Knoxville Baby Photography - Avery is here!

Hello all! It's been a while since we've had a regular old blog post. Now that all of the excitement has died down a little after the contest, I thought it would be cool to share some fun baby photos of our friends Katelyn and Robbie's little cutie, Avery! (You can see their maternity session here.)

First a few from the hospital right after she was born...

Isn't she lovely?




The new family.

And now a few from a little impromptu three-month session after dinner with the happy family a few weeks ago...

The kiddo is all about the smiles already.




Look at that! Three months and she's already holding that head up like a champ!


Babies always give me the "what for" when I'm photographing them.


This was one of Katelyn's dresses when she was a baby. How sweet is that?




She's so stinking precious!

Thank you so much for letting us be a part of your lives, Katelyn and Robbie! You have a beautiful little gift in Avery. :)

Alrighty gang, just because I've been absent from blogging doesn't mean I've been slacking off… we've been slammed with meetings, I've been catching up on album orders, and we're preparing for an awesome 2010. So stay tuned, I've got a few more blog posts lined up for the next few weeks.

-Wes

Drumroll please...

And the winner of the Perfect 10: 10/10/10 contest is...
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TARA AND STEVEN!!!

(Tara+Steven's Story)

Congratulations you two!! We really look forward to meeting you and photographing your wedding!!

Again (I just can't say this enough) THANK YOU to everyone who voted for all the couples that entered! We had exactly 1,111 votes!! (It would have really freaked me out if we had had 1,010... maybe 1,111 is a sign we need to do this again next year for our 11th anniversary!)

The bad thing about this contest hit Danielle and I tonight as we were tallying the votes... eight couples didn't win. :( We're super excited for Tara and Steven, but it stinks that everyone couldn't win! After reading all of the stories, we feel like we know you all. But what can we do? That's the nature of a contest, right? But couples, check your email: we are going to offer you a little something for being runners-up as a Thank You for entering!!

And to everyone who voted for Tara and Steven, feel free to leave them some comments below! I'm sure they'd love to hear from you. :)

We are absolutely thrilled that we decided to do this contest and are so thankful that we have been blessed with 10 years of marriage and 10 years of photographing weddings together. It will be an honor and a privilege to give a little back and do something awesome for this cool couple.

Thank you to all that entered and opened up their lives to us. Thank you to every single person that voted. And thank you to all of our "fans" out there that love us. We love you all too!

Wes and Danielle Hope
Hope Photography

ps: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!