Glowing | Rhode Island Maternity Photography
She is. Simply, completely, stunningly glowing.
Mine on Monday | Rhode Island Children’s Photography
It had been a long and busy weekend – football game into the early morning on Friday two hours away, family visit, a birthday party and a baptism (thank goodness no sessions!). Driving home from Fall River at 5:45 I looked at the sky – the beautiful, sunlit sky and asked my son if he wanted to go do his six year old photo shoot at “our field” which we discovered a few weeks ago. He said sure, so when we got home we changed in record time, he put on his new red puffer vest and we went out to our field. 20 minutes of shooting was what I got. I could have done more (and so could he!) but it was getting late.
These are perhaps my favorite photos of him ever. Not only because the light was gorgeous, the location was everything I had imagined and my subject was one piece of my heart. Not only because I was truly shooting for myself and no one else. But because in 20 minutes I captured over 40 images (edited, much more were shot!) of my boy as he is. His total and true personality. I got the serious, the giggles, the jumping, the running, everything. I got the 6-going-on-30 side of him in his serious face as well as the 6-going-on-3 side of him when he told me to take a picture of his bum as he rolled around.
My first baby is six years old. Six very big, loud, excitable, wonderful years. He’ll be passing me soon in height (okay, that’s a slight exaggeration, he’s only 4ft tall and I’m 5’3″ but he’ll get there soon enough). He eats enough that the teenage years’ grocery bills are scaring me already. He loves his legos and is really getting into dinosaurs and loves all things Cars 2, though we’ve yet to see the movie. He started kindergarten (he missed the cutoff by four days last year). My baby is riding a bus and going away to school. He has to shop in the 4-7x boys section now. The “t” clothes are gone. He inhales books, zipping through them in mere hours – right now he is obsessed with Hardy Boys and Geronimo Stilton. He talks all of the time and is the most amazing big brother I have ever seen. He lives and loves so passionately and so fully it terrifies me the idea of releasing him into the world in case anyone would ever hurt or disappoint him.
He is my first baby and my growing-way-too-quickly big boy.
He is my one giant third of my heart.
Look at the clouds, mommy…
Let’s run again, mommy. I’ll race you…
Make some faces for me…
Oh Captain, my Captain
My boy. My love. My heart.
Changes | Rhode Island Photography
Within two days my baby boy turned six and started Kindergarten. It should have been spread out but with Hurricane Irene school was pushed back almost a week so I got them on back to back days. My baby is definitely growing up. Bittersweet.
And Then Comes Marriage | Rhode Island Photography
South Side American Little League. That was where Tara and I first met. We were, gosh, ten years old maybe? Little young things learning to play softball. Her dad was an ump, mine was occasionally as well (and I am pretty sure I got very mad at both of them more than once 😉 ) We ended up going to different lower schools but were in high school together and then went separate ways after high school ended. Then, like so many other people these days, the wonderful world of Facebook connected us again a few years ago. When my husband and I went down to Key West for vacation in January we hooked up again – the first time we had seen each other in many years! While we were down there, Tara introduced us to Renzo – her fiance. I mentioned off hand that I would totally shoot their wedding for them and a plan was born!
And what a wedding it was!!! Tara and Renzo got married at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, where we are both originally from. It was a day full of laughter, smiles and a few tears from an emotional bride and groom. It included an elephant (in fact, the same one that I used to get ride on when I was a little girl visiting the zoo with my family!), wild and crazy dancing including the Cupid Shuffle and some hot Latin dancing, readings and blessings in both English and Spanish to honor both Tara’s family and Renzo’s family in from Peru and lots and lots and lots of laughing. From Renzo walking in to “Somebody’s Getting Married” from the Muppets to the inventive first dance, it was an afternoon and evening to remember and the beginning of what I am sure is going to be a wonderful marriage. 🙂
Congratulations, Tara and Renzo, much love to you both!!!
12 Days New | Rhode Island Newborn Photography
Last Friday I got to head out to my first newborn session in over a month and the first since we had moved. Let me tell you – it was not easy. First I had to find all of my stuff buried in the piles of boxes, bags and STUFF that fills a just-moved-into house. Then I had to locate the battery chargers which, for some reason, had been packed separately. Oy. But I got it all and set off to mister M’s newborn session. It was definitely tough to get back into the swing of shooting a newborn but luckily M and his family made it beyond easy!!! He was absolutely wonderful in every way and big sister was not only ADORABLE with curls to die for, she clearly adored her new baby brother. And mom and dad were wonderful to work with – so relaxed, happy and just loving being a family of four. Congratulations, B family – it was a pleasure meeting you and he is absolutely perfect. 🙂
