I met Sarah through the playgroup at the local YMCA & MOPS! She is a fellow geek & an amazing momma!

She asked me to come photograph her family after the arrival of their fourth child!

AN HOUR IN THE LIFE of their new family of SIX! YES YES!!

I ADORE THOSE SHOTS!!

BIG brother & littlest brother!

What life REALLY looks like as a momma of four kiddos! MULTI-TASKING CHAMPION!!

A VERY special delivery!!

Those brand new moments of life – when they fit in the crook of your arm like a missing puzzle piece!

This little life enters your world and you already forget what it was like before they were there – they must have ALWAYS been there.

Make sure to get a picture of THIS – fitting in the crook of your arm – because it doesn’t last for very long. They grow so very fast!!

That last shot – PERFECTION!!

ALL SNUGGLED UP in momma’s arms – the only place a newborn really wants to be!

I’ll show you the rest of their session tomorrow!!

AN HOUR IN THE LIFE of your family – it’s my FAVORITE way to photograph!

THAT SMILE!! THOSE CLOSED EYES!! MY FAVORITE SHOT!!

BE STILL MY HEART!! I LOVE THOSE SHOTS!!

It’s absolutely AMAZING that God created a woman’s body to CARRY & NOURISH her child. That’s a living & breathing LIFE inside that womb! MIRACULOUS!

 

Isn’t he ADORABLE! Aren’t they BEAUTIFUL! Angie – I cannot WAIT to meet your new addition next time we meet!

THANK YOU so much for asking me to photography this miraculous time in your lives!

I met Angie through her sister Amanda. I met Amanda because of her friend Arica. And I’m not sure how Arica found out about me – but I think it might have been through Stephanie!

When you tell your friends and family about me. When your friends and family see the pictures of YOUR family. THE BEST REFERRAL SOURCE OUT THERE!

Angie & her little family are waiting to add one more!

He really wasn’t sure of me – but to be fair – it was 9 in the morning on a Saturday!

I LOVE THOSE SHOTS!!

I won him over – in record time!!

I’ll post the rest of their session tomorrow!

I love being part of the family with you WONDERFUL people!

Lauren & Dan asked me to photograph their pregnancy with their oldest YEARS ago – and I’ve been back for ALL the babies after that!

SISTERS – the middle two!

The oldest and the youngest – BROTHERS!!

EVERYONE wanted to hold the baby!

LOVE LOVE LOVE those shots!

That sweet girl – she is NOT the baby anymore!

LOOK AT THAT SWEET BOY – he only has eyes for his momma!

Those sweet babies – VERY RARELY do I get sleepy babies!!

Lauren & Dan – THANK YOU for asking me to capture ALL the moments over the years!!

Missy & Cody have been getting family pictures EVERY year for the last several years! It’s one of the things that started our friendship!

I couldn’t wait to do their pictures time time! WITH A BABY ON BOARD!!

I was trying to tell him that his sister would be named Danielle – he was NOT having it!

Nearly every time I see him – he says – BECKY! I LOVE YOU!

Remember my name is NOT Becky! HA! DANIELLE!

MY FAVORITE SHOT!! That sweet baby girl – being born into such BEAUTIFUL GRACE!!

She’s only halfway done cooking – so we’ll do BIG BABY BELLY maternity photos later this fall!

MISSY – do you work out?!

SWOON!! I LOVE THOSE SHOTS!!

I think Missy is a vampire and doesn’t really age! NO WAY she has an 18 year old!

STAY TUNED for the rest!!

AREN’T THEY ADORABLE!!

EVERYONE wants to hold the baby!

I can’t believe this peanut is ONE already!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH for asking me into your lives year after year! It’s such an honor to hold your memories in my hands!

Have I mentioned that I LOVE coming back to families year after year?

BECAUSE I DO!

And I LOVE when the kids are already warmed up to me!

The baby and the oldest – the bookends.

SO SWEET!

AREN’T THEY A GORGEOUS FAMILY!!

DAD & HIS GIRLS!!

Those boys – they have to stick together!!

I LOVE THOSE SHOTS! BLURRY & ALL – focus isn’t everything!!

Stay tuned for the rest of their session! I’m working on taking LESS pictures and having a few less favorites to show you – but it’s not working out too well!

My sister was here for the last week in July – the boys ADORE their cousin Jack! They like Aunt Sammy too!

Enoch & Jack are 13 months apart but that Jack guy is a tall one!!

Fitzy and Pa were talking about school and Gettysburg and books – and it was ADORABLE!

This is my cousin’s little girl – and this was the FIRST time I met her!

That’s my mom in the back – she’s gotten close with my cousin Heather recently and that little girl LOVES her!

Enoch guy and Pa! Two peas in a pod!

A grandmother has ONE job – FEED all the kids ALL the sweets!

I just noticed Jack’s tooth! It’s longe than the others – and it makes me laugh every time he laughs! I LOVE IT!

Hey Fitzy – you can’t fit in that tub!

CRAZY CRAZY BOYS!!

