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welcome. Thanks for stopping by!  This is my brand-new, totally amazing blog.  I am pumped to be able to share my voice and my photography with the whole wide world.  My name is Julie Wilhite and I am a portrait/wedding photographer based out of Houston, TX.  That's right, I'm a Texan...and I promise I don't ride a horse to work everyday.  Feel free to take a look around, maybe even drop me a note.  Would love to hear from you!
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I had a wonderful weekend...filled with family, friends and BABIES. Now before my Mom starts getting all excited about baby fever, I want to say aloud that I am not ready to welcome my own little wee one to the family, but I definitely enjoy snuggling, kissing and loving on babies.  I went to Dallas this past weekend to meet my cousin's new baby, Moses, and one of my oldest friends new baby, Wyatt. Both babies are so adorable.  Since I wasn't there when they were both born, they are both around 3 to 4 months and giggling and laughing up a storm. Moses was even holding himself up!  His muscles were amazing!

Here is a sneak peek of my favorites.  Here is little baby Moses:

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Here is little baby Wyatt:

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Can you tell I love naked babies? HEAVEN!

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Ann:

yayyyyyy!!!!! babies!!!!!!!!!!!

(12.15.09)
April:

Juls...I LOVE IT!!!!! I cannot wait to see the rest of the pictures. Your little cousin Moses is precious!!!
You are such a great photographer :) It was great to get to chat and spend time with you. Merry Christmas!!

(12.16.09)
lorraine:

omg that little baby on the bottom is SOOO CUTE!

(12.17.09)
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12.11.09
Just wanted to tell everyone happy Friday!  I am off to hang out in Dallas for the weekend with my cousin. Time for relaxation and meeting the new babies that have joined this world. Don't worry, I'm bringing my camera. I loooove shooting babies.

Here is a little jumping action to get your Friday started. Just in case you were wondering if we were happy to be in South Africa...


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Ann:

cracks me up EVERY time.

(12.11.09)
margaret lee:

what do you mean time for relaxation?!? you just got back from a bada$$ trip to South Africa! Ha ha ha! I love this pic!

(12.11.09)
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Due to Mallory's early morning chanting, I decided to post the lion video. :) All of the other safari videos you see with corny statements and "WOWs" escaping multiple times is true for my video as well.  I also do not plan on a career in videography, so I know my video won't be winning any awards. But I promise, it will make your jaw drop!

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Ann:

oh gosh we should have SHUT OUR MOUTHS lol

(12.10.09)
margaret lee:

cool video and awesome pics you've been posting. love the behind the scenes comments during the video...lol!

(12.10.09)
Mallory:

Yay! I'm so glad you did, thank you :)
this is way too cool. seriously, one day i'll have to visit..

(12.17.09)
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After many, many hours in the air getting to South Africa and then many, many hours in the car driving to Kruger National Park...you can imagine our euphoric feeling of relief and happiness when we finally arrived at our camp. We stayed at Letaba and although I thought we would be "roughing" it in the bush, the house ended up being huge and incredibly comfortable and plush.  Just what we needed as ground zero as we cruised through the park looking for animals during the day and braaied (South African BBQ) by night.

It rained quite a lot on our first day in the park. At first, we sighed with our unluck, but it turned out to be the best thing to happen to us. It had not rained in the park for 6 months and the animals found the rain rejuvenating and fun.  This meant we saw more animals than we ever even dreamed!  Rhinos, Buffalos, Monkeys, Hippos, Elephants, Giraffes, Kudu, Springbok and a Lion actually feasting on a recently killed Buffalo.  Craziness!

I guess I should first introduce you to our crew.  As I share more of my images from our trip (I hope you don't mind!), you will see them many times:  Left to Right, Up and Down. My newly-engaged sister Erica, husband-to-be Evan, trip planner extraordinaire and sister Cynthia, hubbie Chris, cousin Ann and new British/South African friend Kate. Oh yeah, and me.

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First sighting of elephants on our way into the park...

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We had a family of springbok (antelope) that lived in our yard...

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I know these are a little graphic, but I could not help but share. It was absolutely jaw-dropping to watch. I felt like I was watching Planet Earth!  I have a video, but I will save that for the individuals with strong stomachs :)

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We also had a family of Vervet monkeys that visited us one morning. While I was still scrounging for coffee, Evan grabbed the top shot - love it!

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Sunset safari...

 

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Mallory:

ahhhmazing girl! these are awesome. i want to see that video.
do it, do it, do it... does my chanting this early in the morning help? ;]

(12.09.09)
Ann:

omg...early morning photo...LOL hilarious! Well, these are amazing. let's go back?? this time we fly.

(12.09.09)
Matt SF:

Amazing shots Julie!

(12.09.09)
R-Honda:

INCREDIBLE!!

(12.09.09)
Connie Luster:

Allison, this is absolutely beautiful. Thank you,

(12.09.09)
Kim:

Love these! I WANT A MONKEY!

(12.09.09)
Greg Durst:

Lovely photos... Excellent composition!

(12.10.09)
lorraine:

AH-MAZING!!!

(12.17.09)
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12.07.09
Life passes fast. Sometimes, I have to force myself to sit, breathe and calm my thoughts to remember this exact moment. This weekend made me realize it even more. I went to hang out with my good friend Katie that I have known since high school. Not only did we get to reminisce on high school, college and who recently found us on Facebook...we also got to hang out with her beautiful 18-month-old twins. BABIES. CHILDREN. It causes me to pause - my friends who I knew as kids are having kids. WOW.

Luke and Allison were absolutely adorable. As soon as Allison looked at me those beautiful eyes and a mischievous grin, then vehemently shook her head - I was in love. Luke was a spitting image of his Dad, so handsome and such a little man. We had a great time just hanging out and taking a couple pictures.  Oh, happy Sundays...


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Love this one of Allison and Katie...

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Then, it was time to go down for a nap. I got to witness milk time - heartbreaking!

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Samantha:

Beyond adorable!

(12.07.09)
Anna Liesemeyer:

Julie this is absolutely adorable. I love your blog!! Will feature you on my blog soon!

(12.08.09)
lorraine:

awwwww soo adorable! love the milk down the chin one! :D

(12.17.09)
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