beautiful Jennifer DeSimone…   i just dont feel like words can really express this photo.  it just… Is.

look at this sweet little outtake! her beautiful little yawn! i adore this one

i love this amazing transition. wow... what an incredible miracle.

the last shot of the session, and it's my favorite

Baby Collins joined us last week, in the middle of the night she began her journey to join us all.  I feel so priviledged that i was there to witness and capture it (and a select few pictures are coming soon!- it was truly an incredible experience).   the day before christmas eve i re-visited them to get some new born pictures of collins- and she was such a good baby.  and, her bowels are working famously…  at least one good poo and a couple of pees are par for the course for a new born session.  it’s going to happen when you have a naked baby for more than a few minutes   but Collins did one AMAZING projectile poo and squirted me from at least 3 feet away.   check out my jeans…

baby poo! it's a job hazard

Now, i did forwarn them i’d have to post this picture because it was really just too good to not share and also, because i know Dani and Chris are so wonderfully down to earth they wouldnt mind.  and most of all… it was just so hysterical!  jeans=washable.  this picture? priceless.  please know i am so used to bodily fluids this did not phase me a bit. i was more concerned of getting a picture of it than cleaning it up   TOO funny! i am already in love with that little peanut!

Dani first contacted me through the birth center Labor of Love where i delivered Pierson.  she is planning a home birth with the midwives there, and i always love it when i can photograph other labor of love mamas!  i fell in love instantly with her (and later her family, who is BEYOND ADORABLE) because not only is she a former swing dancer (fellow dancer! always love that!) but she is also a vet. and not just a vet, but the best, most wonderful kind of vet you can imagine.  she does hospice care for dying pets, and in-home euthanasia.  she is really the only provider of in-home euthanasia for animals anywhere in this area, and i can’t believe there aren’t more people who do it.  check out her website Lap of Love verterinary hospice and in-home euthanasia. Warning: if you read her bio, you will cry. i can’t even imagine having to take my dogs in to the vet, and have them be stressed out and anxious those last few moments of their life.  We’ve been fortunate enough to always have in-home euthanasia, because, well, when i was growing up we lived in the country, and that’s what country vets did- they came to your house.   anyway, i dont know how she does it. i am in a profession where people are always happy, and she is in a profession where people are always grieving, and she can only try to help make that grieving process a little bit easier.  i will tell you this much, if i had to put my dog down, she would be the person i would call.  ok, enough about that, though, i’m starting to tear up.  on to what we’re really here for… her NEW BABY!  little Baron is going to be a big brother soon (just a few more weeks now!) to a new baby sister, and he’s going to be fabulous.  just check him out pushing his mommy on the swing!  he’s all about it! he was all “no, i dont want to swing… MOMMY SWING!”  and he got such a kick out of pushing her.  and did i mention Dani is having a home  birth?  did i mention i get to photograph it?  I AM!  i’m absolutely thrilled, i can not imagine a more incredible experience than a home birth.

so stay posted, because you’re going to be able to follow this family for an entire year.  i’m also photographing her baby girl all through the first year of life.

Also, i am in love with Baron… he gave me a big grape Popsicle kiss when i left.  it was so tasty! i can’t believe he’s only 4 days younger than my baby, Tavish!