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Sweet Baby A, I am so glad I got to come spend the day with you in your home photographing your newborn baby photos! It was such a gorgeous day in Evergreen, and you were gorgeous too!
Thank you so much A Family for trusting me to photograph your family, and your precious baby girl.
Twins, Cousins, siblings, grandparents- it doesn't get much better than the extended family getting together on a hot summer day and taking pictures and having fun together. Bear Creek Lake Park is the perfect environment for a big family gathering and photo shoot.
This beautiful Parker family came to me from one of my other beautiful clients. Their sweet big sister was so excited about her baby brother, and he was an angel to photograph. I love taking pictures of toddlers with their new baby sibling- some are SO excited (Like this sweet girl) and some don't know what to do, and that's equally precious. It's a moment in their life that will quickly change! I'm certain they have both grown so much already.
I love the light in Denver in Spring. I also love this precious family. I have been lucky enough to know them through the years, and was so honored when they asked me to photograph their beautiful newborn baby girl in their Centennial Colorado home for their posed and lifestyle session.
As newborn photographers, we take even the slightest sniffle seriously. So when my friend and fellow photographer Michelle got sick, she decided it was safest to refer out her newborn client. I feel so blessed that she chose to send my name to this amazing family. Thank you Michelle!
Baby Cam was so alert and watched me really really carefully during the beginning of our session. Little thinker! He didn't want to miss a thing (I have to admit I love when they are awake for a little while).
I'm sentimental, and so the details of their littleness tugs at my heart strings. Toes, fingers, their little profile... It changes so quickly.
Cam preferred the super soft faux furs that I shoot on over the smooth blankets. He made sure we knew it by making sure those blankets were wet quickly! ;) I can't blame him though- I would snuggle up in them too if I had the chance! His mommy and daddy met at Notre Dame before they eventually moved to Denver, so of course we had to honor that with the special hat they were given at their shower. I can't wait until it fits him!
And of course, my favorite part, families connecting. Aren't they beautiful? I hope Cam will always know when he sees these photos, how very very deeply he was loved by his mommy and daddy from even before he was born.
Thank you P family, for allowing me to capture such a special moment in your life. I am so honored.
December and January kick my rear emotionally. Three of my babies have birthdays, another hits her half birthday a few days later. It's like a constant barrage of reminders that they are growing up too fast. I apologize in advance for another giant mush-ball post about my babies (there will be a lot of them this year).
Parenting is overwhelming sometimes (okay, like, a lot of the time), and I certainly have moments where I wish they would be more responsible, less likely to draw on the wall or paint the toilet seat with bright red nail polish (it doesn't come off!), that they wouldn't feel like they need to be in the bathroom with me, or that they might for once clean up after themselves without me having to loom over them.
For the most part though? I absolutely and unequivocally love the "little". When the world is new, and the hardest thing in your life is emotionally coping with mom telling you that you may not have a cookie. They aren't jaded, they still think I'm reasonably cool, and they see the best in everyone.
I try so hard to drink it all in. To take joy from everything. To laugh at the newly decorated toilet seat. To relish the early mornings when I'm tired but they come running to me still with such enthusiasm for their morning snuggles. I want them to see they are so wanted. Write it all over my face. You are SO wanted. I am SO excited to see you, even if you kept my up all night.
I never imaged being without a baby in the house. Harper is 18 months old today. She has an opinion and a vocabulary to back it up. Her chubby thighs are beginning to thin out from running and climbing. Her soft shoulders and chubby tummy are starting to change- build muscle- and are no longer pure dough baby. She is headed directly toward full on toddler, and I am watching the baby slip away. Normally I'm growing a sibling at this point... but since she is our last, it's a whole new adventure to know her firsts are also my last firsts.
She's already so desperate to be a big kid... I imagine I won't be able to contain the baby for long. She's the beginning of a new chapter, the closure of another. She's can out sass her sisters and is as sweet as honey. She's as daring as the boys and as smart as they come. She wants to know what everything is- and can say most words she learns very very clearly. Her favorite word is No. She love love loves her daddy, and knows if mommy or daddy says no she can go work one of her siblings to try and get it (watch out little stinker!)
She thinks nursing is still the coolest. She's my most selective eater yet, and if it isn't chicken, cheese, pasta, avocado or something frozen she probably won't eat it. It will be interesting to see if she keeps that or starts to explore more.
She loves to be held and not always by me. She reverses into our laps to sit down- we've taken to saying "beep! beep! beep!" like a truck backing up when we see her spin around to sit down. She loves music and to sing. Her favorites are Itsy Bitsy Spider and Bunny, Bunny. She counts to 2, holding up her fingers then says "shush!" and is really good at shouting the parts of the alphabet she knows. She can command the siblings to move the remote "Down! Up! Side! Side!", and very suddenly loves Mou-mou (Mickey Mouse).
I am so thankful for the invention of the smart phone, because I chronicle the day to day so much better with it, both in videos and still images, and she won't wonder why, as the 5th, she has less pictures- because I take a LOT. I am sure in the days that come, there will be much mischief making, and I will try my hardest to laugh through it (and remember to take pictures before I clean it up), because soon enough it will be gone, and my walls will be cleaner, as will my floors, but it will come at the cost of the "little".
Happy Half Birthday Harps.
