There is something about a newborn that makes me think about what life is all about.  Shutter clicking my way through this photo session allowed me to reflect on just how fast life passes us by.  Before little Lily’s parents know it,  she will be starting kindergarten…. high school….college…. you get the idea.  Life is such a short journey and I hope I always embrace what it lends me.  The only thing that stands between a person and what they want in life is the will to try it and the faith to believe that it can happen.  I hope I always do something a little scary, dream a little big, and laugh a little more than I did the day before.    Looking at these pictures of Lily reminds me how precious life is and to embrace my life with my soul.

It started with a simple phone call from Liza.  She mentioned that the super sweet people in “Google-land” invited her to call me.  I am so appreciative of my cyberspace colleagues.  I am appreciative because I was able to meet sweet Liza, her witty hubby, and their precious daughter.  The sweet little miss is only a few weeks old but is as alert as can be.  Her parents are awesome and decorated her room so girlie, chic, and of course pink.    After having a great breakfast, the sweet little miss was fast asleep for about 15 minutes and then, “Surprise, Mommy, I wanna see that lady with the big clicker thing (my camera).  She played my little games of peek-a-boo, baby talk, and a few little snuggles here and there, a few “fig leaf” pics that are way to cute, and then was ready for cuddling with momma…again.

Liza is a first time mommy and one of the best I have ever seen. Even when the sweet little miss had a bout of unhappiness, she still managed to giggle at the uncertainty and coo along with baby until the little miss was satisified that mommy was by her side.  I could only wish that I had been that calm with my little newborn some 7 years ago.  All mommies could learn a thing or two from Mrs. Liza.

I had so much fun visiting with you… Little Miss, Your Mommy, and Your Daddy.  You are one luck little thing who has some pretty awesome parents.

Congratulations on your little bundle of preciousness mommy and daddy….she is super sweet.

My camera is a time capsule.  As I became serious about launching my business, Veronica, believed in me, my ambitions, and my ability to capture timeless images of her precious angel, so much that she entrusted me with capturing the moments that we as mom’s know is quickly gone. Her precious angel is now 1 year old.  In what seems to be the blink of an eye, he has gone from a sleeping babe to a running toddler.    I have photographed him from when he weighed less than a bag of flour and could literally fit in a wooden bowl (I know I have images of that day).  I have had the opportunity to savor the moments that he looks into my lens and sometimes affords me a quick grin that is more than picture perfect.  He is adorable.  Everytime I see him I give him a snuggle and talk some baby talk to him…. but now my baby talk must cease and instead begin with cleaver conversations of  Elmo, Captain Feathersword, and Sponge Bob.  

Cheers to your sweet first year, little grown newborn.  Thank you for taking me on this journey with you, it was good for my soul.