Baby A

I'm so hungry. So very, very baby hungry. Trevor has put me on a baby diet. And to me, diet is a four letter word. So taking pictures of a new, sweet baby helps me with my withdrawals. Then again, it might make it worse, when the new parents take their precious bundle home :-( But I digress. This shoot was before Christmas, and although I finished editing them a while ago, I'm just now getting around to posting them.

I want to eat these toes. Does anyone have a problem with that? Didn't think so.



I love watching new parents. They are so...careful with their babes. Just a little advice though, you actually have to hear the pats on the baby's back if you want productive burping ;-)





This is Grandma (to state the obvious) I love the contrast of generations. The sweet babe in Granny's arms is probably my favorite shot.

Namesake

I'm named after someone. Her name is Marie. She was my grandma's bestie. I picture them arm in arm window shopping in heaven. There's shopping in heaven right? I wish so much that I had a picture to post of her. But I do have a picture of the newest namesake. Anistynn Marie, my little brother's 4th girl! On a side note, he's such a good daddy to little girls. I'd like to think I played a small roll in that, along with my 3 other sisters (but he got to handle my drama for much longer than the older 3). 4 sisters, 4 daughters, it can't be a coincidence. Anyway, I hope she takes after her mommy in looks, her daddy in athleticism, and her auntie in humble witty sarcasm (that's me).

"A" For Adoption!

This post is going to be rushed. I really wanted to post these a while ago. Remember Sunny? Of course you do. Well, they wanted me to come take more pictures. Yes please. But not just of their family. All the families who have adopted children from Dean, Lyla, and Alice's birth mom were getting together and wanted one ginormous photo shoot. YES PLEASE! What an honor to be able to meet each one of these precious little people. I wasn't expecting much, after all there are 11 of them (not a typo, 11)! I was blown away though. They were awesome. So well behaved and so polite...all of them! The older kids were so good with the little ones. I was amazed at how well they all accepted each other. I really couldn't get over the lack of chaos though! Best behaved kids ever. Want me to really blow your mind? The oldest is 10. 11 kids in 10 years. There, your minds are blown.

The "L" Family

The "B" Family (came all the way from Texas!)

The "M" Family

(Sunny-why didn't we get one of just your kids?  Ah, well, you and the Ricker are just as cute!)

The P Family!

Mama is a buddy of mine from high school (and middle school and elementary school). Our families have always been tight and I was so excited when she asked me to take their very first family pictures! So without further ado, the P Family (This little man made me baby hungry...again)!

The E Family!

Indroducing, the E Family (Little miss E was a natural)!









The extended E Family! I went to high school (and middle school and elementary school) with all these boys. It's so weird that we're all grown-ups.

Lindsey is a Senior!

While I was in Washington I had the oportunity to dump my kids off with family for some creative "me" time...I mean I had 4 different photo sessions and had my awesome family watch my babies for me. Thank you all by the way! I did senior pictures for a beauty that I used to babysit, one for a high school friend and her little family, and two for a guy I went to high school with that maybe said 7 words to me in the 10 years I lived there-haha! But his mom is my mom's boss so it wasn't as weird as you may think. Can I share my favorites? It's my blog, so of course I can.

Miss L (I could just cry she's so drop-dead gorgeous)!

Baby Alice!

I need and WANT to post these pictures of the newest member of the extended Miles clan. Baby Alice!!!

Oh she is perfect. So beautiful. Quite possibly the prettiest baby ever. At a month old, she was still only 7lbs., so you know I was in heaven. Now, I'm crying because I just want to hold a teeny tiny baby right now. I'll settle for telling you all her amazing story. You all remember Sunny and Rick, right? Their role as parents started on April 22, 2009. Remember Dean? He just turned 2. One year and one month later, May 2010, Lyla arrived (via same birth mom). It was crazy but a good crazy. We found out that Dean and Lyla had eight other siblings spread out with two other families. CRAZY! Well, in February of this year, Rick was deployed again. As we speak he's resting out in the middle of an ocean somewhere protecting our rights and freedoms (thank you for that and FYI my boys like to brag about their hero, Uncle Rick). So about now, you know where my story is going. On April 14, Sunny's social worker called her to tell her that, yes, the birth mom was pregnant again and wanted her and Rick to adopt the new little one, when it was born. She wasn't due for another month so Sunny would have time to think and pray and, at least, mention it to Rick! Can you imagine 3 in two years? Well, my mom can, but that's another story.

The next morning, the social worker called again to say the birth mom had had an emergency Cesarean, in the middle of the night, and delivered a healthy baby girl. I'm not sure how Sunny reacted initially, but I can say I probably would've blacked out. Sunny called me later that day and put in a prayer request. We all complied! I can't imagine how overwhelming that must have been. She could talk to Rick...but only sporadically. She didn't know what to do, but she knew she had to see her. So she bought a plane ticket. I have to get a little smug right now. When I heard she was flying down to see the baby, I said to Trevor, "Oh please, like she'll be able to hold that sweet little thing and then not take her?" I was right (insert smug grin). Much paperwork and a couple of weeks later, mom and baby were together. Sunny flew me up to take Dean's 2 year old pictures, Lyla's 1 year old pictures and baby Alice's newborns! Whew! It was nuts and she is awesome! So to end the story, Rick might be my boys hero (and a great person for it), but Sunny is mine!

Now on to the pictures! I'm going to tag this post "Sunny" so you can click on it and read the rest of their story if you feel so inclined. It's a pretty good story...

She has red hair! Love it!





Such a pretty mama.

A couple shots of 4/5 of the family. Note to self, it's kind of tough to get a 2 year old, 1 year old, and newborn to smile and look at you at the same time.





That's right Sunny, just keep smiling!

Dean is 2!

Lyla is 1!

I'll just add that we did the pictures at the aquatic center. Rick was on the rowing team in college and Sunny wanted to put a little piece of him in the pictures. I loved the gesture! He is so missed!