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rachael — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:42:57 +0000

i have changed my business name!!! why? to better reflect myself and my style in my business. you can check my new site out here at rachaelruffin.com.
also if you are interested in my mini session info click here and signing up for my photography newsletter (sent out twice a year, promise!!) please go to my new blogsite rachaelruffin.com and sign up!!

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my baby is 6| kansas city missouri children’s photographer

rachael — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:08:19 +0000

addie turned 6 last month!! yeah, i am running a little behind. i have been finding running a business, being a deployment “widow”, raising three kids and running the household is a bit much for me to handle.
so my poor blog has been very neglected.
oh my dearest addie. you came into this world in a very scary way and for a whole 15 minutes i didn’t know if you were going to live. we still deal with the affects of your birth day to day, but i wouldn’t have you any other way that you are. it makes you, you. you are growing up so fast and i can not believe 6 years of our lives has gone by.
we have a lot of growing up to do together. i love you.

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happy happenings | Kansas City Missouri children’s photographer

rachael — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:18:01 +0000

addie and her cuteness won me a top 10 spot in the matilda jane clothing photolove contest! i could win a chance to go to florida and photograph their newest line, which would be very exciting! more info on how you can help me win by voting later this week.
charlotte had her 2nd birthday. and her 2nd birthday that her daddy was not here to celebrate with us. i know he would be here if he had the choice!

finally got a couple of tommy. he hasn’t been into having his photograph taken lately!

my kids are pretty awesome.

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you before 2. | Kansas City Missouri children’s photographer

rachael — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:24:24 +0000

charlotte. you are almost 2! one week from today i will no longer have a “baby” in this house. you’re a big girl all the way!

you spend your days chasing the cat.

and i hope you never lose that baby curl from your hair.

you also love to “take peeksur” with my old phone. mama takes a picture and so do you!

you always have a dirty face and i love it.

you are becoming quite a fun little girl. i love you!

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swanky baby vintage | kansas city missouri children’s commerical photographer

rachael — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:16:41 +0000

it’s been a month since i last updated. ouch. things have been crazy busy and sitting down in my office for anything that ordering/editing has been not happening lately.
we were asked to do some media for Swanky Baby Vintage clothing for their new spring line that launched TODAY. this dress is so cute, i had to go back and order the lemonade ruffle capris to match it.
after i loaded these images on to my PC, i realized how big my little addie was getting. she will be 6 in just a few months!
stay tuned, loyal fans. i still have blogging to do from the christmas session, a new years eve wedding, some newborns and more!

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B is for… |Kansas City Missouri family photographer

rachael — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:32:00 +0000

brothers! i have three. one is all grown up and married, and the other two are still living off my mom.
well, they are also 13 and 10 years old.
needed to update their yearly pictures and of course, christmas cards.
here are a few from the day.

aren’t they just precious ?

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little peanut | Kansas City Missouri newborn photographer

rachael — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 07:01:43 +0000

this is my new favorite little peanut, reagan! the newest addition to our ever growing family, i have a new sweet little cousin.
i had to grab her at our last family gathering and take a few pictures of this little 8 day old sweetie.
what an angel, she slept so nice for me.

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rachael — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:53:19 +0000

this was the first wedding of 4 these past 8 weeks that i was a guest and not a photographer.
you know i couldn’t resist taking a few
pics though, right?

my view as a guest. and addie dancing with her cousin.

and more to come of this adorable chunky baby! this baby was my bff, i swear.

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my family.

rachael — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:48:15 +0000

people always have 100 reason not to have family pictures taken. they are too fat. they don’t have anything to wear. its to hard to fit into a schedule, and on and on.
but photographers? we have the worst excuses! so many of us do not have great family pictures. its easy to say ‘i can just do it myself’ but trying to put the camera on the tripod and run, doesn’t really equate to a real family session.

my husband is deploying to iraq in the fall and we had never had real family pictures taken.
i knew deb schwedhelm lived in kansas, but being the airhead that i am, i had NO idea how close she was. and now she is moving!
i had to get a session booked ASAP. i wanted to make jim a small book of all 4×6’s for deployment (much like we do as OpLove photographers.) because he always commented on what a great idea it was and how he would like to have something like that.

i can’t say enough amazing things about our experience, and about deb. she worked around my husbands crazy schedule, my crazy wedding session schedule, and booked us on fathers day. she was so nice through out the whole thing.
she did an amazing job picking the location and taking so much time with us to get the perfect light and the perfect portraits.
here are a few of my favorites (yes, she finished this already! can you say rock star?!). she was even nervous about my reaction to them. seriously? she is such a real person, i think i love her.
i am so happy we got this done. i can’t believe we waited so long to do this.

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mama | Kansas City Missouri children’s photographer

rachael — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:43:25 +0000

i love this picture. my sweet 15 month old was in the middle of saying ‘mama’ she has such a funny face when ever she says that, so i am glad i got it on camera.

i never get tired of hearing ‘mama’. i loathe the thought of the day when my kids are too big and just call me ‘mom’.

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