Miss Bella Rose graced the world with her presence on March 1, 2013. All 7lbs of her.
When I met Bella for the first time my first thought was "Oh my goodness, she's tiiiiinnny!!" Considering the newborn I have recently been around was my 9+lb daughter, there's no wonder I thought she was itty-bitty.
We were able to capture a few images of Miss Bella during the 4 hour long session. But she was wide awake and had a different agenda than we did. She was busy checking everything out and we just wanted a few sleepy pictures. She also would have much rather stretch her arms and legs out than be tucked into a swaddle of any kind. She surely gave me a run for my money! The second time I arrived to finish up Little Miss' session, she was ready for us. She slept like a dream, which was surprising considering she was over a week older than she was when we first met each other. ;)
Welcome to the world, Bella! I feel totally honored that I was the one to capture your first days. You're absolutely gorgeous dawling!
When Cami got in touch with me a couple weeks ago to tell me that her birthday was coming up and she wanted some portraits done for herself, I knew we needed to start planning her session right away! Cami has become a friend of mine and I had the honor of having coffee with her right after our session. The planning was in the works and knowing we had a short amount of time to work with (her birthday was coming up, after all) we decided that a sunrise session on the water at Solomons Island would be more than perfect. And after freezing our butts off at 6am in what felt like 20 degree weather, that coffee we grabbed was much needed! Hahaha.
Happy birthday to a woman who is beautiful inside and out!
I had such a great time taking your portraits, Cami! Thank you so much for spending your morning with me.
Happy first birthday, sweet girl!! You've brought an unbelievable amount of love and joy to our family this year. You are THE most important person in your brother's life and I love watching him take such good care of you. And your little personality is beautiful and raises the spirits of anyone near you. You're a little sassy too, like your mama. And you know I love that!!
So, there's this project called 10 on 10 that I've been seeing a lot of really talented photographers participating in and I thought I'd jump in on the fun. I know today is the 12th and that 'technically' makes me two days late on this project, but that's ok! But if there's a reason to capture more images of my family in addition to linking my images to other super talented photographers, then I'm doing it. :)
morning toes
the endless chore
waiting on the bus
lived in
fresh air
caffeine boost
dry those tears
giveaway!!
imagination
musical books
To complete the circle, click to view Susan Gray Photography's interpretation on the 10 on 10 project, now showing on her Facebook Fan Page. :)
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