Ashlynn Gracie is turning 2! ~ Redlands, CA ~ Toddler Photography

WOW. It is so hard to believe that my sweet little baby is already going to be 2! She is the sweetest most lovable little baby. She brings me so much joy & smiles every day!



This sweet little Precious Moment’s doll was mine as a child

OF COURSE I had to get another edition of Lynn in the cup!

1 year (wow what a difference just one year makes!)

10.5 months old

7 months

4 months

2 days old

Logan ~ Highland, CA ~ Photographer

My son Logan. He is NOT the taking picture kind of kid. I always get messages from worried parents because their “last” picture experience with another photographer was horrible, and that their kid does NOT like getting pictures done. I get countless emails, phone calls & texts from clients who can’t believe, that after what they thought was a failed session, I was able to capture genuine smiles and adorable pictures of their little ones. However, with my own son, it is near impossible. He gives me more trouble then you could possibly imagine. I could fall down a flight of stairs, & break my leg, all while blowing bubbles & playing the banjo, and if the camera is in my hands he would NOT look at me. You think I’m joking. . . . I’m not.

Well today I am happy to say, that I figured out just how to get cute pictures of my son! Apparently the trick is to buy him brand new clothes & surprise him with them & then hurry up and get some pics! Logan LOVES getting new clothes, and absolutely ADORES shoes & hats. So this weekend I went to Target & bought him a hat, 2 shirts, a belt and new shoes. He has plenty of pants so I didn’t think I needed to buy him another pair, apparently I was wrong. After I gave him each item he hugged them and said THANKS!! Then when I got done giving him the loot, he looks in the empty bag and says to me “where’s the pants?” HAHAHAHA oh man I about died laughing. I swear sometimes you just can’t win with 3 year olds!

However, much to my EXTREME pleasure I was able to capture some absolutely ADORABLE pictures of my little man, so I am truly happy 🙂





NO MORE PICTURES MOM!

Easter is fast approaching! ~ Highland, CA ~ Photography

As I’ve stated before, I love Easter & it is fast approaching. Today I did a trial run for my Easter Mini sessions. It was SO much fun & the bunnies were so sweet and soft! I just had to hop on and share some pics 🙂

Rory & Leighton were SO excited & thought it was hilarious because Harry Bunny was eating celery



Logan even loved the bunnies!

Ashlynn thought they were wonderful

And an out take from before the session of my adorable son and my awesome man 🙂

If you are interested in booking an Easter Mini Session with these adorable bunnies. I still have a few spots available. Sessions are $75 and include a disc of 7 to 10 high resolution files 🙂 email me at TurtleDovePhotography@gmail.com to book your session

Welcome to the world Gavin ~ Fontana, CA ~ Newborn Photographer

I have the world’s best clients. I’ve had the pleasure of taking engagement, bridal & wedding pictures for Erwin & Shannon. So you can only imagine how excited I was when I got to help them welcome their sweet new baby boy Gavin Daniel born on an awesome date! 1-11-11



Oh and if you are interested you can see some of Shannon’s rad bridal pics Here.

~Jenilee
(909) 963-6816
turtledovephotography@gmail.com

Rory turns 5! ~ Highland, CA ~ Child Photographer

Well yesterday was my sweet little girl’s 5th birthday. She spent the first part of her day with her siblings at her father’s house while I went to work. It is the very first birthday that I didn’t get to spend the entire day with her 🙁 By the time I got her home I was so ecstatic & we had SO much fun! My mom made an awesome birthday cake for her & we bought her a ton of presents & ended the night by going to Chick Fil-A and letting them run around in the play area. Here are a couple vpics & one short but HILARIOUS video!


My mom was nice enough to snap a picture for me 😀

Rory’s reaction to one of the toys I bought her lol

Here are a couple more recent shots since I haven’t posted in a while 🙂

Family Pictures ~ Redlands, CA ~ Family Photographer

I had the awesome pleasure of doing pictures for several families this holiday season. I was asked by several not to blog about the images until after the holiday season so that their families would not see them. Now that Christmas is over I thought I’d go ahead and post a few pictures from 2 of my awesome sessions! I will post more throughout the month 🙂

Naomi has such a BEAUTIFUL family & is expecting another sweet little baby!

Naomi also owns an awesome business called Bebe Wearing Mamas. Here is one of the wraps she sells 🙂

IF you are a blog stalker you will probably recognize this very sweet family as I have done pictures for them for the past several years!


Happy Vacationing to me :) ~ Utah, Vegas & California, Photography ~

I just got home from an awesome vacation in Utah. Where I had an awesome time hanging out with my brother & getting to know my boyfriend’s family a bit better 🙂

First we stopped at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas. We had gotten just a cheap little hotel. Actually it was the CHEAPEST hotel we could find ON the strip. When we finally got to the hotel we discovered that we had to wait in a very long line. It was probably about an hour wait. When we finally made it to the check-in lady Jamieson asked if there was any kind of event going on. The lady told us that there wasn’t but to make up for our wait she would upgrade us to the penthouse suite! HELLO! That was seriously AWESOME & of course I had to take some pictures!

One of the AWESOME view

After a quick evening on the strip we headed out bright and early for Salt Lake City. The drive was gorgeous!


Umm. . . Sweetheart. . I don’t think those pumps work

On New Years we decided to head to the Aquarium in Sandy, UT. It’s called the Living Planet Aquarium and it is awesome! If you haven’t been and are in the area I recommend it! It’s only a $10 admission & takes an hour or two to get through. It’s been years since I’ve been to any aquarium so that was tons of fun!

Here’s one of Jamieson with his mom & dad.







Well after an awesome week away. All I can say is I missed my kids ridiculously! I have never been away from them more than 2 days & being gone from them for an entire week was insanely hard! So as much as I was sad to leave I am so ecstatic to be home with my little ones!