I have photographed Danielle several times, with her niece and then her wedding and now her pregnancy, and I couldn’t be happier for this couple. They opted not to find out what they are having, and I am in awe of that, to wait 9 months to find out is just amazing, I know I couldn’t do it, and didn’t 3 times,lol. I needed to know as soon as I could and for my 2nd I even went as far as to send in my blood to a lab to find out what I was having before my 18 week ultrasound, can you tell I’m not a very patient person,lol. Only a couple more weeks til Danielle and Dave’s baby lets us know what they are, and I can’t wait. I get to photograph this precious little soul and I’m  bursting with anticipation just waiting for this little one to arrive.

While we wait for this baby to be born, Danielle asked me to do a maternity session with her, and I couldn’t help but be thrilled. I knew she was up for anything, so of course I suggested a sunrise session, and she was up for it from the beginning.

Unfortunately when the day came, it was not only cold but the sun did’t really show up for us like it was suppose too,lol. We got a few shots with the sun but it was mostly a very cloudy day. Despite that, I think we got some gorgeous shots and I am so excited to post her sneak peek. Danielle is radiant and she is one of those woman that were made to be a mommy, she is such an amazing aunt and I know this child will be so blessed to have her and Dave as their parents. The love that these two share is so sweet, Dave even came with Danielle to the session that started at 5:30am, now that’s love. This baby is going to love their parents, and vice versa.

I have so many faves from this session and it was so hard to choose which to edit, but I finally decided on these, and just know there were so many more.

Thanks guys, it was such a pleasure photographing you both during this special time. I can’t wait to meet your little one Danielle, I will try my hardest not to cry from my joy when I come to do the newborn session with you and Dave and your new baby. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek and we wish you guys all the happiness and joy in the world as you welcome this little one into your lives.  We love you guys.

BTW, my guess is that they are having a boy, what do you think?

I can’t tell you how much I love doing sessions like these, they don’t happen often, especially because you can pretty much only do this in the summer while its hot out, so you have to be due sometime between June-September. So when I get the opportunity to do a session like this, I jump on it. There is nothing that compares to a sunrise maternity session at the beach. The lighting and the silhouettes are amazing at this time of day. It’s definitely worth getting up at 4:30am to get there for 5:45 to catch the sunrise.

It’s even more exciting when I’m shooting a return client, and I had such a lovely time photographing this adorable family a few years back, that it made me giddy when she emailed me and told me she was having another baby and then we talked and she loved the idea of doing a sunrise session.

It’s been cold though, and spring has come late this year so I was a bit worried about the weather, but even though it was a bit cold it was still a beautiful day. We would have spent more time at the beach if it wasn’t so windy and I would have taken more shots of Miss Stella but the poor little thing was shivering from the cold, she even had to wear her mommy’s jacket (as you will see in the last image below), as she was just not warm enough with just hers, so we worked as quickly as possible and she was such a sweet little thing, smiling for me even though she was cold. All of them were perfect models and we had such a wonderful time photographing them again.

We captured some beautiful moments and I couldn’t wait to post a sneak peek from this session. There is so much love in this family, and I know this little boy that’s on the way, will be so very loved, and his big sister can’t wait to meet him. Samara is due in June and I wish them all the best as they welcome their newest addition to their sweet family.

Thanks so much Samara for getting up so early and being so brave and working through the cold, I hope you enjoyed your time with us and that you love these images as much as we do. We want to thank Ari and Miss Stella for coming out later on that morning as well and for being so awesome to work with, we really enjoyed photographing you all again.
                                                                 

I used to be so good at writing posts on my blog, but last year with being pregnant and all, I just didn’t have the time anymore. I promise to start posting more this year though. Now that baby girl is almost 9 months old, and things are finally settling down and we are getting used to be a family of 5, I think I will be able to post more.

It was definitely harder going from 2 to 3, and when we had Nik, things seemed to not change much, but after having Elizabeth, everything changed,lol. Perhaps its because she’s still a baby and needs a lot more attention, but everything from my photography to my housework to spending time with the boys seemed to slow down. This past year, its been all about baby girl. It’s been a lot more work caring for 3 but so rewarding as well. The boys love their little sister, and she loves them and we all just cater to her and try to make her laugh and sometimes we even argue on who is going to hold her next,lol.

I have to say that Elizabeth is the happiest baby ever, she’s always smiling and laughing and hardly ever cries except when she’s really tired, but we have been so blessed with the perfect little girl. I’m so happy to have her two older brothers to protect her and love her and I couldn’t have asked for anything more. Our family is now complete.

