One of my sweet mommy friends is Kelly…She keeps a wonderful blog documenting the day-to-day life of her first daughter, Lucy, and on Thanksgiving they returned home from Vietnam with their second beautiful baby girl, Annie. She kept a separate blog for Annie’s trip (waiting to tell the online world about their adoption until their return), and I chewed my nails and worried obsessively about this sweet little family. Their return trip to Vietnam was very different from their first, and their flight home was bumped up two days to just get everyone HOME. They have been struggling with attachment issues and some possible health related issues with sweet Annie, and I can certainly understand that desire to just get home as soon as possible.
Sweet Annie is beautiful, with big solemn eyes and a little snub nose. I hope she settles into her new life with her adoring big sister and precious parents very soon (because selfishly…I want to play with her too!)
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Thank you over and over. The pictures are beautiful and completely capture the emotion that we have all been having. I know I have already told you this, but these are honestly such treasured pictures. We have been through so much, but it is only going to get better from here.
Love you!
Wow, these are beautiful. So much emotion captured, and such a treasure for Kelly and her family.
Please recommend the book “The Connected Child” by Dr. Karyn Purvis to your friend. It will be a big help to her I believe. She is also a professor at TCU and local if you look her up. Best to her on her journey.
These shots are beautiful!
The thing I adore about your photography, and I see it more and more, with every new photograph, is this: your respect for your subjects. Yes, the photographs are so gorgeous and technically amazing, you clearly know your stuff. But it’s that we also get a glimpse into YOUR heart and compassion for your subjects. The way you frame them, the light you choose, where you put the focus in the picture: those are things that can’t be learned, they come from you and are, and that’s the art of it.
This is an amazing series. What a beautiful family.
You rocked it, of course! WOW!!!! Love the “Welcome Home” sign behind mom and baby…so emotional!!!!
oh wow these are beautiful, Im sure they will be tickled and so thankful for these, you are such a blessing for them!
Ow I love these pictures!!!
These are so incredible – I love the emotion of them all. You are so talented!