my saturday happy

niko warming up to the camera.

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You make me happy when skies are gray.

You'll never know just how much I love you.

Please don't take my Buggy away.

miracles come in small packages

Making the decision to have a child -- it's momentous.
It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.

Elizabeth Stone
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Considering all the events that must precisely occur to result in a successful delivery, it's no wonder childbirth is hailed a miracle.  It is every bit that and more.  Christina, thank you for inviting me to witness and record your delivery.  Your miracle is textbook adorable.  xox

If you're an expectant mother, consider having your delivery photographed.
You won't regret being able to see over and over your first meeting with your sweet little miracle.

anticipation : no. 4

Life is always a rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.

E.B. White, Charlotte's Web

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four. it numbers the seasons, the gospels, the elements.  and soon, four will number the children in the j family household.

thank you, christina, for letting me document this very special pregnancy.  you make incubating (and shopping, and laundry) look so sexy and easy.  i can't wait to meet your little guy next month.  xox

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brand new : keitana

A new baby is like the beginning of all things—wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. Eda J. Le Shan

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margarita, your granddaughter is every bit as beautiful as her mother, whose beauty obviously was inherited from you.  in due time, keitana will boast about her spirited, handsome grandma rita who gave her the world on a silver platter. thanks again for trusting me with her images.  xox

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brand new : regina

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.  Carl Sandburg                                     

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it's my favorite kind of session.  the one when neither parent nor i are fixated on a look, a style, or pose.  with each unfettered movement, our shoot unfolds organically. regina reminds me so much of my daughter when my girl was brand new--from her fuzzy shoulders to her gentle head of hair to her curious deep brown eyes.  dearest baby gina:  you are a child of God, and He has sent you here.

thank you, tai and ray, for sharing regina with me. it had been some time since i made pictures of anyone, and your sweet girl was the very inspiration i needed to get moving again. she is absolute perfection wrapped in a warm blanket. xox

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