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This little guy was so into the world around him.  Not wanting to miss a thing, he laid awake even with all my usual tricks to getting a baby to sleep through my posing.  You see, getting a baby to sleep isn’t as easy as you may think.  I come to the house armed not only with props and blankets but also bring my handy rice bag, and an additional space heater.  Often I’ll plug in some sounds of the womb just to seal the deal.  Usually the heat, and a good feed is more than enough to get a newborn to sleep – especially if they are in the first week.  D was one week old and even though I didn’t get my normal posed sleeping pics he was content to let me snap away while he chilled.  I LOVE his smirk in the last shot.  He has two older brothers and I can just tell he’s going to give as good as he gets!

Those of you who know me in person know that I love babies.  I didn’t know I loved babies before I had my own.  But the love I had/have for my own kids kind of just spilled over so that hearing the sweet cry of one only a few days old just makes my heart do a jump even if they are no relation to me.  This little girl here almost feels like family though.  Little E’s mom shared a half duplex with us for a few years and I’m so happy for her and this new stage of life.  A few weeks ago we met up to take some maternity pics.  Now finally her sweet baby girl is here and we met up once more for her photoshoot.  She slept so peacefully for a couple hours while I posed her, and then opened her eyes so wide so we could see her baby blues.  So rare to have such great eye contact at 6 days!  Here were a couple of my favorites…isn’t she GORGEOUS?

This morning you could feel the bite in the air.  As we drove through miles of fog it felt more like crisp bright autumn morning than the August morning it was.  I wondered how photos in the fog would work out – I hadn’t been faced with that dilemma before – but as we approached the park we were meeting at the sun came out and started to do it’s magic – though we still had a bit of mist in the valleys.  We met up at Woodbridge Park – I had never been!  What a gorgeous place!

L had her photo debut when she was only 3 days old!  8 Months later we got back together for another Milestones session as well as to grab some family photos.  We hung out for awhile before the session while we let L continue a nap.  Her big brother and I discussed a subject near and dear to his heart…hockey.  He definitely had more to say on the subject than I!  What a good Canadian he is!   Then L woke up from her nap and immediately greeted me with a huge grin.  I knew were were going to have fun.  Gorgeous family and such fun kids – here is a sneak peek from the session!

Not really – what a gorgeous day today was!  I’m thankful that cold and snow seem far away right now.  But this afternoon found me organizing my Christmas Cards for 2009!  I’m so excited about the collection I have this year I’m going to add to my Celebrate Life Digital Mini package – and INCLUDE a full set of 25 cards!  Here are just a handful of the cards there are to choose from.

My son Hunter’s eyes were huge.  I could just barely make them out in the dark room.  Adelle buried her head in my shoulder.  Perhaps she was a bit young, but I thought she would enjoy the colors and lights.  We were watching a magical story unfold before us.  In December this last year I took my kids to go see the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.  A fantastic musical put on by Sherwood Park Alliance Church.  The reason for my childrens’ reactions had just walked on the stage.  She was beautiful, but had a cold and commanding presence – and a shriek that could send anyone cowering for cover (hence my daughter’s hiding).  Stephanie Miller delivered an amazing performance as the White Witch and I’m excited to see her do more!

I wish I had a close up of how incredible she looked – but I only snapped a couple shots.

A couple months ago she came to me looking for some head shots for her portfolio.  It was incredibly windy – not quite the day we had envisioned – but I got some fabulous shots of her.  Easy to do since she’s a gorgeous girl!

Good luck to you Steph!  I know we’re going to be saying “I knew her when…” someday!