i’ve been SO blessed lately to be able to photograph so many newborns, and i’m sure i make the shoot go longer than it should because i can’t stop holding them. i feel so lucky! today, i was honored to take this sweet girl’s pics…leah jolie…all of 12 days old. congratulations, bertunas!

…and i’m doing custom announcements and invitations now…Leah’s announcement:

i have crazy haircutting skills.

after much deliberation, i conquered my fears of possible hair debauchery (not really)…and choppy-chopped away.

kissing my long bangs bye-bye…

yup…that’s a one-handed cut…try balancing a twenty pound camera in the other.

wowsa…ya know how long it took me to grow that? …like a year and a half and three bottles of prenatal vitamins.

watch out john freida…there’s a new cutter in town.

likey-like.

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oh, i love this video. i got this puppet for her when she was just about a month old…gigi, we named her. it used to make her pouty lip come out and cry so hard. so, we put her away for a long time (the puppet that is…not our child). but now…she loves her! oh, and for the record…i am aware that i left out the vacuum hose I happen to be sitting on, the basket of dog leashes lainey dumped out behind me, the red ladybug baby tunnel behind the table, and a basket of laundry to boot on top of the table…i’m aware, and i’m dealing with it).