Mom & Me in Newport Beach | Orange County Family Photographer

Mom and me sessions will forever ever ever have my heart! It’s probably mostly because I am a momma myself, and love my two kids so much it literally hurts sometimes. To capture the bond between a mother and her child, that sweet love and pure joy—it leaves my photographer heart with so much happiness.

This day was stuck in the middle of the infamous Southern Califfornia “May gray, June gloom,” but right as we met up the sun decided to peek out at the point where the sky meets the water and give us the most beautiful soft colors. Not to mention this mom’s dress creating its own gorgeous pop!! Vici dolls is one of my all time favorite shops for women’s dresses and you can quickly see why!

Also lucky for us was the day’s gloomy skies all early afternoon making for a beach almost entirely to ourselves! There was one other man taking some landscape photographers and that was about it—photo shoot winning! :) I do love summer beaches and the way you can jump right into the water, but I’ won’t lie, I’m going to mourn the fact when we have to start getting tricky with the angles to avoid the photo bombers. There is just something so liberating about being able to go wherever you want and capture the moment exactly where it is happening.

Enough about all that though, here is some sweet mom/daughter love for you:

mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
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mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA
mom & me photo session in Newport Beach, Orange County, CA

Motherhood Session | Newport Beach Orange County Family Photographer

Motherhood sessions are one of my very favorite things to capture as a photographer. And for totally biased reasons, since I am a mom of two, and 100 percent obsessed with them. :) Newport Beach has such a whimsical feel to it and I just love the way it shines its light and colors on all the connections that are present with mommas and their littles…

My son was sitting nonchalantly on my lap the other day, his little hand in mine, when it suddenly hit me like a ton of bricks. The realization that is, of how quickly we were approaching the end of it. Between the two of my kids I have had a little one in my life for over seven years. Hugs and kisses, cuddles and hand holding, waking up with small bodies pressed against mine, it’s all so second nature. Something that in the moment I must have always felt would just be present. But my “baby” is turning six next month. Six! And as we sat there together that day I suddenly realized how fleeting it really was, how irreplaceable.

I tried to remember the way it felt, what his little hands looked like in mine... I knew then that in ten years from now, when his sixteen year old self won’t be sitting on my lap any longer, that most of the things I concern myself with now, stress about—maybe even lose sleep over sometimes—won’t matter. What will matter were these simple moment. Small and fleeting and all mine for a little while longer. 
So as I go and clear my box of Kleenex I just wanted to give these words to all you mommas of littles: always hold them a little extra longer.

mom and me photo session at Newport Beach in Orange County, CA
mom and me photo session at Newport Beach in Orange County, CA
mom and me photo session at Newport Beach in Orange County, CA
mom and me photo session at Newport Beach in Orange County, CA
mom and me photo session at Newport Beach in Orange County, CA
mom and me photo session at Newport Beach in Orange County, CA
mom and me photo session at Newport Beach in Orange County, CA
mom and me photo session at Newport Beach in Orange County, CA