I almost can’t wait for her to start walking and talking and going out shopping with mommy and watching my old favourite movies on tv like My fair lady or Sound of Music or take her to plays like Les Miserables or Mama Mia, or go out for a nice dinner with her, or do our nails and sit and chat with her, I’ve been in a house full of boys for so long and its so nice to have a little girl now. There is so much I want to show her and talk to her about and introduce her too and my heart is so happy and so full and content and I’m pretty sure I’m the happiest mom in the world right now.

I know I’m biased, but she’s just so beautiful and so sweet that I photograph her often, she’s definitely going to have a lot of pictures of herself to look through when she gets older and I know that number will only increase every year,lol. So let’s get started, I’ve already posted a few images of her in my first post about her here http://mphphotography.net/blog/2012/07/our-baby-girl/ and now I have a few more to add.

As a photographer, I have purchased so many props for clients, and hubby has killed me over the years for all the tutu’s and hairbands and tiara’s and wings and girlie stuff that I have purchased but now I get to use them on our little girl, and I am so excited. I think I will do at least one session a year with her in different tutu’s and outfits that I have,lol. So here is little Miss E in her first professional photo shoot with just a few of my tutu’s and cute girlie outfits.

We told our boys that we were going to take a long drive to see an old friend and with that we got in the car and drove to Niagara falls, and as we got closer to our destination, I kept getting more and more excited. What the boys didn’t know was that we were on our way to Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara falls. As we got closer, I started to explain to them that we had told them a little lie and we weren’t actually going to go see an old friend and at this point I told them to close their eyes and when they opened them they would get a big surprise! When they opened their eyes and realized where we were, they started screaming and squealing and smiling and they couldn’t contain themselves from their joy.  I had begun recording on our video camera, only to realize shortly after that I didn’t actually pressed record, ugh. But I did manage to capture their reaction as we pulled up and parked the car, and you can see it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCYNz_OFToo and a bit more of us walking into the lodge here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlPF7GRjQ7s

To say that we had fun, is an understatement, from the room to the swimming and magi quest and all the fun things they could see and do, the boys had the best time of their lives. They just loved it there and I think if they could live there all year round they would,lol.

The boys loved that they had their own separate section to sleep in called the wolf den, and it had a bunk bed and their own tv and game console,  it was like having a room within the room, and even though they have a bunkbed at home, they loved the one at GWL and were very excited.

The staff were friendly and helpful and the place was awesome, the water park was huge and not only did it have tons of waterslides and multiple pools but it had 3 jacuzzi’s, and 2 of them were just for the adults and one was located outdoors, so even though it was getting cold out and we couldn’t do anything outdoors, we had a lovely jacuzzi to get into and enjoy. They spent hours playing magi quest, and kept going back to play it again and again and to continue their quest as there were many levels to this game.  The food and the entertainment was great, nightly pajama parties with a bedtime story being read to the kids and lots of activities to check out and lots to shop at the store and a great dessert station by the pool and yummy pina colada’s for the parents,lol, and there’s even a kids spa there which we didn’t have time to check out but I’m sure if we go back when Elizabeth is older she’ll want to get her nails done with mommy there,lol.  You can definitely spend alot of money at GWL,lol. I knew to bring snacks with us, but I kept seeing people bringing huge coolers and I figured out by the end of our stay that that was a smart idea, as to try and save a few bucks. It was an expensive trip but the smiles on our boys’ faces was worth it. I know this is a little vacation that they will remember always and so will we. We can’t wait until we go back again.

Here are some pics from our time there.

It seemed like this session wasn’t going to happen as the weather was not cooperating and we couldn’t find a location but then in the end it all worked out and it turned out to be a perfect day for the session and a perfect place.

I have photographed Sally’s family before and this time its grown by one with their newest addition, little Jacob, who they adopted and now this is a family of 5 or rather 9 if you include the grandparents,lol.

We had so much fun watching the kids run around and playing together and Jacob is the cutest little thing and fits in so well with this family. He seemed to love Chris who was assisting me and Jacob would always go and hug him for some reason, and he was such a busy little guy, exploring and laughing and even dancing to gangnam style.

Jacob’s brother and sister are so in love with their little brother and it was so sweet watching them being sweet and gentle with him, and they tried so hard to pose for pictures behind or beside him while all Jacob wanted to do was run around. These 3 are so adorable and such well behaved kiddos and I can see where they get it from, the whole family is so sweet and patient and kind, it was wonderful seeing them all again.

We could have stayed with them all day and can’t thank them enough for coming back to us again and we wish them all the best and look forward to seeing them again soon.

Thanks Sally, it was great seeing you all again, it was a lovely session and we hope you enjoyed your time with us. Enjoy your sneak peek.