While you were sleeping,
I sat by your bed.
I watched you
as you smiled through your dreams.
I traced your perfect shell ear,
Touched every curl
On your little head.
I tried to sleep
But the sound of your breathing
Drew me back to your room.
I couldn’t resist
The magic which tugged
At my heartstrings
And brought me to your side.
I settled on the floor
Once again.
Back against the wall,
Holding your tiny hand in mine.
While you were sleeping
I fell in love with you all over again.
I am now the proud mother of two fish-girls. My youngest has started growing gills.
Giovanna after mastering her first jump of the day!
Giovanna and her swim instructor.
The great-gilled one, Arianna.
How Arianna spent much of her lessons–throwing herself into the water backwards and bottoms down!
NO FEAR!
I had no idea that they would do so well. I am considering enrolling them in a Fall class so that they are both ready for our trip to the islands in November.
Having fun on the slide with Daddy.
Some people do not enjoy working with families. I do and it is always an extra special treat when you get a happy, relaxed (and good looking) family that shows up willing to do whatever it takes to make the photo. I really enjoyed this shoot. It was their first family photo taken in many years and I was honored to be a part of the process. Even a little fall into the water didn’t spoil the fun.
Wonderful, fantastic, invigorating, captivating, enchanting, spontaneous, delightful!
Congratulations Brian and Lauren. Many happy years full of special blessings!
I love my daughters. They are so different from each other, but both are just “little” big people in my eyes. Today I was sitting and talking to my oldest daughter (age 5). I learned that our musical duckie sings to “Singing in the drain ” and, before he rose from the dead, Jesus laid in a “tube” for three days. Who knew?!?!
**Swim lessons are going great!
We had a great day in the pool. The rain has finally left north Texas (yeah!) at least for a few days and our backyard is no longer a swamp. The sun was nice and bright and we all had a blast in the pool. Of course, I couldnt just sit and watch. I had to run inside and grab my camera. Swim lessons start tomorrow…
I am sitting here watching The Nativity Story. (yes, I am very behind on my movies, I know.) Mary delights when she first feels her baby move inside her belly. I remember how excited I was when my daughters moved inside me. I loved laying in bed at night and watching my stomach move. How excited I was when I was finally able to tell which bumps were the head and which bumps were my daughters “bee-hind”! I love photographing babies. Sometimes they look so serious, like they are deep in thought and minutes later they are cooing and laughing and chewing on their toes without a single care in the world.
Lauren was only five days old when I met her. She spent the morning drinking with her mama and sleeping in her basket.
