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My babes are stunners.  They stun me with their bright eyes, intelligence, endless love, smiles.  It happens on the daily.  I love just looking at them and capturing a beauty that exists in their innocent, pure hearts.  These shots are not posed.  They are them emanating their brilliance.

As the years pass, I look back fondly on these photos.  All to often we, as parents of girls, are told to dread that which is to come.  But we are living in the moment of their bliss.

A MAMA AND HER BABES

I am a just a Mama.  I have 4 babes.  And they just rock my world.  The end.

A BABE TURNS ONE

Two weeks ago, a babe turned one.  I have been so absent from this little space.  So I thought I would share.  My dear Ivy Adeline Jolliet.  You have graced my life with more beauty and love than I thought could ever be possible.  Each time you have a babe, you see, you wonder whether or not your heart could grow to accommodate space for new love.  You wonder whether the blood inside your tired mama body could circulate the love through your veins.  You wonder if with each beat you could feel that love and let it reside and remind.

Well, let me tell you.  It does.  Through a force of magic and the divine, my love for each of my babe's grew resoundingly full and equal.  I love you dear babe.  Your presence in our lives...oh it is sweet.  It is brave.  It is challenging.  It is blessed.  It is a blessing.

Thank you for a magical revolution around the sun.  Thank you for long gazes.  Thank you for late, milky nights.  Thank you for extending my mind to challenge and better my soul.  Thank you, dear Babe.

 

7.8.9/52: 52 WEEK PORTRAIT CATCH UP

 

LONG LOST PICS FROM MY FIRST BABES FIRST BDAY

I've been feeling nostalgic and in that spring mode of organizing when I came upon this long lost CD containing images taken by my friend at Charlotte's first birthday party.  It was a small, intimate gathering in a local park.  There were nummies, all those we love, her first tasting of cake (beet chocolate vegan cake) and a pregnant me.  I love her bald head, blue eyes and squishy fingers, wrists and cheeks.  Enjoy!  (I'm posting more photos of the week as soon as my battery recharges).