Be Gentle.

My baby is 6 months old. Holy cow. How can it be. We spend most of our days around here running like crazy. It's seriously nuts, and not very pretty. People have mentioned a lot lately that they don't know how I can keep up photography along with every thing else. I feel so blessed to be able to meet and capture so many amazing families. It's such an amazing experience and I completely love it. Even though there are many nights I'd rather be kicking my feet up and watching television with the husband, the relationships I've made over the last few years are ones that I treasure. 

I've noticed in our family that time continues marching on. And I thought I'd share a little of personal thoughts for anyone that reads this little blog of photography. I love finding beauty in the small moments. I love to scrapbook, and more often than not my favorite pages are those times where time is frozen more than the numerous holidays, birthday, etc. Last week, I was getting ready to shoot a session in my home (the husband loves these, because it means everything looks pretty…).  I got everything cleaned and ready and had a little time to just play with my baby girl. Everyone else was at school, it was quiet, and I just got to snuggle my little one. The mom of my session left something at home and had to run back to get it, thus running a few minutes late. I can tell she was frazzled and annoyed at being late. In looking back at the day though, I felt grateful that she was "late". It gave me the chance to spend time with my little girl and take a few shots of us playing together. I guess though it was frustrating to her, to me it was an answered prayer. I've been reflecting since then on how much pressure we put on ourselves, and how hard it is to see the big picture when we get bogged down with the day to day. One of my resolutions for the year is to take more pictures of my own kiddos, and because she wasn't right there on time I was able to. We should be more gentle with ourselves, and snuggle our babies more. There are too many things wrong with this world not to appreciate the small moments. Things I treasure right now are drooly smiles, and chubby fingers. Enjoy.