Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas to you, my fabulous and wonderful readers!

I hope that you can spend Christmas day with your loved ones, remembering that Jesus is the reason we celebrate Christmas. I hope that you find hope in this otherwise dark world, and a peace unlike anything you’ve experienced in your life.

I will be “out of the office” for the next few weeks on vacation in New Zealand with my family. We are all in need of a little change of scenery (and a break from the cold, Maryland air!). I hope to return feeling inspired and refreshed, ready to start 2012 as my best year yet! I’ll be taking my camera with me, and will share some images while we’re there. If you are on Twitter (@MelissaBarrick) or Instagram (@mbphotog), you can follow our travels there!  I will have limited access to e-mails and inquiries while abroad, so please be patient and I will answer all of your e-mails upon my return.

Merry Christmas and peace to all of you!

(A Little Christmas greeting from our little Camden George – now almost 8 months old!)

{Baby Dara} Southern Maryland Baby Photographer

My family room was quiet…except for a few baby coos here and there. A sweet baby girl lay in a basket with a bright pink flower atop her head, no crying she made. It was the perfect way to welcome baby Dara. My dear, sweet friend, Candice just had her second baby – Dara Nicole – only about 2 weeks ago. A relatively easy birth, sweet Dara is now baby sister to Abishai. Already, Candice and Andy are smitten with this baby girl. It’s not hard to see why it’s so easy:)

Congratulations, Candice and Andy, she’s a doll and will get lots of love!

Grandma /Theresa - December 14, 2011 - 3:40 pm

Wonderful!

Kelly - December 14, 2011 - 6:28 am

Beautiful!!!

{Baby Collin} Southern Maryland Children’s Photographer

This little dude is almost a year old. I can’t believe it. I’ve been photographing him for the past year, so I’ve been able to watch him grow and grow and grow and grow…

We took these pictures a few weeks back in preparation for his 1st Birthday Party. Can’t wait to see the fabulous details his Mama has planned for him!

 

Get a load of the toothless grin below! Love this!

Jaime Weber - December 22, 2011 - 7:15 am

Love the pics of Collin – how time flies…..

Tiffany - December 8, 2011 - 10:56 am

Honestly, I know I’m biased being his mother but what a cutie!!! These pics just make me grin ear to ear! Love them!

Jessica Sievers - December 7, 2011 - 5:01 am

These are my favorite Collin pictures yet! I love his grin!!! Happy Birthday Little 1 year old!!

Heather - December 6, 2011 - 4:00 pm

In LOVE with these photos! such a great and cute family :-)

Peg - December 6, 2011 - 2:48 pm

Adorable!!! Great pics!

Merry Editing!

FINISHED. Well… not really. Actually, I’m not even close. The only thing I’m finished doing is taking scheduled sessions through the end of the year. It has been an amazing year, full of blessings and fabulous clients. I’ve made so many new friends, met lots of new babies, and gushed over wedding details with lots of incredible brides. But for now, I’m hiding out in my office with an extra large coffee by my side and editing until the cows come home… or until Santa comes to visit us. I will hopefully be blogging more in the next few weeks – I have a lot of catching up to do there! So I hope you’ll hang out for a little while and see what I’ve been working on in the past week.

For now, here’s just a little preview:

 

Sweet, Baby Harper and all her roly glory! 

 

Samantha’s Senior Pictures: Southern Maryland.

 

Baby Hudson turns ONE! Cake was everywhere.

 

Maddie & Emma’s Christmas pictures: Southern Maryland.