Rowan
Announcing beautiful Rowan! She was the sweetest, which is really no surprise based on her parents. As with many of my photography clients, I have a connection to them. Kim was our post-delivery nurse for our birth of Holden. She made us feel so welcome, cared for, and both Josh and I felt connected to her immediately. She went to UNH and knew one of my supervisors and a former hall director. We stayed in touch, and when she was pregnant with Rowan, she asked if I would be willing to photograph her as a newborn. We both agreed it was a lovely full-circle experience for both of us.
As I held little Rowan for the first half hour of our session/visit, I realized she was the first newborn I've held since knowing I was pregnant. She snuggled nicely with my little girl and made me even more excited for a new little bundle. Even though Rowan wasn't interested in sleeping (she snoozed for about 2 minutes...evidenced below!), but she was a dream. Sweetest of all sweets...I'd take her home, but I know her parents are beyond smitten with her. :)
A walk in the park
It's been a long time since I've been blogging, and I've missed it. I love blogging! A lot has happened this winter. I still feel a bit overwhelmed with the notion of being a mom to two babies, but I'm also very excited. We found out last week that we're having a girl! When I first found out I was pregnant, I felt like it was a girl, but I didn't want to get my hopes up too high. I thought to myself, "It's just because you've been around so many beautiful baby girls this year..." I also thought I was just going to have boys for some reason, so I feel very lucky and excited for something new, something different, and probably lots of cute girl clothes.
The other day, I was emailing with my very good friend Angela. She has a boy and a girl, who are spaced just about the same as Holden and his future sister. I had a realization that I have been just trying to stop and appreciate everything about Holden that makes him a boy lately. He has boundless energy and can be such a love. I've never had a girl, but I'm sure some things will be the same and some will be different. I know that based on Holden's sweet personality (like his dad's), he'll be a really good big brother, even if it takes him a little adjusting.
This past week, we went to our park across the street. It has been a long winter of looking longingly across the street to the swings...We had the sweetest summer last year with playdates and meeting new families at the park. I can feel this summer will be even better with knowing so many more families, and even a few live pretty close to the park!
Holden and I went down to the stream to look for ducks and who came along but a sweet doggie and his family. The nice family was headed on an adventure of hiking on the trail, so of course we couldn't just go back to the park....We must follow that dog! The last picture is of Holden screaming, "Doggie! Doggie!" He is completely enamored with dogs, and he seems to like labs the best. The bigger the better for this guy. He's never phased by a large dog and always wants to pet them. He told me today that he wanted to ride Barney (our neighbor's dog...). I wonder how long I can be a dog free home...
I'm off to wake Holden up soon. Thankfully he has napped today, despite his naps being all off from daylight savings time. It's a beautiful day here, and we will be abandoning all housework and heading to the park!
Ashley
I'm getting more back into the swing of work. Even though this snow will not melt fast enough for me...I'm starting to be busy again with a few quick sessions here and there plus a lovely meeting with a potential wedding couple yesterday.
Ashley contacted me a few weeks ago asking if I did head shots. I do! She's graduating soon and needed these for an upcoming audition. I think we have plenty of good ones! This girl couldn't take a bad picture if she tried...
It was so nice to meet her and be back on a college campus, especially one that is similar to my UNH and UMaine. I was instantly homesick for the college experience and my old students. I couldn't leave this lovely, sunlit building without an overpriced latte! It was delicious, and the barista didn't hold back with the chocolate syrup.
My hope and goal for this next year is to book more high school (or heck college seniors). I miss this age group a lot. I love talking about futures, majors, etc. I did go to school for that... ;)
Thank you Ashley for reaching out! Best of luck to you.
Henry and Nora
It's been a while since I've been blogging, but here is a sweet session from before the holidays. We were keeping these photos under wraps to release after grandparents got their holiday gifts!
Meet Henry and his sweetest little sister Nora. This family is another one of our good friends in the area. We feel so blessed to have so many great friends in this town, especially because everyone has kiddos! We had a really fun session back in November. I can't believe it's been so long ago! Henry chatted me up more than ever, and Nora could not have been more easy-going. (Well maybe she had a few cries here and there, but nothing mom and dad couldn't solve.).
Thank you Adria and Ian for inviting me into your home. I just loved this entire session, so difficult to pick favorites, but these ones are too sweet for words.
I'm TWO!
Here is my baby! I know it's been forever since I've blogged, but I'm finally feeling energized again. In case you haven't heard via facebook, Holden is going to be a big brother this summer. I have entered the 2nd trimester with open arms! I'm still very tired come Holden's bedtime, but the total-all-day-fatigue and the sickness is fading a bit. Feeling like a new woman, and I even did this photoshop project over naptime.
So here is our boy! I hope I think to do this on every birthday (and for his sibling too!). Since he's not quite old enough to be interviewed about his favorite things yet, I thought about a typical day and these are usually the phrases that come out of this guy in the past month. He has many, many good friends who get mentioned regularly, but Mya is usually his response for just about anything. I used to think it was a phase...
We hope you all have a wonderful "Snowy Day" (another favorite book!).