Capturing Joyful Memories: Photography by DeLisa

Swafford Family in Midtown

 The Swafford kids are back and this time Mom and Dad joined in on the photos.  We met up on an extremely windy day but made the best of it.  Little Gavin gave us quite a challenge as you can see in this firs shot.  It just makes me laugh!  We had to almost trick him to smile during this session.  He is still quite adorable though...both he and his sister Riley.  

Miss Riley was ready to go for her shots...check out her sassy little pose with the hand on her hip.  Soo cute!

 

Here's a happy boy!

...and Riley's still got it!  :)

Okay so as you can see....Riley again...ready to go at any moment--soo sweet here... while Gavin...well watch out!  Here comes the tough guy!  :)  This little moment captured makes me laugh!

The sweet little expressions of an adorable little boy.

I love how their little heads met in this photo, precious...  They were trying to see what they could find hidden in the bricks they were sitting on.

What do you see???

I love this one of Gavin.  This boy has some beautiful blue eyes!  (Even though they were watering no thanks to the good ole' Oklahoma wind!)

A sweet & fun family walking hand-in-hand...

The Jarvis Family

Here they are again!  My friends, the Jarvis Family.  

Umm....let's just say Emmy was VERY EXCITED at the beginning of this session!  :)  I think Payson was initially wondering what was going on.  

Payson is getting soo big!  He looked adorable in this outfit and of course I LOVE the hat!

Mother and Daughter, and boy is Emmy just like mommy!  :)  She has the faces, the words, the body language.  It's hilarious!  

Father and Son

I love capturing those real smiles and laughter.  Little Emmy and Payson had them laughing.

Check out the sassy Miss Emelyn!  She was proud of her little stance.  This girl knows how to work it!  :)

In the hands of a child...a name that stands strong...a Daddy's bravery in the year to come.

Tallon's

Meet the Tallon's & yes, that also includes their sweet dog Penny!  We all met up on an EXTREMELY WINDY day in Midtown and then along the Bricktown canal.  Even though the wind could practically blow you over that day we made the most of it.  Out of all of us though I think Penny had the most fun.  She enjoyed running around Midtown and even found herself a squirrel to chase.  

Here she is...sporting her Christmas attire.

a closer look

May our thoughts be with this man as he will be deployed later this month...

a sweet kiss

the love...

Griffith Family with Miss Macy

 This is the 2nd Griffith family I've had the pleasure to photograph.  They too have a sweet little girl.  Little Macy certainly did enjoy herself on this session!  She ran, climbed, played with leaves, collected some rocks, smelled the flowers, and talked up a storm!  Macy is quite the lively little girl - alot of spunk!  She was a joy to be around.  I had a great time with the Griffiths...

The Griffith family

So, this is the cheesy grin you get when you bribe Macy with baby wipes.  ADORABLE!  You can see the anticipation in this little look.  :)  "See I'm smiling...may I just have a wipe now please?!?!?  --- I LOVE her baby blue eyes!

Macy really liked the rocks.  She climbed all the way on top of the rock pile - no fear!

This is just too cute!

Macy's getting Mommy

hanging out with Dad

She was having a good time.

taking some time to smell the roses (or fowers as Macy's says)

 

again with those beautiful blue eyes

Potter Family

I had such a great time in Midtown with the Potter family.  Little Jillian is a DOLL!  I mean, just look at her in her little pink winter outfit all decked out down to the polka-dot tights, boots, and adorable knit hat!  She has such a sweet little smile to go along with her sweet little look.  It only took her a little while to warm up to me and the camera and then we were off to a great little session.

She is such a beautiful little girl with a smile that lights you up!

Precious!

too sweet!

Jill is definitely ALL GIRL!  She was standing here putting on her lip gloss in between shots- ADORABLE!  This girl loves her lip gloss.

Such a cute family! -- All smiles :)

Rachelle & Grant:  Grant let me just say you have a beautiful wife and baby girl.  What a lucky man! ;)

Grant's a great daddy.  Little Jillian thinks he is hilarious!

What's in there?

Thanks Potter family!

Gilsdorf Family part II

So here it is...part II as promised ---and it's a BIG ONE!  

This is a family that I have known for many, many years!  I've known Bonnie for over 14 years!  Wow---I just added that up!!!  I haven't counted the years or even thought about that in a while but that's a long time.  She is an important person to me as well as her family.  The only sad thing is that our lives keep us really busy these days and we don't get to see each other as often as we would like even though we live soo very close.  I was thrilled however to have the opportunity to spend several hours with her, Jeff, and their adorable boy Zander in order to take their family pics.  I just love little Zander-man!  He is full of personality and I love getting to see all of the little changes he makes over time.  Check out this great family that I love ever soo much!

The sweet Gilsdorf family of 3:  Bonnie, Zander, and Jeff

Who's that monkey hiding behind that tree...?

It's Zander!  He's also a cute little monkey in the jungle grass!

His smile is infectious!  

Just hangin' out...

He had a GREAT time!  We spent 2 hours walking around Will Rogers Park and then the OKC Midtown area and Zander was this happy the entire time!  He is quite the exceptional little boy.  His mommy and daddy are blessed and he is blessed to have them as parents.

Lovin' his little facial expressions and EXCITEMENT!!!  He had me crackin' up!...Well, as you can see he had mom and dad laughing too.  Zander was certainly my entertainment for the day.

What a sweet little boy...

...who has ALOT of fun with mom and dad!

silly faces :)

He is growing up soo quickly.  He looks like a such BIG boy here (even if he does only barely reach the window sill).

 

This graffiti wall is serious business!

Oh, my goodness, I just want to eat him up with kisses and HuGs and tickles and LoVe!!!  He posed himself I'll have you all know.  All we did was sit him up on the ledge.  Zander decided himself to prop up his leg and place his hand on his knee oh so perfectly.  ADORABLE!  He is such a great little listener...(apparently he learned this from his previous session at a studio).  

"Come on guys...let's go..." he says :)

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See you soon Mr. Personality!!!  ~ :::Hugs::: to you Zander!

I love all of you!