My sorority sister, Sarah, was one of my very first paying clients when her daughter, Summer, turned 6 months old.  Fast forward to 4 1/2 years later, now Summer is FIVE and her baby brother Wil is 6 months old.  The same age I photographed her for the 1st time!  What's amazing is that her Mom put a side by side picture of both of them with the photos that I took and they look like they could be twins.  They are identical.  It's the cutest thing. 

I was so happy to see Wil.  He's now sitting up and he adores his big sister, Summer.  She was my "assistant" and helped me get smiles from Wil.  I remember telling Sara at Wil's newborn session that I was amazed at how curious Summer was and how she always asked great questions.  One question she asked me which blew me away for a 5 year old was that she said "What made you want to be a photographer?"  What a great question that I don't think any kid has asked me that question.  I was wearing a shirt that said LOVE and the letter O was the lens of a camera and she was asking about it.  Later, her mom sent me a text saying that Summer would like to be my assistant this summer when she's not in school and she wants to know if she can wear a shirt like yours!  That made my day.  I told Sara that she was hired and that I would be happy to provide her with a "company shirt."  She is too cute and she asked me if I would take one picture of her.  Since she really did help me get smiles for her brother I took one pic for her, hope she loves it!  Maybe she will be back in 6 months for her brothers 1 year session and I will have to find a "company t-shirt" for her in her size! ;)