A great way to start your morning is by coming out to a dead car battery : ( 16 hrs ago
Little miss Sophie that I photographed last month made the cover of Conceive magazine! I knew when I photographed her at 2 weeks old that she was model material – she is just too cute! Congrats Sophie!
and here are some of the other photos from that shoot.
until next time!
-Emily
I love it when parents bring adorable hats!
what bunch of sweet babies I have had lately. I can’t wait to share more but I am WAY behind on proofing. hopefully I can catch up this week!
Andrea: ooohh...so precious! Cute hat and love those colors.
heather Bauers: The coloring of the hat looks great with his skintone. I also love it with the unexpected twist of the green! I'm so in love with colorful newborn shots lately.
Kay Weaver: I love the colors too but I also like the puckered little lip in the black and white. Precious.
Anya Coleman: Amazing!!! Good job!!!
On cold rainy days we like to go to the indoor playground at Seattle Gymnastics Academy. It’s a great way for toddlers to work off some pent up energy and climb run and jump with almost no restrictions.
recently Simon has been into these parallel rings. He jumps off the stack of foam in the background and swings back and forth, back and forth until he can’t hold on anymore and has to drop on to the mat. He has a big grin on his face the entire time.
My whole life people have made fun of the way I walk/run.
unfortunately for Simon he may have inherited my funny gait.
At least he is having fun!
The foam pit – it’s like quick sand!
until next time!
-Emily
Auntie Leigh: Great pix Emily, He's growing so much. That precious face!! OXOXOX
Kay Weaver: Our little Olympian!
Linda Holland: These are wonderful shots Emily! Simon is a doll, and this place looks like incredible fun. You should offer to advertise for them, for a fee! BTW, I love your pics of Olive and family!
Kelly T: oh man...city life. This looks AWESOME. Great photos!
Shannon: Is it really crowded there? We've tried to go to the open play at our local gym and there were too many big kids for Moira to be able to do anything.
heather Bauers: Love all those colors and the joy that he's obviously having!
Jessica: My girls just started gymnastics and Julia looks pretty much like Simon, blissfully happy, every time we go--so fun!
I love it when dads come to photo shoots and jump right in!
One handsome little fellow!
Renee: Oh, that little mouth is just too sweet!
Gaby: These images are great! Can't wait to see the rest!
Anya Coleman: LOVE,LOVE,LOVE. Good work!!!
Amy: that is one adorable baby! love that second one!
KaraRL: LOVE them! I love Dad's look....you can tell he's thrilled to be a Dad!
Mary: Love! How could you not, these are gorgeous! Pure happiness
Jennifer Simons, CD: One proud papa. One strong mama!
jamie siever: Gorgeous photo with dad. Love it! The tones in the second are amazing.
Here is Miss Hayven’s beautiful baby girl. Born early yesterday morning. She is a beautiful chunky little thing!
Olive got a bit stuck on the way out and gave us a good scare as she didn’t “start” imideatly on her own. But after the quick attention of her midwives she started breathing and then screaming on her own and we were all quite relieved.
Ivy watched the entire birth and was so excited to play with her baby, and request to “walk her around” almost imediatly.
Well done Hayven!
April: Precious! Well done. :)
Rane dae: woo hoo! She's so beautiful, but then that's no surprise! /lovely photos, Emily!
Mary: Beautiful, these are just perfect!!
Many of you will recoginze my dear friend Hayven. She is my neighbor and her daughter Ivy was born two weeks before Simon and Simon and Ivy are good pals. Last night Hayven came over and we took some belly pics. Then she asked me for “some of that tea that starts labor” I said “you mean red leaf raspberry tea? it’s doesn’t start labor it’s just supposed to strengthen and bring contractions closer together” But maybe it does start labor because 6 hours later her husband called me to come meet them at the birth center nd 1 hour later their beautiful baby girl was born! So I am posting these images a day to late but she is still radiantly beautiful! More photos of baby coming soon.
I witnessed a beautiful hospital water birth this morning. And yes you read that right, hospital water birth. No, the hospitals around here a not suddenly changing their policies in the light of research (that will be wonderful when it does happen though). This birth happened in the water quite by accident. This little one was just in a hurry to get out. It was beautiful!
Introducing baby C.
Isn’t she beautiful!
Jami: Oh, he is gorgeous!!! Wonderful job, Emily!
Suzy: Adorable! She is beautiful! Congrats mama and Daddy!
jen wallace: Beautiful, Emily!!!
Kay Weaver: Emily these are wonderful. I love them all. You had a very special subject. So precious.
Becky Naffine: Gorgeous Emily. I especially love the last one. The expression on his/her face is just beautiful.
sophia: i love the family portrait. daddy all big and holding mom & baby in front him. that is so sweet. he's a cuddly daddy! :-)
Andrea: Amazing...that last one is captivating!
Anya Coleman: She is gorgeous!Good job!
Chanda: Seiously, I would cry with joy if that last one was a picture of my newborn. Amazing!
Last weekend we celebrated Simon’s 2nd birthday. 2 weeks after his official birthday but this kid has a busy social calendar so it was hard to fit it in! The party was of course a “digger” theme. Simon loves all things construction as most 2 year old boys do so we went with it.Everyone got construction hard hats and we laid down some “road” and made a bulldozer out of cardboard.
Here is the big boy blowing out his candles
And look, I made a cake that didn’t fall apart (I am not a very good baker).
He scored big time with awesome presents – and now he totally gets the opening thing.
baby Rowan, Naomi, and Simon
And a good time was had by all! – but boy was I wiped out the next day. Birthday parties are a ton of work.
Ashley W: The party looks so great! I'm sorry that I couldn't come, but I love all the pictures. Happy birthday month, Simon!
jen wallace: I can't believe how big Simon is getting!! Looks like a beautiful party.....happy birthday, Simon! :)
Anya Coleman: Happy Birthday Simon!!! Love, Love,Love.
This is the Lovely Miss Sarah. She happens to be Myles’s first cousin and we are just thrilled for her and her husband as they are expecting their first baby (a girl!) at any moment now. I can’t wait to get my hands on that little bean! and in case you are are wondering about the title “Sassy” is Sarah’s childhood nickname. Best wishes for a quick and easy labor and delivery Sarah!
Amy: That's awesome Emily! Congrats!
Suzy: Congrats! This is awesome!
Katherine: Wonderful! Might I ask what the process of getting a photo in a magazine is?