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This spring I have had the honor of shooting a bunch of newborns and I have a few more coming! Yesterday I had the honor of photographing my smallest newborn so far! Yesterday was her due date, but she made an early appearance about 2 weeks ago.

5 lbs is just so tiny. She was beautiful!!





At the end of the shoot Daddy took his little girl and I was able to capture this moment in the natural light coming in the door.



Congratulations John and June on your beautiful little girl! She is amazing!

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I have had the joy of shooting this little one a few times now and each time she has gotten bigger and bigger! This shoot was such a joy. I know I have said this 1000 times here, but it is so much fun to watch my clients grow up right before your eyes. I usually shoot her in the studio, and now that she is really moving, it was great to get outside! She totally was cracking me up!!

Anyway, it was great to see you again yesterday!

.I walk for life.

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I normally don't post too much personal stuff on this blog, but this weekend is a big weekend for me.

I am participating in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer this weekend with a team that I created back in August for my friend Christy. Together we will walk 39 miles and have raised over $43,000.00 to help find a cure!

Here is my tribute to her...

I took this picture on August 21st. It was my good friend Christy's second chemo treatment for breast cancer. She was diagnosed on July 13th, 2007. We cried that night. We drank wine.

The next day...this smile was there. It stayed there. Through 8 rounds of chemo. Through a double mastectomy. Through weeks of radiation.

Christy looks a little bit different now. Her hair is short. Her breasts are smaller. Her heart and soul will be forever touched by a disease that she courageously fought and beat.

We are all different though. When you say it was an "honor" to be with her on her journey through it treatments people look at you funny. It was a honor.

There are so many people that Christy helped make better people by her courage. By her desire to share her story. By her strength. We all are a bit different because of her.

Through Christy's Crew and our fundraising efforts to help find a cure; the world will be different.

I can't believe the walk is FINALLY here!

I walk for you!

I Walk for Life

(Melissa Etheridge)

It's been years since they told her about it
The darkness her body possessed
And the scars are still there in the mirror
Everyday that she gets herself dressed
Though the pain is miles and miles behind her
And the fear is now a docile beast
If you ask her why she is still running
She'll tell you it makes her complete

[Chorus:]
I run for hope
I run to feel
I run for the truth
For all that is real
I run for your mother, your sister, your wife
I run for you and me, my friend
I run for life

It's a blur since they told me about it
How the darkness had taken its toll
And they cut into my skin and they cut into my body
But they will never get a piece of my soul
And now I'm still learning the lesson
To awake when I hear the call
And if you ask me why I am still running
I'll tell you I run for us all

[Chorus:]
I run for hope
I run to feel
I run for the truth
For all that is real
I run for your mother your sister your wife
I run for you and me my friend
I run for life

And someday if they tell you about it
If the darkness knocks on your door
Remember her remember me
We will be running as we have before
Running for answers
Running for more

I run for hope
I run to feel
I run for the truth
For all that is real
I run for your mother, your sister, your wife
I run for you and me my friend
I run for hope
I run to feel
I run for the truth
For all that is real
I run for your mother your sister, your daughter, your wife
For you and me my friend
I run for life
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I run for your mother your sister your wife
I run for you and me my friend
I run for life