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Newborn baby boy!
by Susan on Apr.15, 2010, under Babies, Newborns
Last week I had the honor of snuggling a brand new baby boy. . . oh and I took some pictures too. :o) Congratulations again, Stephanie and Ben. He’s a cutie!
28 weeks, 6 days
by Susan on Mar.26, 2010, under Artsy Stuff
I have exactly one belly shot from my first pregnancy (at 40+ weeks, no less) and one from my second pregnancy. Not sure why I never got into taking the weekly, or even monthly, picture of my ever expanding midsection, but I just don’t feel the need.
However, I had an idea a few weeks ago and I found myself with some time, energy, and inspiration to try it out today. The result isn’t exactly what I’ve been picturing in my mind (although it is close), so I’ll have to do some tweaking to my setup and have another go at it in a few weeks.
A Brief Explanation
by Susan on Mar.18, 2010, under My Family
I haven’t been posting much in the last few months because I haven’t been taking pictures. I’ve developed some complications with my pregnancy and it has taken a lot out of me. I have cholestasis of pregnancy, for anyone who really wants to know what is going on. My plans for another homebirth have been cast to the side and I will be induced around 37 weeks, at the hospital. So, in addition to being in misery with the symptoms of cholestasis, I’ve had to deal with the total and complete change in plans surrounding the birth of this baby and it has been a bit of a challenge.
I have been on medication for a few weeks now and it is slowly but surely starting to help with the symptoms. I wasn’t so sure that it was doing anything at first, but today I realized that I really am feeling a bit better, because there were several times throughout my very normal, ordinary day that I thought, “I need to get a picture of that!” It has been months since I have even thought about my camera, except for the twinges of guilt I experienced from time to time because I simply wasn’t using it.
In the hopes that this is just the beginning of my return to normalcy, here is one of my “I need to get a picture of that” moments from today.
It’s nothing earth-shatteringly profound, or photographically excellent (it really isn’t even that great of a photo), but it is my two girls on a normal day, doing something completely common and I just *had* to have a picture of it.
It is special to me because I was once again inspired to look through the lens of my camera and capture an ordinary moment. Who knows? I might even take a *GASP* belly shot or two at some point here. LOL!
