Shannon Holden Photography

I just have to laugh … are you all talking off the blog and planning your emails together? Because several of you have asked me in the last couple of weeks when you’d get to see some new images of my baby girl! First, let me say thank you … thank you for being friends as well as clients, and for sharing our enthusiam during our daughter’s first year. She is pure joy, delightful, delicate, and dainty. I am excited to share her latest portraits, taken this evening in a quick few minutes before bedtime.

She is 9 months old. Already I can see hints of what her little girl years will bring. She is social and sweet, but careful not to venture too far from the safety of Mommy’s and Daddy’s arms. She loves to giggle, especially at her big brothers. She says “uh-oh” nearly four dozen times each day. She is learning how to sign, and can tell us “more” and “all done” at mealtime. And she is nearly walking! She only needs one hand to hold to tottle along, and that is more for security than anything. Sometimes she’ll forget to hold on, and she’ll just stand on her own for long periods. We know she could take that first independent step if she wanted to, but she’s just not mentally ready.

That’s okay with Mommy. I wish I could bottle up these baby days and keep them forever!

“We can only said to be alive in those moments
when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”

- Thornton Wilder