expecting their first

don't they just beam with joy?! i love when i get to photograph the beginning of a new journey. their family of two will soon become three. and they can't wait!

Whenever I scroll through the images I capture after a session, I hope to have some gut reaction. I hope that at least a few of the pictures will make me smile or give me chills or, the best, make me tear up. When I saw the image below, instantly my eyes filled with tears. Then a few days ago I got an email from Lacee saying that only a few days after our session, their baby boy was delivered prematurely at just 34 weeks. The pictures immediately meant so much more to me. What if we had waited one more week? I asked Lacee if I could snap just a few shots of their new baby boy before he was released from the hospital yesterday. Rylan is the last image of this post. And he is perfect in every possible way.

juliana. on her way.

This pretty momma works with my husband. She emailed me and asked me to do her maternity session. At the time of her email, I wasn't for sure I knew who she was. About two weeks before her session, she was sitting at our table at the ASU sports banquet. Let's just say when I saw her bright smile, her beautiful eyes, her perfect round tummy...I couldn't wait!

I love this one!

God's opinion that the world should go on...

I love pregnant mommas! They're so excited and sweet and beautiful in a way that only pregnant women can be. And then there's the soon-to-be daddies. And they have a gentleness and nervousness that is so endearing. It's just such an amazing time. It's just cool to capture these moments before the world is blessed with a new baby.

The best is yet to be...

Making his debut late this summer: Baby Carter!

Addi Faith

The beginning of something beautiful...