Avery Has a New Baby Brother

A couple of years ago I photographed this beautiful family with their first baby Avery. I pretty much took the first half of this year off from photographing - but I couldn't resist returning to see what Avery's new brother Luke looked like and of course I was excited to see how Avery had grown. :) It was a pleasure once again. Here are some of my favorites.

Avery was much more interested in the ladder that I was using to take the above shot than joining the family...

Baby Adam

There seems to have been a baby boom in Tucson lately and lots of babies have been headed my way to have their photo taken. To do portait sessions back to back in my home makes creativity a challenge. It's hard not to make them all look the same. I don't have props... I use just what I have lying around. For this session the piano got incorporated and Daddy's hat that mommy forced him to bring. I think it MADE these photos!!! There is a ton of musical genes in this family... so I'm guessing one day Adam will probably play the piano (or maybe Cello like his Dad). Anyway... beautiful family and beautiful baby. Very nice to meet you guys and spend some time with your little one! :)





Thank you for letting me share these Daniel... the next couple of photos are some of my favorite I've ever taken. I just love how Adam lights up when he looks at you!!! :)






Some props brought by mom...

Baby Ella

Ella has her mother's beauty.... lucky girl. She also has a beautiful spirit and was just about as calm and relaxed as a newborn can get. Made my job very easy. Waking her up was a bit of a challenge but I'd rather have it that way around. I hope she wasn't awake the whole way home to Tucson after that big nap she took for the camera! :) Congrats guys... she gorgeous (I guess that was going to be a given) Here are my favorites.

Lily

All babies are miracles. If you've ever witnessed a birth or been close to someone who has carried a child - you know that it is nothing short of mystifying. The develop of a human being is a series of MILLIONS of amazing processes happening in nine short months - all culminating into one fascinating piece of work that will become a person. Funnily enough - I never consider the miracle of it all going right as much as when something goes wrong. When Stephanie was pregnant with Lily she found out that her baby had gastroschitus, a condition where the bowels form outside of the body. For months we prayed for her and Lily. Prayed that Lily would experience the "best case scenario" - a normal full term birth and be healthy enough for an operation to fix her problem. It was nail biting experience even for those of us who didn't know them very well (Stephanie is my sister-in-law's cousin). There was a large "range" of possible outcomes. Praise the Lord though - Lily was born healthy and normal and was able to have the necessary surgery and recover to be a completely normal, perfectly functioning child. So while every baby is a miracle... Lily is an extra special miracle and I was happy to take some photos of her six-month birthday. Here are some of my favorites.