New life brings with it amazement and wonder. When a child enters our world our lives are changed immediately and evermore. Everything is new and each step is more incredible than the last. The first time they lock eyes with you and you know you've connected in some unspoken but important way. The first time you know they’re responding to you with those adorable coos that echo your own. The miraculous first smiles and first steps. All too soon those precious months have come and gone and we're left with distant memories of that first and fleeting year. We hold those images in our mind of what they were like when we first met them; and all the little things they did along the way as they grew into unique little people. We don't get that time back, but we do get to preserve those important memories in pictures.
Here is Jenna's first year in a few pictures I selected from the 4 photo sessions we had together in that time. I'm honored Jenna's parents trusted such an important task to me. She's grown so much and I just can't believe how quickly the year has gone by.
I just realized it's been a long time since I've shared any recent pictures of my favorite niece Lula (I can say she's my favorite since she's also my only niece). I'm not quite sure where the time has gone. It wasn't that long ago that I was holding her in the hospital for the first time marveling at this new life. Now she's a year and a half, running around the house, yelling my name "lelli", "delli" or whatever other version she can get out that doesn't require the 'k' sound, sharing her toys with me and reciting her numbers and colors. I of course am enamored by her. Especially when I hear she's making requests to "watch Elmo with Aunt Kelli pleeeeeeeease!" It doesn't get much more adorable than that, does it? She's as sweet as she looks. I'm hoping she stays that way forever.
Until the next time...
-km (rochester, ny children's photographer)
"The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him." - Pablo Casals
I saw this quote today and had to share it. It makes me hope for every child to know of their own incredible uniqueness. I want for them to go out into the world with that knowledge and make their own path with confidence. At each and every session I am reminded of this. Children are amazing; brimming with curiosity, and full of possibility. They are spectacular to be near and observe, and to wonder what greatness lies ahead. These cuties from a recent session are no exception. I just know they're going to blaze trails in the years to come.
