NAPERVILLE FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER: MELISSA MARIE PHOTOGRAPHY: RITCHIE FAMILY

My youngest plays hard to get. She's 2. (:

An absolute spunky spitfire at home, and the shyest little nugget you ever did meet when with anyone else.( Even if you're family.) The other day she proudly told me at the end of the day: "Me not shy!" As she essentially said "Hi" to our dear friends whom we've seen nearly daily for the entirety of her life. So when Julia warned me as I walked up to them for their session that Christopher has major stranger danger I totally get it! Kids are intuitive. If you force it, they know it's suspicious and shut down. So I like to ease our way in nice and slow; giving space, and working our way into it. Well, Christopher didn't take long at all! And his sweet demeanor was so endearing! It was as if for him to say: "I'm not shy!" (: You be you little man! Thanks for entrusting me. (: