Me & Mine 2/12 {Niagara Newborn Photographer}

This month is going to be a belated image- I’m one hour from hopping on a plane to Canada after a 3 week vacation in Australia visiting my sister. I promise to post mine soon, but in the meantime, please visit Jules Trandem | San Diego Photographer. She is so incredibly talented and I’m sure that she’ll have some beautiful vacation photos to share this month!

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Here’s a few of my favorite iPhone captures from my time in Aus with my mum, and two younger sisters. We had such a great time! These dorky images bring a giant smile to my face every time I see them! Miss you and love you Kai!

P.s if this post is a mess, please excuse it I’m writing it on my phone in an airport. Can’t wait to be home!

 

Me & Mine 1/12 {Niagara Newborn Photographer}

It’s a new year, and a lot has changed for our family since the beginning of 2012. We’ve all grown a little older, and little wiser and our family has grown by one as well. I’m thankful I was able to capture so many precious images in 2012, despite the challenges of a busy life, messy house, dirty faces… And so in 2013 I will continue with this tradition. I’m excited to document our family again, alongside some incredibly talented women who feel the same way I do about capturing images with MUMMA in them!

This month I’m sharing a little sweetness- photographed not by myself but by the incredibly talented Stephanie Robin Photography. She photographed myself and Greg with Zion when she was just 7 days old. I can’t put into words what these images mean to me. I had to wipe away tears as she set us up in this pose below and when I saw the images I couldn’t help myself from getting teary all over again. She did such an incredible job and I can’t wait to print these big! Thank you Stephanie, for this priceless gift you have given me!

It was so cool to be on the other side of the lens as well- helping me to understand just how a mother feels when she brings her new child to my studio and watches them being photographed. I think as a photographer, it’s always important to remember just how stressful/fun/exciting/nerve-wracking/terrifying/beautiful a session can be for my clients. I have a few maternity and newborn sessions booked for this spring already and I’m looking forward to building on their experience with my own!

Please continue through the circle to see more beautiful ‘Me & Mine’ posts, starting with Christine Blaylock

Me & Mine | 13/13 {Niagara Newborn Photographer}

So here we are, 13/13 Me & Mine posts. I’m sad to say, I did miss the 12/13 post, simply because life was insane trying to prepare for baby and finalize all my work, plus keep up with family life. Something had to go. Thankfully, all of that busyness came to a nice ending on Thursday evening, November 29th, as I shut down my computer at 10:30 pm, done pretty much everything I needed to do before baby arrived. Then at 2 am, Friday November 30th, I woke up in labor… fantastic timing this babe has! She was born into the world at 7:44 am, healthy and perfect in every way.

Just in time for the last Me & Mine post of the year- I’m so proud and happy to introduce Zion Jewel Donker. Blessing #4 for Greg and I, a sister to Kyara, Eden and Kingston. She weighed 6 lbs, 15 oz- our smallest baby yet. Life has been crazy and yet that much better since she has arrived. I have found a new peace… one that comes over me when I hold my new babes in my arms. I honestly believe that I am made to have newborns - I adore every single moment with her and I’m looking forward to staying indoors and cuddling all winter long! God has blessed us so richly!

Please continue the circle of Me & Mine posts and visit Carey Pace | Kingsport TN Lifestyle Photographer to see her take this month. She’s always so inspiring and real- an inspiration to me!