I say WE because I feel like it’s “my” baby a little bit too! Actually – I know a few others that might say WE too!

I’m sure you’ve read about my best friend Missy! I met her because of this little page RIGHT HERE! She saw a blog I posted from someone on FACEBOOK and realized we both had great dane puppies!

We got together for a few puppy dates and grew closer through our shared struggle – infertility.

I took their family photos and we talked about how hard it was to be happy for other people that were expecting. Other people that got to hold their babies.

How SO VERY HARD it was to hope.

She would read my blog and call me and SOB! WHY DO I ALWAYS SOB WHEN I READ THIS!

That’s how we became friends. Because I was open and honest and raw and vulnerable.

Missy & Cody needed to use the amazing technical miracle of IVF to conceive. The day after Fitzy was born – Missy stopped in to see me on her way back from the fertility clinic. They were pregnant!

They had several embryos fertilized in the early months of 2011 – and while more than one was implanted – only Aiden stayed. I was ending my miracle pregnancy and she was starting hers!

About 4 years ago they had more embryos implanted – but those babies didn’t stay here on this earth.

Missy & Cody have BEEN THROUGH IT. Not just with infertility and multiple losses but the “normal” stuff life throws at you and even some of the “not-so-normal” stuff.

Missy prayed. I prayed. We prayed. So many people prayed. For their family – for their marriage – for their journey.

Did you know that Jesus is RIGHT THERE? WITH YOU RIGHT NOW? You only have to reach out your hand and your heart and say – YES! PLEASE! HELP ME!

Cody discovered that truth recently – and it TRANSFORMED HIS ENTIRE LIFE!!

I have very rarely been able to WATCH someone be completely transformed because of asking Jesus into their life – AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!

Grace. Upon grace. UPON SO MUCH GRACE.

Missy & Cody had their last set of embryos in storage and they prayed. Was the time was right – do you stop freezing them? While they are only TINY TEENY little embryos – they are indeed very alive.

So – no. They didn’t stop. They had three implanted earlier this spring.

Missy traveled to Syracuse several times over the course of a few months – and she asked me to come along on one of those trips!

SEVEN WEEKS PREGNANT – and you CAN SEE A HEARTBEAT! YOU CAN HEAR A HEARTBEAT!!

Grabbing a snack via IV! IVF is no walk in the park! Shots. Hormones. SO MANY SHOTS!! Hopes. Disappointment. More shots. Hormones. Exhaustion. Tears. Miles.

Three little babies were implanted and ONE stayed.

This time – Missy has been SO VERY SICK!

And she went and got herself a full-time job and we don’t get to spend nearly as much time together as we used to – but being involved in the details of this baby – MEANS SO MUCH TO ME!

SO VERY VERY SICK – ending up in the ER for fluids. A little bit of a scare in losing this baby. It’s been a dramatic few months!

YESTERDAY “we” found out whether this AMAZING little soul was a boy or a girl!

I went with them to the ultrasound yesterday morning to take some photos!

It’s hard to make out – but that is a profile! 20 weeks old – not even a pound yet. And you can see the 4 chambers of the heart. You can see the arms. The fingers. The legs. The eyes. The little mouth yawning. ALL THE THINGS!

Aiden got his very own picture of his new baby! AND had to keep a secret – ALL DAY!!

LOOK AT THAT FACE! THAT SMILE!

THEY KNOW!! WE KNOW!!

CAN YOU TELL? DO YOU KNOW?

We stopped for brunch on the way home and Aiden helped me in a cute little picture of what his new baby will be!

BUT – the four of us were sworn to secrecy until last night – WHEN EVERYONE WOULD FIND OUT!

SHHHHH!! AIDEN – you can’t tell anyone!! YOU ARE ALMOST DONE KEEPING YOUR SECRET!

IT’S A GIRL!!!

They MIGHT be a little excited!

Missy’s mom might be a little excited!

We ALL might be a little excited!

And we all know that this sweet little girl NEEDS a girl-friend in this group of boys!

SUCH A CELEBRATION OF LIFE & LOVE & SO MUCH GRACE!!

Find your tribe. Keep them close.

Jared snapped that one of Jose – SURPRISED MUCH!?

MISSY – I LOVE YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH! Thank you for asking me to come along on this journey with you! EVERY STEP OF THE WAY!

GRACE UPON GRACE. SO MUCH GRACE UPON GRACE!

Have I mentioned that I love taking your wedding photos? And then when you’re carrying a precious baby? And THEN when that baby is born?

I LOVE photographing all those moments for you!

I photographed Cassie & Erik’s wedding LAST June and their maternity session THIS June – and now – their sweet little boy!

I LOVE this perspective!

THAT SQUISHY FACE!! THE BEST!!

I’ve discovered that most newborns are happiest in the arms of their momma

Hello wedding rings – we meet again!

You see how relaxed he is? MILK COMA!!

MY FAVORITE!!

Cassie & Erik – thank you for asking me into your lives for the BIG moments!