This is a recap of my second of two holiday sessions held in Toronto in 2012: An Ümlarifically Sweet Holiday! This event was held in conjunction with Ümla's good friend, The Baker of Sweet Street, who, as you may remember, provided the AWESOME treats for the various Ümlarifically Sweet Halloween events in October/November! As with An Ümlarific Holiday at Trinity-Bellwoods Park, this event was held indoors. Unlike the Trinity-Bellwoods shoot, however, this event was held in conjunction with another awesome partner, Lil Bean N Green! You may recall that I have taken photographs there a couple of times before, through our friends at Mommy Connections East Toronto, so I was pretty familiar with using the café for taking photos. We had a full house on December 9th. And in fact, we had a waiting list too! We ended up with a few last-minute cancellations due to illness and whatnot, so we were able to fill all available spots in spite of the cancellations. It made for a busy day, but working with awesome families made it all worth it!

April, the owner of Lil Bean let us use the seminar room for photos. It's a pretty well-lit room, though I did have to supplement with flash at times. Kim, the fabulous Baker of Sweet Street, made some gorgeous holiday cookies. Not only were they gorgeous, they were also freaking delicious! Check them out:

Check out some of the session highlights!

This little girl was adorable! Although she wasn't too keen on having her photo taken (she smartly determined that the stuff outside the photo room was way more fun than sitting in a room with a strange lady and her camera), I still got some awesome shots of her. Check this out:

UmlaHoliday_LBG-186 The next couple's little girl was totally fascinated by a belt that was in the photo room (left by someone else, I suppose). She was a hoot to follow around. I love photographing really young kids, especially ones who can walk or crawl. All you have to do is let them do their thing (within reason), and you're sure to get awesome photos! This little gal was no exception!

UmlaHoliday_LBG-205 Next was a family of four, whose two boys were so freaking cute! They were both so calm and relaxed, and were a total joy to photograph. Here's a shot of the eldest son chilling on a rocking chair. Totally casual. Love it!

UmlaHoliday_LBG-313 This next family featured one of my youngest clients. And reminded me of why I love photographing babies so much! No matter what they do at this age, they are always cute!

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The next set of clients were repeat customers from one of my Mommy Connections events. They loved the photos that I did so much that they wanted to have their holiday photos done too! It was great being able to photograph the entire family. Here's one of my repeat customers. Isn't he a cutie?

UmlaHoliday_LBG-622 And another cutie to add to the mix. The mirror in this room proved to be lots of fun bot for me and my little client. And his mom was awesome...she picked out the cutest outfits for him to wear!

UmlaHoliday_LBG-584-Edit And finally, check out this little beauty! I was able to squeeze them in last-minute due to a cancellation. I was so happy to have been able to do so, because I know how much they had wanted to get their photos done!

UmlaHoliday_LBG-689 Yet another super-fun time at Lil Bean, and another awesome holiday event. A big thanks to April of Lil Bean, and to the mommies, daddies, and kiddies who made it out on December 9th! And of course a big thanks to Kim of The Baker of Sweet Street, for the awesome cookies. OM NOM NOM!