Sophia's 4th birthday session.... my almost "big" girl.

Originally I wanted to travel for this session and go somewhere with some different textures, something urban perhaps. Or perhaps not, perhaps we'd go see a movie in a quaint little German town up the road from us, stop by HEB and grab some balloons and then let Sophia pic her own locations for photos. Which is exactly what we did this Mother's Day, what better way to spend the day than with the loves of my life, my hubby, my little girl and of course my camera at hand. 

My favorite shots are the ones that capture not only the beauty of her in a frame, but the sun- as if the light of the photo is her sweet little soul.

She could hardly stray from this fountain and sweet little yard of "nature props" we found on our stroll.

I've always found that since my child prefers to move, run, jump, touch everything in life... that if I want her to sit still, place her on something high that she can't jump off of. This was my magic trick to fixing her hair when she was a toddler. 

auhhh... the sun. 

My sweet.. no one knows how difficult my child is to photograph aside from the few photographers who have attempted to do so in her 4 years. 

Today she politely offered to "pose pretty" for mama.

And so, I have to say that I am a little sad to have completed her 4th birthday session. That soon she is going to officially be a 4 year old.. no longer a toddler and on her way to being a big girl,  going to kindergarten next year and every day closer to growing up. So for right now I will enjoy her as little as she is, as the little girl who still wants me to sing twinkle twinkle at night and have 1000 hugs and kisses from mommy and daddy before bed every night. I'll keep her like this for as long as time will allow.