Baby Anna Grace!

I had the opportunity to photograph 6-day-old Anna Grace today and it was such a loving experience. She was so tiny - just about 5.5 lbs - after an unexpected early delivery. Mom and Dad were wonderful; I loved seeing them so in love with their new baby girl, and what a beautiful girl she was. She slept like an angel for most of our time together, and when she was awake, she make the cutest faces. Anna lives about an hour away, but the drive was beautiful (and an hour of peace needed on my behalf, I must admit!). I hope I get the chance to go back out and capture more of Anna's milestones.

Adelyn is our winner!

After a week of having emails pop up night and day with the names of our super cuties, I am very pleased to announce that Miss Adelyn has won the grand prize! She will receive a complimentary photo session, a set of four wallet-size accordion albums, and a beautiful 20x24 gallery-wrapped canvas of an image from her session. 

Of course, I can't stand to see all the effort put in by the entrants go to waste, so I am giving a set of three accordion albums to all of our contestants! I also wanted to hand out a few honorable mentions:

Tied for Second Place: Lilia and Olivia

Olivia and Lilia will each receive a half-price session to go with their accordion album!

Top Boy: Mason

I couldn't let all of the attention go to the ladies, so I wanted to recognize my top boy. He will also receive a half-price session to go with his accordion albums! 

I am so excited to work with Adelyn and all of my other contest entrants. Thank you to everyone who submitted a vote - I had a great time with this contest and am sure to do it again sometime.

Keep an eye out for previews from these sessions to pop up in the coming weeks. 

In Other News - Mother's Day Special

Don't forget about my Mother's Day special. Anyone who books a session between now and Mother's Day and prepays the session fee will receive a complementary 10x30 storyboard with any order. This is a great way to surprise mom with a gift that will mean much more to her than the same-old flowers and candy!

Little Ones Contest Entries! Time to start voting!

It's been a crazy week around here, hence the delay in getting these adorable kiddos posted, but I am so excited to share these 17 cuties with the world! Voting starts NOW and will end at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on April 24, 2010. To vote, send an email to katie@katiethackerphotography.com and put the name of your favorite little one in the subject line. You can vote up to one time per day per person (no multiple email addresses, please) and votes can come from wherever you can get them, so be sure to recruit friends, neighbors, and relatives to submit their votes!

Remember, the winner will receive a free session, a set of 4 wallet-size accordion albums, and a beautiful 20x24 gallery-wrapped canvas (a $300 value!). Plus, the 16 runners up will all receive a certificate for a set of accordion albums with a photo session (a $35 value).

Drum roll, please...

And the entrants for the 2010 Little Ones contest (in alphabetical order):

Adelyn

Bryson

Chase

Cole

Grace

Gracie

Iain

Joey

Julia

Lilia

Logan

Madeline

Mason

Miles

Olivia

Payton

Piper

Beautiful Belly!

I got a chance to drive out to Rocky Mount last week to do my first maternity shot. All of my newborn mommies so far have called after baby has arrived, so I jumped at the chance to get some images of this beautiful belly! This mama is expecting in May, and I will get another beautiful drive out to Rocky Mount to get some shots of the new little lady Anna.

Playing in Mommy's Wedding Dress

When A's mom came to me and said that she would like to do some photos with her 3-year-old daughter playing in her wedding gown, I could hardly contain my excitement. There are few things in life that are sweeter that a little girl playing dress up, and how beautiful for it to be with mommy's wedding dress and veil. When we got to photo day, it ended up that A was more interested in playing with all of her other dress ups than mom's gown, but we still caught a few moments that just fill me with smiles.