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Eva has loved being in water since day 1! If she’s not chewing on her toes or the duckies, she loves to splash with her hands and feet!

7 months old.

Our little Eva is already 7 months old and I absolutely LOVE this stage! She is so funny! These photographs were all taken within a minute. This is a photo overview of what she is like right now. (And yes, she is wearing P.J.’s once again. I’m telling you… I think babies look adorable in sleepers.

In my opinion there are at least two kinds of baby/kids photography: Portrait and Lifestyle/photojournalistic/documentary. Most of the time I focus on the portrait side, getting those great images that you you could frame and display in your home. These are mostly camera aware and have a more formal feel to them, although I love to add my creative/modern touch! =)

Having said this, since Eva was born I have begun to really enjoy taking “lifestyle” photographs of everyday life with her. These images are an example of this style. I probably won’t print and frame a 20×30 of them, but I still love looking at them because they capture who she is and a typical “minute” of her life. If you are interested in having your session focus on this kind of photography, please let me know!! But just to be clear, my main focus will still be modern baby portraits so please specify which your preference is as we plan your session.

… all day long. Why not?

Our “Cachetona” (big cheeks).

Eva has been practicing how to sit up all by herself. I can’t believe it!

Our sweet Eva has become much more expressive in the last few weeks. In fact, she LOVES to smile and these smiles just melt my heart. I will admit that I am having a pretty hard time photographing said smiles since she loses interest in me the moment I put the camera up to my face. (Really, Eva? =) I’m going to have Cade help me capture some of these adorable, gummy grins while she’s looking at me that way there’ll be no distraction but for now, a cute look non the less.

I could kiss Eva’s toes all day long.

I know I have been posting images of Eva in a random order, but that’s just the way my life is right now. =) For those of you that love birth stories here is a quick version (feel free to ask for more details in person. I don’t mind sharing.)

At 1:40 am on Wednesday June 15, I woke up with a very strong pressure wave. I went back to sleep right away and didn’t think much of it. But after being woken up  twice more in the next hour and a half, I decided to start charting them. At 3:30 am Cade woke up and from then on we knew it was the real deal. He was the best birth coach/partner I could have asked for. We labored at home until 10:30 am. That’s when we headed to the midwive’s clinic for them to check my progress. Right before we left the house, I felt the pressure waves change and I had the urge to push. Needless to say, when we arrived at the Vanderbilt nurse midwives offices I was completely dilated and they could feel Eva’s head. (OH, my goodness!!) We rushed over to the emergency room and were ushered upstairs to labor and delivery. My water broke with the first pressure wave once we were in the room and Eva was born a little over an hour later, at 12:27 pm. Cade was there to receive her and cut the chord. It was the most amazing experience in my life!