I hope everyone has had a wonderful memorial day weekend. The weather in Pensacola was delightful amidst a few showers, which helped in keeping the temperatures down. The kids are out of school, and summer is just starting.
For McKenzie and Gary this will be a memorable summer, with the arrival of their first born, little Miss Grey (I love the name). You know, I’m a big advocate of photographing newborns early on, but really I think, all stages of our lives should be documented. When a women has her body so radically transformed by pregnancy, that’s one of those very special “stages” worth safekeeping with the magic of photography. We may not all gain just the few recommended lbs by our practitioner, but nonetheless, the transformation is spectacular, a rare moment in life, a new life growing inside, a miracle of nature, that will only last a few months…
Thank you for allowing me to celebrate the joy of your new life with images.

These 2 are so in love, one little kiss was all it took to have them relax in front of the camera.

Look at these adorable little sandals Mc Kenzie found for Grey, she’ll be so stylish!

Wednesday probably, I should have Anna Grace on my blog. She was my youngest newborn up to date, only 60 hours into our world. Seriously, just a few days at that tender age makes a world of a difference for me. They sleep a lot and much more soundly in their first 4-5 days of life. Everyday, they develop and become more alert. When you think of it, at 6 days they’re already twice as old as at 3 days. I was so excited to have Anna Grace so early in my studio, that Jenni suggested I request my future clients to just stop on their way home from leaving the hospital.. We’re setting a new trend here.
In the mean time, I’m sharing a few images taken for Charleston’s first birthday, and of Jenni’s belly.

Charleston, in a little Buddha pose,

In great conversation with her grand’ma Soozi,

She loved me, and was very excited when the session was over, because she could blow me many kisses good bye…

A very happy couple expecting their first baby on April 1st. Their pregnancy came as a surprise. Bridget’s Dr. didn’t think she could conceive, but yet a little miracle is about to happen. Along with the discovery of this very special arrival, more exciting news came in, Colby was accepted in medical school! I see a bright future for this young couple, a very happy couple indeed. I can’t wait to meet and photograph little Emerson, and wish you the best of luck in your carriers.

I LOVE this family! They are very very dear to me. Henry and Jenni’s uncle, Leo have been friends forever, they share many extraordinary fishing tales together. Really, all of Jenni’s big family has been close to Henry and all have always been so sweet to me. Besides, I’ve photographed Walton when he was just a few days old. He was my first baby model, and one of his pictures remains my all time favorite. I have used that image many times through out town as advertisement for my baby photography. Jenni and Richard are a wonderful couple, beautiful parents, amazing people, I’m so excited to watch their family grow. They are expecting this spring a little girl, Charlie, whom I can’t wait to meet and photograph.

We found a construction truck, and Walton couldn’t resist taking the controls, he’s just beaming!

A little belly,

Here is Walton at 8 days, I remember trying to show Jenni how to pose him, saying just fold him in half. She wasn’t so sure at first, and thought it looked mighty uncomfortable, but she succeeded beautifully.

Back to blogging, I’m catching up this weekend, still more pictures to post. Today, Lacy’s pictures, first baby, in fact she’s due tomorrow, I’m so excited for them. Delivering a baby into the world is such a VERY important day in our lives, so much emotion, happiness. This little one (boy or girl? it will be a surprise), is going to be blessed with beautiful loving parents, I had such a nice time during our session, it was great meeting you, and I’m looking forward to photographing your precious baby.

I felt so at home in their house, it has a french feel to it…  Lacy is a very talented interior decorator, they just recently moved back into town, but I hope she will put her skills to practice here…

One of my favorites,

Soon I’ll have a very sweet little girl to photograph… Heather is due by mid April, and she just has the pregnancy glow. I couldn’t wait to post a few pictures from her session

Cute belly picture,

These are pictures of my cousin Laura, pregnant with her fourth boy!!!
And soon, I’ll post pictures of her new born, Andrew. He looks just like his 3 brothers, as Laura put it when she first saw him, she delivered the same baby 4 times.
Since the age of 7, my parents sent me every other year to the US during summer break to my uncle and aunt’s to learn english. I owe it mostly to Laura to be now bilingual, we share many childhood memories and are as close as sisters. I am for ever grateful to her father, oncle Michel, to have played match maker successfully some years ago, and to now have my precious family. Here’s a portion of hers:

She’s beautiful, always

This is her oldest, Christian, he didn’t want me to take his picture, and only agreed for a 2sec hug.  I love what we got out of our limited time!

This is sweet BJ, until Andrew came along, he was enjoying his position as youngest of the family, but he’s thrilled with the arrival of the baby.

And last is Patty, they are all super smart, good looking and nice…

BJ, he’s just so gentle.

Isn’t this the most handsome couple?
I can’t wait to see their little girl, just a few more days… Those are the longest though.
This was a tricky photo session, because I was counting only on daylight and the sun wasn’t very cooperative that day, but the pictures turned out great, regardless.
I hope that soon I will be able to post images of their baby.