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Newborns & Baby’s First Year

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Hey @samiamiv, remember back when you could take a Hey @samiamiv, remember back when you could take a selfie with a Mamiya 645??? Always ahead of the curve...😉⁣ ⁣ Happy 19th anniversary, Beef! Life with you has been the best adventure and I’m always excited for whatever comes next. Love, Chicken ⁣ ⁣ (I said YES! the first time during this trip to Maine, almost 20 years ago now. ❤️)⁣ ⁣ #earlyselfies #documentyourdays ⁣
This beautiful life was celebrated yesterday. I c This beautiful life was celebrated yesterday. I can’t express the admiration I have for the Loving family or how glad I am that @rynlovelle and @katielovinggilbert made this sesh happen in the fall of 2019.... even if he was like, “why do I have to look like a lumberjack, though???” 😂💙 ⁣ ⁣ Sharing love, healing and peace with all who miss him. ⁣ ⁣ In memory of Philip Loving…⁣ ⁣ #supportcancerresearch
To all the parents celebrating their Class of 2020 To all the parents celebrating their Class of 2020 and 2021 babies, who made it despite the hardest of senior years... 🥂 to you and to them!!!! I’ve loved witnessing belated graduations, modified proms and real-time grad celebrations and I’m getting all the emotional, proud feelings right along with you. I’ve loved taking their portraits and getting to know them.⁣ ⁣ I definitely see how they show up to challenges with their own style, ideas, ambition and energy. Y’all - the kids are gonna be alright!!! And don’t you dare forget who raised them to be such strong, outstanding people. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻⁣ ⁣ Check out the blog for more portraits of the amazing M, which must feel like a lifetime ago even though it was just October (sorry so late!). If your rising senior in the DMV is looking for portraits to celebrate the year ahead, I would love to collaborate with them...⁣ ⁣ #classof2021 #proudparents #documentyourdays #seniorportraitssession #seniorportraitphotographer #environmentalportrait #trueaf #dcphotographer #dmvphotographer
Besties face off tonight, their respective teams b Besties face off tonight, their respective teams battling to stay in the championship. It will be intense: this is majors after all. Yes, I go nuts cheering when M hits the ball or helps make a play. But I’m just as proud - maybe even more? - when I hear his voice, small but sure, coming from the outfield as a friend on the opposing team comes up to bat. ⁣ ⁣ “You’ve got this, Spence!!!!” ⁣ ⁣ Maybe he’s just being a nice guy but wanting the best, even for the competition, drives the best from our own team too. Kindness is good, excellence is good and all of it keeps the game moving forward. I’m a little sad the season is ending...⁣ 📸: @samiamiv ⁣ #littleleague #ANSLL #ANSLLmajors #teachexcellence #leadership #documentyourdays #mommadiaries
Everyone else: Balloon dresses? WTF? Me: Are th Everyone else: Balloon dresses? WTF? Me: Are those sweatpants but for summer? Add to cart. Do you muumuu too? So summer ready over here.... #readyforsummer #2021fashion #documentyourdays #weekendvibes #beyourweird
We are not born hating our bodies. We spend our e We are not born hating our bodies. We spend our earliest days in wonder, discovering fingers and toes. Parents relish every ounce of a baby, every chubby fold. ⁣ ⁣ And yet, we all remember the first time someone told us that some part of us was less than lovable. ⁣ ⁣ I have a new policy and want you to understand where its coming from and what it means when you choose to hire me.⁣ ⁣ In the past I wanted you to love your pics so much that I did some slimming, chin lifting, zit zapping. Recently I removed a birthmark from every photo of a perfectly beautiful child, thinking it was a scrape. Another time a brave momma asked me to put her chin back. ⁣ ⁣ I was so ashamed, of that second one especially. I felt at fault, I chose the angle that showed love and connection instead of the best chin. But I was also making a judgement about bodies when I decided to manipulate digitally and without permission.⁣ ⁣ I am trying hard to break the habit of judging bodies. ⁣ ⁣ We live in a filtered culture where skin-lightening, fine-line-smoothing and bulge liquifying have become undetectably normal. Every image you scrolled through getting here was likely manipulated. Even the camera on your phone is already programmed to smooth. ⁣ ⁣ If retouch helps you feel love your photos more, all you have to do is ask! I have no problem with retouch, I just don’t want to drive the decision anymore.⁣ ⁣ Plus, when you love what you see, you will know it was captured as such. No fiction, that’s really you. ⁣ ⁣ Please understand, this decision is part of a larger shift in me. We are teaching our son that there are no bad bodies. When you share your weight loss or fitness journey, I always applaud your strength and commitment but never speak of your body. It does not exist for my assessment. ⁣ ⁣ Special thanks to @moderngreengoddess and “The Body is Not an Apology” by @sonyareneetaylor for moving me forward in the practice of #radicalselflove . Follow them both. One by one we can change the 🌎.⁣ ⁣ #nofilter #noPhotoshop #lifestylefamilyphotographer #documentaryfamilyphotographer #dcfamilyphotographer #dcphotographer #selflove #bodylove #nobadbodies #documentyourdays
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