I spent the afternoon in Dallas photographing a newborn baby girl. I’ve been waiting for a week to hold a baby. If you are a facebook friend of mine, you may have read last week that I had to go and photograph a Now I Lay me Down to Sleep session. One of the hardest things to get over is the feeling of holding a lifeless baby. I often come home and wash my hands hoping that I can wash off that feeling. It’s something that sticks to you until you hold a tiny miracle again.
Today, one of the first things I did was hold the baby. I was trying to get her to sleep. She was in that in between state of bliss, neither awake or asleep but just hanging on to that very edge. I looked down, grateful to be holding a healthy baby when it happened. Something that has never happened before, a newborn giggle – real laughter from a baby who is just a week old. I was so thankful for that tiny gift I was given. She was perfection today. This was the first home I have traveled to where the home was heated exactly where it needed to be and the result was… the wet noodle baby. She slept through everything.
And now for my Week of Love give away today. I know its late, hopefully some of you are paying attention. That tapestry album pictured at the top will be a gift to the first person who claims it by sending me an email to marie@marieq.com. I will fill it with ten 4×6 images from one of your past sessions or I can leave it empty for you to fill. E-mail me at marie@marieq.com to win the album. It’s a great purse size and might even make a great gift for a grandma.
Be Good!
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