First off, BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! This will be my last post on this blog. I am switching companies and moving all of my content (portfolio & blog) to one space next week. The kinks and minor details haven't quite been worked out yet, so it'll definitely be a work in progress, but I am excited about the transition to a more simple and clean format. I look forward to sharing my new site with y'all soon! Now... Benjamin! Last month I got to photograph this handsome little dude just shy of five weeks! Benjamin came into the world fast and furiously (and ~seven weeks early to the surprise of his parents!). Even though it wasn't a true newborn session -- within the 6-10 days after birth -- he was still picture-perfect. And I LOVED the details in his nursery! Enjoy this sweet, sweet baby boy.
There she is -- all seven pounds, 13 ounces of her. On her first day of life. Let's be completely transparent for a minute: this post will pretty much be ENTIRELY about the life of our sweet daughter, Brooklyn, who was born last May. In my opinion, pregnancy, birth & raising a child is the most rewarding and most difficult/time-consuming thing there is. All mamas probably would agree. So the hubs and I didn't "do" as much as we normally would in any other given year, but we "did" something pretty important. ; ) Life with Brooklyn has been a beautifully chaotic, imperfect journey. Before she was born, I received so much thoughtful advice from all the moms in my life (and I'm so thankful for it and them), but no one can ever really prepare you for motherhood. It is messy at times and leaves you in awe most of the time. There is no instruction manual and you're really just forced to embrace it all at once. And it's a lot easier if you do so with humility and grace (hindsight is a beautiful thing, am I right?). I read a quote this morning by Kristin Armstrong about transitions. Modifying it a little bit, I think it portrays the transition into motherhood pretty perfectly: "Times of transitions are strenuous, but I love them. They are an opportunity … to rethink priorities and be intentional ... We can make our new normal any way we want." I'm so happy and thankful that our darling girl makes our new normal. Now, before I launch into the multitude of photos of our firecracker that I've yet to share, I do want to point out some of our other pre-Brooklyn highlights of 2014...
Mimi and Pappy's house!
Kiernan was a little pooped out by this point. This series is so funny...
