Melissa McClure Blog

I am so excited for my good friends Cortney and Dan who are expecting their first child in early April!   They are having a little boy and his name is Chase. So cute! I can’t wait to hold him and give him kisses!  D+C were married in 2008 at Humphrey’s Half Moon in on Shelter Island.  They wanted to take their maternity photos in this area as well!

They brought along their fur-babies, Bailey and Kahlua!

I love this photo of Cort – isn’t she glowing??

So glad you wanted me to photograph such a special time in your life, you two!  Chase is one lucky baby!

xoxo, M

My good friend and wedding coordinator Eve Harrison of Ooh La La Wedding Touches and her darling husband Marvin had their 2nd little bundle of joy show up the day after Christmas!  Big brother Shay wasn’t allowed in the hospital, so he isn’t in any of the photos, but you can see their cute family here.

Baby Kross is so adorable and was so calm when I met him at 12 hours old!  Take a peek

Big hugs and Congrats to the Harrison Family!

xoxo, M

*My blog was hacked on 1/6/2010 and I lost my three latest blogs. This is a repost of the original blog. Unfortunately I lost all my comments in the process. Feel free to leave another one!*

I adore this family, I’ve been shooting them since 2007!  And now they have a new addition – Baby Matthew!  Below is big brother Will

Almost two years ago I ran a contest on my blog for a free photoshoot. Alicia was the winner! She actually donated her shoot to a good friend of hers that needed photos more than Alicia did. Well, the friend and I never found the right time to get together. I got an email a few months ago from the friend saying that Alicia was pregnant and wanted to donate the shoot back…did you follow all that?? Well, fast forward to now!  Alicia and Carlos just had a baby!  Little Alejandro is so adorable!

Love these next two images

It was a blast hanging out with you guys – you are a lot of fun!  Thanks for the wine, chocolate and stroopwaffles!!

xoxo, M

Last year at the Dvorak family session, Jake wasn’t quite walking…and Lisa was newly pregnant with the twins!  So new, that I didn’t even know it!  How surprised was I when she told me that had two new adorable additions to the family!

Meet Audrey and Erin!

Guvu isn’t a new addition…but he is an important part of the family!

This was their choice for the Christmas card photo!

Do you know how difficult it is to get 4 month old twins to pose together, look your way and smile?  Trust me. It’s hard.

and of course the two who made it all happen!

So happy to see you again this year, Dvorak family!

xoxo, M

I took Eve and her family to one of my favorite spots in San Diego.  Eve is a fantastic wedding coordinator in San Diego and is due with their second son, Cross by the end of the year!

Shay is going to be a great older brother!

So sweet!

My fav <3 What a gorgeous family!

Ok this may be my fav!

I really like this one too!

Adorable!

I’m so happy for you and your family Eve!  Can’t wait to meet Cross!

xoxo, M

Recognize this lovely family?!  If you don’t, here’s your refresher course!

It’s Jenn, Adam, Katelynn and Anabelle!  Plus a few other furry friends!

Love KT’s missing front teeth!

The best way to get Annie to smile is to hold an animal…future Vet perhaps?

Tickling usually works too!

Porky had to get in on the photo action too!

I think this is the literal meaning for Dog Pile!

This photo cracks me up because it pretty much encompasses their family!

We went to visit the horses on the property

Love you guys!

xoxo, M

The day of this maternity shoot, it was Hot. Not just hot…capital H – Hot! According to my car, it was 104 degrees in Fallbrook!  Poor Ann, she was pretty miserable in the heat, but she was a trooper!  The coolest thing about these photos – Baby Wyatt was born just 4 days later!  Mom and baby are doing well!  Wyatt’s newborn photos coming very soon!!

Do they look familiar?

So happy for you two!!

xoxo, M

Last month I got together with the Price family for some portraits before Brian shipped off to serve our country!  Brian and Vanessa have two sweet little girls, Bree and Avery.  Vanessa is also the sister to one of my brides, Jen!

Fav <3

Brian is surrounded by a lot of women, so he has Bear to wrestle with!

Bree and her cousin, Katie (Jen’s daughter)

Thank you Brian for all that you do for our country – and to Vanessa for standing beside you and taking on the responsibility of a single parent while you are gone!  You two are role models!

xoxo M

My very good friend and photographer Chrystal Cienfuegos gave birth to a precious baby girl on September 23rd!  I got to meet the little one on her 8th day out of the womb.  I already loved her when I met her <3

A Daddy’s girl already!

The happy family!

and my favorite shot

Thanks for letting me come shoot your little girl, C+D – Veda Claire is just perfect!

xoxo, M