This sweet couple is doing the long distance thing while “J” is away overseas in the Air Force and I know they are going to be looking at these images and remembering how much the L.O.V.E each other!!  Thank you guys for choosing me to capture these special moments in your lives!

Here are a few of my favorites, enjoy!

Joshua’s memorial took place today and it was very therapeutic for me to create his slideshow, and to see his prints come in from the lab.  The image below is one of my favorites:

You can just feel how much he is loved by his amazing family! I was so lucky to spend those special moments with Joshua and his loved ones.

Here is a link to Joshua’s slideshow

Please remember Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (NILMDTS) and the wonderful support this organization is able to offer families.

I proof with a Wacom tablet and it broke of course I had to rush to Amazon.com and order a new one so it should be here this afternoon after a two day delay at the warehouse.   And yes, I do like the Bamboo Touch a lot more than the more expensive Intuos I had before the Bamboo Touch.  Don’t you just love it when something cheaper works out better?  Ahh the little things in life.

In other news… it has been a rough week for so many people I care about.  Another family lost a son/grandson/nephew/cousin/friend this week and they are grieving  just like Baby Joshua’s friends and family.  It makes me sad to know so many people I care about are hurting.  I wish I could do more or say something that would make things better.

{fingers crossed the tablet gets here soon so I can get back to my normal routine}

Yesterday morning I got that call Joshua was ready to meet his family. And he was really ready to meet everyone, I arrived at 10:40 and at 11:14am Joshua Henry was born!  I feel so blessed that I was able to spend hours with Baby Joshua and his wonderful, loving family.  As soon as his brothers and sisters came in to meet him he opened his eyes to see those people he has been hearing all these months.  Joshua had so many loving visitors and he peacefully let everyone introduce themselves.  He did let us know (with the loudest cry of the day) that Kangaroo Care with Mom was his favorite place to be snuggled.

Joshua passed away this morning from complications of  Trisomy 13, he was surrounded by his loving family.  It has taken me so long to write this post, it is just so difficult to write. Please keep Joshua’s family in your thoughts and prayers!  And remember NILMDTS is a wonderful organization for families in need.  Please feel free to contact me if you need more information.

We ran out of light pretty quickly but had some fun splashing and watching hermit crabs before it got dark.  I decided to go with a light, airy, beach’y post processing on these.

Most of you know I have one beautiful son and a wonderful supportive husband; and of course I love them with every cell in my body BUT I also love my camera babies.  I baby sit them when we are at the beach. I keep them close to me in public places. I don’t leave them in the car alone. I buy them glasses (ok L glass) when then need to see something closer, farther away or just see better.  I keep them clean and fed (ok I just charge the batteries but that is their food, right?)  If one of them is in danger I leap tall buildings to save it (or stick my foot out and let it land there when the strap breaks).  I keep their boxes and paperwork like they are hospital blankets and birth certificates.  I keep first aid kits for them in the bag with first aid kits for my human child when we travel.  Speaking of travel..when we travel they always arrive in style.  I have a bag for every season and never pass up a new bag I think they might enjoy.

Now I know it sounds like I am a really over-protective camera mom but trust me I let them have fun too!  I take them to beach and we stand in the surf and we lay in the sand (I do move really quickly when a little person decides to throw sand at my baby and I have been known to sprout Inspector Gadget arms to protect them from rouge waves trying to take us down).  We play in the rain and splash in puddles together.  They get to stay up late at night and see the stars and fireworks.  They get to travel by plane, car, and boat to exciting new locations.  I let them try new things and play with new toys, they really enjoyed going to school for off-camera flash. We meet all kinds of new people together, they love meeting children! Kids aren’t scared to hold them, try them out, or experiment. I think my cameras have it pretty good!

Enjoy this wonderful holiday and be sure to get your camera out and capture something fun!  I am going to take my boy out this evening and let him pick what we photograph.

Here is a link about World Photography Day

Some inspiration for World Photography Day

This update was such a long time in the works and I want to thank all my clients/friends/family for pushing me to finish the website updates, so here is a little laugh for you.  Stay tuned tomorrow – it’s an important day!

No need to remind me how badly I needed to update the website.. some new babies did just that. Can you believe some of my wonderful families have added new babies since I last updated my site?  This new site is all inclusive and seems pretty easy to update so I am hoping I can stay on top of sharing new favorites, tips and other fun stuff.

I am going to start the DNS server switch (yes I do all this web stuff by myself too) tomorrow and I am little worried about how it all will go.  Fingers crossed that this will go off into web land and somehow, magically, become my new site.

Here is a little sneak peak of  the new website:

It is very similar in looks to the old site but is ipad, iphone, smart phone friendly and should load faster too! The blog is connected to the site as well which makes it much more streamlined. I hope you enjoy it! Feel free to share with friends and family I know you all love seeing your little ones on the site

This  image shows the drop down menus for the portfolio galleries. The Featured galleries contain newborns, baby, children, family portraits sessions. Wedding galleries are of course weddings.. and the birth gallery are so amazing! I have been so blessed to photograph some very special birth sessions and I love it! The “giving back” gallery has some special angel photos from NILMDTS and other families I have met while giving back. It also contains some editorial work from charity event coverage. I hope you enjoy viewing the different galleries.