How special it is to share the things that you love with your children. I love to read. Growing up I could get lost in a novel so much so that the characters became my friends. I was drawn into their world so much so that it  seemed as much of a reality as my […]

She was beaming. The love, adoration and excitement of the occasion was overflowing. Jensen’s mother helped place the beautiful blue necklace Noah had made around her neck. Jensen’s father fastened her bracelet around her wrist. And she wrapped the same handkerchief that her new mother-in-law had carried down the aisle around her bouquet. Each little […]

Sweet Ellianne was asleep from the moment I arrived. She slept through several outfit changes and multiple poses. What you might ask was our secret? Well besides the fact that she is an absolute angel, her parents swear by the YouTube shushing video. It played during the entire session and I’ll admit it was very […]

His eyes had an extra sparkle in them. I had just asked how his day was, and I knew that something special must have happened. He was grinning from ear to ear as he told me that he and his wife were expecting their first little one in the summer. The mood was so joyful […]

According to Dale Carnegie, “a person’s name is, to that person, the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” The names we give people speak to their character and personality. Sometimes the name is more of a description. But no matter the root, the feelings that become associated with that name and the importance […]

Waiting. Waiting is hard. The unknown is hard. The uncertainty of if your deepest wish will ever be filled is excruciatingly hard. I remember like it was yesterday the first time I saw those two pink lines. It was after more than a year of trying and seeing a doctor to start on treatments for […]

Memories are funny things. They are tied to songs, smells and locations. That song that comes on the radio and immediately takes you back to high school warming up before the big game. The smell that wafts through the air and returns you to your childhood home on Christmas morning. The spot where you met […]

Have you ever played charades? Trying to interpret every movement and understand its intention? Well, picture that bright and early in the morning with cascades of waterfalls flowing around you. This is how CeCe started her senior session. And let me tell you, she accepted the challenge head on. I modeled poses from above and […]

When I think of Emily the words that come to mind are exuberant, passionate and full of joy. One of my first memories of her are when we were in medical school, she was making an announcement to our whole class and she couldn’t help but include the fact that she was engaged. She was […]

The absolute joy in the room when a baby takes a breath and gives his first cry is indescribable. Seeing mom’s and dad’s faces as they look upon their little miracle for the first time this side of the womb is my favorite thing. It’s part of why I love my job as a pediatric […]