patrick. marlee LOVES her some patrick! what about his manley football pose, that he struck all on his own? love it.

they have such a sweet relationship & i love how this image captures it.

bloomin flowers

this is another family i have been fortunate enough to watch grow...these sweet little girlies are sophia & piper the first time i photographed them in may of 2009.

here they are now...

piper has especially grown up since i last saw her. she was just a baby when i photographed them before! but now there is a new baby sister in town...meet harlow :-)

all 3 girls are just darling. mama & daddy are pretty cute themselves, so it's no wonder they have such beauties. i had such a fun time with them playing & taking their photos. well, with the exception of poor harlow being a little traumatized over a horse we were going to have her sit on. she did not like that horse. not one bit. as you can see.

i love watching families grow!

it is such a wonderful opportunity to shoot each & every family i photograph. but i especially love it when i get to see some of the same families year after year & see how they've grown. here is a photo of the first time i photographed shawn, sara, lucas & libby, just 2 years ago, right after lucas was born...i still love this image so much. the baby is so teeny & libby is looking right a the camera. sarah looks amazing just days after giving birth & shawn has the "new proud daddy" look. love it!

and here they are now, expecting bambino #2. i am so in awe that they haven't found out the sex of the baby. they found out the first time & decided to let it be a surprise this round. i would love to do that, but i couldn't stand the suspense! i think this image of lucas reaching up & touching her belly is so sweet. & that shawn gently has his hand on the baby bump too-still the proud daddy.

lucas has gotten so big i can hardly believe it. & he is ALL BOY. so much fun & loves his tractors. he was a busy boy with his tractors. he did make time to sit down for me...for a minute...when i showed him the sucker in my pocket. sugar. the way to every kid's heart ;-) or at least a way to get them to sit for a minute or so. lucas had things to do & i was totally interrupting him. but thanks to the suckers, i got a couple of sweet pics.

our viv

so i just realized i haven't posted any pics of my own baby in almost 4 months. my daughter, vivian, will be 10 months next week. every month since she was born i've taken her photo on the 17th of the month (her birthday is dec 17th) so that i have monthly documentation of her first year. thank goodness i've been doing this because otherwise, i rarely get out my camera & take pics of her! bad mom. i take tons on my phone but hardly any with my camera. kind of ironic isn't it? here she is...

8 months

9 months

we are so lucky to have such a healthy & HAPPY girl :-)

not for the faint of heart...or fearer of heights!

the past couple of days i worked at the icuee (the international construction and utility equipment exposition) in louisville. mostly i just work as paparazzi at the evening parties one of the large companies host, but yesterday i was lucky enough to work the actual show photographing the booth. which meant i got to go up in one of the highest bucket trucks out there & snap a few pics! they only have clearance of 150 ft because, being so close to the airport, if they go any higher it affects the radars at standford field. it was awesome to get such a cool view of the city! but i will tell you, that little bucket sways in the wind & if you're remotely afraid of heights, the ride up alone could cause a panic attack.

bird's eye view of the show

ye old ky kingdom

downtown in the distance

here you can get more of an idea exactly

HOW high up we were-check out the guys

below us in this other bucket

carlie 6 months

earlier this year, i took newborn shots of carlie...seriously one of the most gorgeous newborns i have ever laid my eyes on.
click here to see that session:
http://kararuckerphotography.blogspot.com/2011/05/sweet-carlie.html

a couple of weeks ago i was able to to photograph her for her 6 month photos & she's of course still crazy cute. & she has such a fun little personality! bless her heart, carlie, along with her parents & i, endured some serious humidity to get these photos. & she hung in there without any major meltdowns-which is alot to ask from a 6 month old.

see how she's grown...

beautiful sunday

the theme for yesterday was beautiful. it was a beautiful day, beautiful place & beautiful families i was photographing. i am blown away with all the gorgeous places at bernheim to shoot. every time i go, i find a new spot or 2 i haven't seen before. i feel like i could go there every day for 2 weeks &  find something new daily! so keeping within the theme here are some of the 'beauts' from yesterday ;-)