Baby Evelynn

What's more exciting than a new baby?!
The answer is, nothing. Babies are the best. Especially when they are as cute as little Evelynn is!
Evelynn's mom, Kaitlyn, and I got in touch with each other a few months ago on Facebook and discussed some different options for a newborn shoot.
Everyone has a different story and this one is a little unique. Kaitlyn is living here in Utah with her two boys while her husband is deployed. She has family around but someone was definitely missing on delivery day.
Her husband is a Marine (Thank you for your service!) and shortly after little E was 20 weeks or so, her daddy had to be on his way.
One way we thought to include him while he was gone was to do a mini-hospital shoot. Catch all the little details that he wouldn't be able to see first hand. It's funny how fast you forget all the little things right after a little one is born. What the room looked like, who came to visit, how small they were. A hospital shoot is a nice way to capture all of those details that get so quickly forgotten in the 'new baby' delirium that sets in once you get home
I know this is nothing like being there in person, but hopefully Dad will enjoy these until he can get his hands on her in real life.
Enjoy!

Sandoval Family

There are a lot of reasons that family pictures don't get taken. I get it, I really do!
Everyone has different schedules, people don't know where to take pictures, it's expensive, kids are grumpy in the morning, people don't have anything to wear, kids are grumpy in the evening... adults are grumpy in the morning....etc. etc.
The list can go on and on, if you let it.
The one reason that people should get pictures taken is this- We are not promised tomorrow.
I don't mean to be a downer, but that is a sad fact that people get so busy and don't realize.
It's almost been a year since my grandma Sandoval passed away- I think about her all the time. It hits me at odd times, like when I'm baking something or singing a song that reminds me of her. It still aches like a ton of bricks on my heart and I still cry.
The reason I mention this is because my aunt and I had mentioned taking family pictures last year, at the end of summer but for one reason or another it never happened. It's something that makes me regret all of the excuses.
I do not want to do that anymore so I called and bothered all of my aunts and uncles into coming and taking family pictures. I think they came out great, even the bloopers :)

I made them into a book for my Grandpa, who is legally blind and let's face it- old, because I don't know what he would even do with the USB drive they are on.
That's something special that you can do for your own family, or for your parents. Get your family portraits taken, or gift them a session with their grandkids- You never know how much that will mean to them, or to you when they are no longer around to wrap around the kids' fingers.