Search this site:    

I was planning on posting my maternity session this week before I had my little one who was due the end of the week but the baby had its own plans.

I was very surprised to learn at my regular doctors appointment that I was in labor and didn’t know it. We were sent straight to the hospital the afternoon of March 3rd and

I delivered the morning of March 4th. Thank goodness for regular prenatal doctors visits as I was told I could have easily delivered  in the car. Yikes!

This time around my husband and I decided to wait and be surprised with the sex of the baby…..

I was FOR SURE it was another girl…

I was wrong!

My best friend Denise was in the delivery room with us and said when they told me it was a boy I just kept saying “Babe we have a boy, a boy, a boy!”

Still cant believe it, I was so sure. HA!

Since my little boy was 4 weeks early he spent 10 days in the NICU, hardest thing in the world to leave your baby at the hospital and go home. I have a new found respect

for NICU moms. My heart goes out to all the babies and families that are still there fighting to take their babies home healthy!

What an amazing staff at the Mercy NICU center, I must say that you guys rock and I thank you from the bottom of my heart!

I also got to have the amazing experience of having birth photography done. Felt funny to be the client and not the photographer but I am SO glad I did it.

Denise put in so many hours making sure that our story was captured. I cant thank her enough for that, we will cherish it forever!!!

Also a huge thanks to our family and friends for all the phone calls, texts, food and gifts!

And a huge HUGE thank you to my mom for taking care of our little girl while we spent time at the hospital with our baby! Thank You!

{smiles}

…..lindy…..

LOTS more photos to come!

 

Introducing….

Milo Joseph Pfaff

March 4th, 2011

7lbs 11oz

20 inches

Snoop around....

Hello again! Here are the rest of my sessions that I’ve been so late on posting!  I can’t just post them randomly here, as always I need to share memories from each session.  Its like I have to “get it out”, I have to talk about the friends I’ve made and the impressions they’ve made on me. I love my job in great part because of the people I meet!

You may or may not recognize this handsome man from previous posts… this is Finn at his one year session!  We didn’t do the traditional cake smash and it was just too cold to go outdoors, so we decided to showcase the handsome one year old at his favorite place in the whole wide world, at home with his mom and dad.  His eyes remain the same – those great big eyes full of wonder are something I won’t forget.  You can’t look at Finn and not notice how amazing his eyes are the moment you take him in.   I’m also taken away by his need for touch – to always touch mom or always touch dad or be so close that he can touch someone within seconds if needed.  I know that’s common in toddlers but its so amazing to witness.  The comfort Finn finds in his mama and daddy make me want to be a kid again and find that same comfort in the laps of my mom and dad.  Happy (verrryyyy belated) first birthday Finn!

This next family comes all the way from the East Coast!  They are relatives of another favorite client/family of mine (I love my peeps!)  Last year when Lindy and I photographed these folks the twins were only 5 months old.  It was great fun to see how much they had changed over the last year – they have (a bit more…) hair now and their personalities were a bit more obvious to us.  It seemed to us when it comes to the twins Moli wears the pants in that relationship, but Max doesn’t mind a bit, he’s happy to be following in his twin sister’s footsteps, she won’t lead him astray.  Big brother hadn’t changed much since last year… which I’m sure is a relief to mom and dad; who wants their kids to grow up!?! 

While Lindy and I waited for perfect quiet moments to photograph, to get that perfect family portrait to hang above the fireplace… they just didn’t come.  It was CRAZY!!!!   And I tell you what…. I loved it.  I loved it because it was REAL.  This is what a real family is about, its all of these moments that make up who we are.  We are quiet cuddly families when our babies are sick, we are silent but enthralled families when Blues Clues has found his third clue, we are crazy wild unorganized messy faced families when its time to walk out the door or get ready for bed.  All these moments make up the story of who we are, and they are all REAL.  My favorite image from this session was when mom was trying to read the 3 kiddos a book… now that’s a family.   

And this third family, you’ve seen them many times before. First there was Aidan – the wide eyed soft and cuddly 4 month old who was the very first baby I ever photographed.  This sweet baby boy grew into a forever sweet big brother with a smile that you can’t help but smile back.  His view of the world is perfect; he makes you want to get down on the floor and join him in his adventures and never leave them.   Through his imagination he reminds you of what it was like to be his age, he takes you back there and makes you want to stay.  Then comes baby brother Alexander, also with eyes like a deep pool that make you feel calm and peaceful.  Alexander has his big brother’s smile… it never stops.  You look at him and he smiles at you because he sees something maybe you have forgotten.  He keeps smiling…….. even if you are thinking about where you have to be next or what tomorrow might bring.  He brings you back to him, his world, his peace, his love.  When you are with Alexander you are with an old soul that reminds you of the circle of life and that today is just today, tomorrow brings hope.  How can a 9 month old do that you say?? I don’t know, he just does. 

I’ve got more recent pictures of these sweet brothers… check back for them soon.  If you aren’t convinced of the power of their smiles in this post you will be in the next one. 

~ Here’s to peace for you today… Denise Steim, White Linen Photography

Snoop around....

« Previous Page — Next Page »