Amy Doerring Photography

I think I have this all right.  Momma and Daddy are both from Iowa but met in Arizona.    Daddy worked at the same company as Miles and Bella’s Momma Whitney.  Whitney is from Des Moines and has been my sister-in-law’s best friend since college.    Gracie and Cash tried to have their pictures taken last summer when they were home but we were rained out.  This year, um yes, we need an ark.  So July 5th storms rolling through the state.  We decide to live on the edge and have them come from Iowa City.  It rained before, during and after our shoot.  We found some windows of no rain – but not clear sky :  (   but we had an adventure and I’m glad we did!

Gracie – age 4 – yes really.  If she is smiling you can still see the sweet baby teeth.  If she is serious, I think she looks much older.  And….she acts MUCH older than 4. 

Here is Cash, love his name, love love his name!!!

I seriously crossed my fingers that this would happen. : )

Miles and Bella come ‘home’ from Arizona to Des Moines each summer and I am so fortunate to be on their list of things to do!  

Here is last year -

I’m looking at Bella’s bow.  Whitney, her momma, told me that the bow in Bella’s hair is her ‘look’.  I loved that and have smiled at every picture I’ve edited.  Kinda like my Cole’s John Deere hat is his look.

Something is missing from this year’s picture, the joy of being six!

You know I’m loving Bella’s hair and love this picture how the light caught the curls.

3 year olds.  Seriously always my favorite.  OK, I love lots of ages but most times, you’ll hear me go on and on about 3 year olds.  One of the many things that melted my heart that day,  I had a hard time photographing Harper because she kept asking me to hold her.   I was a goner.   She had me.

Having watched a couple of boys play for years with trucks, it was fun to watch Remington play, I should have shot my boys doing this more.

Many pictures of Harper looked like this.  A smile but a talking smile.  She had a lot to tell me and I loved listening to her every word. 

I think I could have posted 50 pictures easily.  I had a blast.  You probably already figured that out. <3