I said in my last client sneak peek that being part of a gift certificate session was SO cool. My session this past weekend was as well. Baby G’s aunt contacted me about a month before she was born to set up a session for her sister-in-law and brother-in-law for their newborn. She told me of a very loving incredible family ready to welcome their third girl. But this time it was a little different. Baby G. was going to be born with a heart condition – one that would likely require open heart surgery soon after she was born. I was already set on doing the session but that pretty much cemented it.
There is something timeless and special about my job. Photographers are freezing moments in time. We are capturing things that will never come again. Stages that will be over before we know it. And sometimes it becomes something even more important, something even more special. You capture people as they will never be again in their lives. Baby G came out absolutely perfect at four and a half pounds with a full head of hair and ten beautiful fingers and toes. The doctors will continue to monitor her condition but are talking about surgery when she reaches six months of age. Hopefully, ideally, in a perfect miraculous world, the condition will better itself and she will never need surgery.
I’m including more than I normally would here. But I want to share these images of this beautiful little girl with you. And I want to ask you to keep her and her family in your thoughts. Let’s all hope that she gets better and never needs any surgery. But if she does, that she will be so surrounded by love and good wishes…
Mom is a big fan of my work so for her baby shower, her coworkers surprised her with a gift certificate for a newborn session with me! I was super excited to come and meet them and do the photos since I had known for about three months that it would be happening. There is something so neat about doing a session for someone who really wants you to do their photos. To clarify, I know everyone who hires me really wants me to do their photos (duh!) or else they wouldn’t hire me, but to want something enough that other people get you a gift certificate for it – now THAT is just cool.
