some things are so worth waiting for….xoxo
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my baby is fourteen years old today….it is inconceivable to me that the beautiful young woman who lives in my house is the same tiny baby i fell is love with so many years ago….and yet somehow it is so…she is a long limbed graceful girl & is now & will always be my baby…i still feel the same tenderness & awe when observe her….she is remarkable…many people don’t know that she was gravely ill as a baby….she stopped breathing when she was just days old & we spent three terrifying weeks in the hospital….she had bacterial meningitis….i lived day & night by her side in a chair next to her hospital bed…tubes & machines surrounded us….it was like an awful dream i could not wake out of…& then she was better…she not only survived but miraculously has grown & prospered in spite of the odds against her….she is strong & yet quite possibly the sweetest person i have ever known…she saved me, as if she new she had to get better….for i could not have survived any other out come…she saved me…made me a mother…taught me how to love & be self-less….there is not a single day that goes by that i do not realize how lucky we are….as her long limbs curl up on the sofa or bound out of the car heading for class, she does not know that a piece of my heart is always with her….nuzzled somewhere near her heart…motherhood is so humbling & eye opening….it’s heartbreaking & miraculous….my baby is not a baby anymore…but i still love to watch her sleep, to see the slow even rise & fall of her breath….it is today as i celebrate my beautiful daughter’s birthday, that i think of all the mother’s with sick children…i can & cannot imagine how hard it is….i wish you well…strength & peace…today i count my blessings & wish all mothers many blessings throughout the journey of raising another human being & watching a little piece of your heart find their way in the world….xoxo
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happy birthday mykela…may your 14th
year be as lovely as you are…..i love you
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most people know that CLAIRE PETTIBONE is an incredible designer….
she is also a wife & a loving mother to the most adorable little girl…little lorelei
just turned four…and her party took place at the coolest little farm…from trackter
rides to a petting zoo, a hay bail mountain & so much more…we had so much fun…
UNDERWOOD FAMILY FARMS
happy birthday lorelei…xoxo
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had a baby….
a beautiful baby girl named harper….
harper just celebrated her 1st birthday & i was
lucky enough to photograph her & her sweet family…
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brady & tiffani & harper
this is one of the sweetest families i’ve ever had the pleasure of photographing
there is such love everywhere…from the lovely beautiful details that fill there home…both tiffani & her husband are artists…the “harper” sign was made by tiffani….& brady is a wonderful painter & illustrator…the couple even made & decorated their daughter’s first birthday cake (my kinda people)
the afternoon was full of hugs & laughs (notice my dear friend
viola from CHEWING THE CUD’s beautiful fabric wrap)…..
my favorite thing about brady (besides his artwork) is his sense of humor….
everything pictured above was made by either tiffani or brady….
pure beautiful love….xoxo
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happy birthday harper!
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we all need a little help….xoxo
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childhood is full of simply sweet adventures…xoxo
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it’s all about the little things…xoxo
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sometimes it is the littlest things that bring the greatest joys….over the holidays this year, my son came home from school singing “work work work work work work…..i’m an elf…work work work work work work…& i never have time to myself…” i thought, oh my goodness, that is me!! so today i wanted to start the week off by saying, take in the little sweet moments in your day…most of us can’t stop working…but a smile….a cup of coffee….a little sand between your toes, that is the good stuff….happy tuesday…hope yours is a little messy & unpredictable…less work = more fun….xoxo
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this beautiful young woman made me a mother & i will be
forever grateful for all she has taught me about love…xoxo
