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How time passes...
Before I even realized it, a year has almost past and I find myself looking towards the final stretch of our time here in Europe. Much has happened since I arrived, the best of which have been the friends I have made along the way and the memories I have helped create.
That has to be the largest thing I miss about my business as a whole, the memories that are made again and again after I first meet a couple. It starts with an engagement shoot, that turns into a wedding celebration, that develops into a maternity portrait, that begins a new life session. Its full circle, and its an amazing thing to be a part of!
When I first arrived in Germany I met a woman who has become a role model to me. She is a friend, a mentor, a mother, a wife. When we met, she was 5 months pregnant with her new son and begging me for maternity portraits. Just hours after the end of this session her water broke, and baby Anton arrived! It was a very exciting day that I still remember so vividly. Weeks later came Antons first photo shoot... and he was a trouper! With his huge, beautiful eyes. Thick head of hair and a fabulous attitude for such a little man.
Just weeks ago Kelly and 'Landos time here in Germany came to an end. And, although they are back in the states, I think about this amazing family everyday~ They touched me, and I will be forever amazed by the story that I tell again and again of how we became friends.
I miss you all so very much. And even though we spoke and saw one another so sporadically, I miss knowing that you were right there if I had a question or concern or just needed a friend.
I cant wait to come back to Texas and Im thrilled to know you are in SA!!! By the time I return I suspect I will be capturing another baby bump? :)
Before they left we all took one last stroll through the park out by the base and captured a few more memories. I cant believe how big little Anton is already. Tell him to slow down just a little, I want more memories to keep~
I miss you dear friends~
I can always say that any day I am busy taking pictures it is a good day. Today was one of those very good days!
9am on the nose, I was out the door and onto a small village just west of me where my friends Kelly and Orlando live. It was exciting, I was going to meet their new son Anton... who I have known from inside the belly from my first meeting with Kelly a few months back. You remember, the wonderful woman who yelled "Is that my photographer?" from across the hospital halls. From her amazing maternity shoot just 2 weeks ago. From the fact that her water broke just hours after we finished... Yes, I have some stories from this bunch already!
Its only been 2 short weeks, but the perfect time to meet this new little one and capture his first images. As I entered their home, the first thing I noticed was how amazing Kelly looked. I mean she was bright eyed, excited, and all ready to go... surely not what one would expect with a newborn in the house, with feedings and changings and sleepless nights. Not this woman... she simply looked wonderful. Next came daddy... looking just as excited, just as eager and surely not tired. I wondered just how this couple does it? Then, I met Anton... with his big beautiful eyes, with full head of hair, little chubby fingers and toes. Already moving like a little munchkin, lifting his head and very alert as he looked me and my camera over as to say, "I know you Ms. Lady". I was instantly smitten.
This had to be the most fun I have had in some time... as we all laughed at Antons little antics. At the way he watches you as you walk around the room. At the cute smile and puckered little mouth that mommy and daddy brag on claiming "that's just how he looked right when he arrived into this world." Right down to the cutest thing I have ever seen... to get little Anton to calm down, daddy reads to him... from what else? An automotive magazine!!! That little man quieted down and turned his head to his father and listened ever so intently. I see many nights in the garage fixing up classics and shining up chrome.
So I thank you both once again, for an amazingly fun experience. I love this little man... makes me want one of my own, if you can promise me my experience would be just as perfect as yours has been? :)
He is beautiful~
A few months back, my beautiful neighbor and friend Tracy, called me to take images of her and her baby bump! I was thrilled! Besides the fact that she is a fellow Army wife, friend, neighbor, sweetest person ever... she gets my jokes, and NO ONE ever gets my jokes! If she doesn't get them, then at least she is polite and giggles anyway, which makes her a really cool person in my book!
She was gorgeous in front of my lens, and my portrait business card has her images all over them... it was that great of a session. And now... her son Jackson is here!!! And he is as beautiful as his mommy... daddy too! :) So today I finally had the opportunity to take this little mans picture, we had a wonderful time!
Thank you once again Tracy & John for allowing me the honor of photographing two of the most important subject matters of your lives together. Here is to your new family!
I am going to miss you all so terribly. Please-please stay in touch and one day tell little Jackson how Aunt Debbie fell in love with him before he even arrived~
I love my charity work. I mean I TRULY love it!!! I not only have the opportunity to meet the greatest families ever, yea to us military wives! But, I am capturing the arrival home of a soldier after over a year of deployment, or a newborn child before their daddy has even met them. When you think about that... what an honor! Today I photographed the Davis family, whose daddy is serving at war for the Navy. I have not been given the opportunity to photograph Navy families often. Usually they are Air Force and Army families primarily in San Antonio. It was a fun change up!Mrs. Davis and family are from Virginia. She came to San Antonio to be close to her parents who live here. They are a blessing to any wife going through the emotions, and the hurdles of giving birth while her husband is off on a tour. Not to mention her other son, a three year old full of energy!I myself am preparing for my husbands upcoming tour in Korea, and we have no children together. I don't know how these women do it? Wait a minute... sure I do. They are MILITARY WIVES!!!!Ok, so is everyone tired of hearing me post about my fabulous husband and our military family? Tough!!!! Can't help it when you are so proud... it's a military thing!Here are a collection of images from our shoot for Operation LoveReunited. Welcome to the world little one! Your daddy just can't wait to meet you!!!P.S. Katy, I am ordering my own flat daddy! LOL!!!Tie the yellow ribbon, hang the dog tags, kids in black military boots, your seal... What are "Things that every military family has!"
Meet the newest member of the family...
This is SO Norman Rockwell, Navy style...!
A big brothers kisses...
Hurry home daddy... I can't wait for you to meet me!
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