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Starting Kindergarten..... for the last time

So we are on the cusp of Fall and Summer is but a fading memory. Did you go to the Beach? Did you Laugh? Were you Lazy? Did you have Fun? Did you fall in Love? Did you Play? Did you play Hard? Did you go on an Adventure? Did you Hike or Bike or Float or Fly? Did you capture the Memory? We always think we are going to remember just how beautiful our children looked with the sun setting behind them as they run on the beach saying "please Mom can't we just stay a little longer!" When in our mind we are shouting "please, can't you stay little.....just a little longer!" 

This phrase ran over and over and over in my mind a few weeks ago when I took my youngest to Kindergarten. This was the third time for me to "start" Kindergarten and it was just as hard this time as the first and second! I love kindergarten teachers, they are so sweet natured and willing to hug anyone including me for getting all teary eyed. 

Even now 4 weeks into the school year I got a little choked up today as I watch her big brother gently guide her into school from the car pool line. It made me feel peaceful knowing that her big brother steps into the guiding role when we are not around. With his older brother in Jr. High, JCP becomes the wise one, the leader, the oldest sibling at his school. A role that fits him like a glove!

Kamran (the hubby and Toy Maker) and I finally graduated from Pre School after 12 years and it is hard to believe that all my children are in "Big School" now. That is a huge milestone for us as a couple. No more diapers, car seats, johnny jump ups, baby food, pull ups, high chairs, bibs..... no more baby cooing, babbling, drooling, first smiles, pudgy legs, first steps, first tooth......I know there are many, many more "first" to come, first spend the night party, first real friend, first date, first kiss, first broken heart. I know there will be more adventures, more laughing, more loving, and a lot more milestones to hurdle! I hope I'll be able to find a sweet kindergarten teacher to wipe away my tears...

I took this photo when K. was learning to walk, now she is starting Kindergarten! 

This is baby K. at 2 years old. 

And 2 years later....What a difference! 

I took this photo this summer right after she graduated from Preschool! 

I took this photo in September right after Kindergarten started, I call it Little Chef! 

And our first "Post Kindergarten first"... She lost her first tooth! 

I'm Sorry!!!

O.K. I must admit that I have not been a very good blogger lately and for that I am truly sorry. I hope you all will forgive me! I promise to do better! It has been an extremely busy spring and start of Summer. This has been such a blessing and I thank each of you for being the best clients out there! I have been madly proofing and shooting, proofing, and shooting! I LOVE it. However I am perfectionist and as my husband points out this can be a problem. (more his problem though :-) My goal is to make each of your photos "wall-worthy", so I may spend a lot of time "working" a photograph so that it is perfect for you. I hope you will believe they were worth the wait! I plan to post several portrait sessions and a wedding over the next week so please stay tuned, or better yet subscribe to this blog. Just click the subscribe button at the top of the page. 

I am so excited to let you all know that we will be going to Hatteras Island the week of the 4th and I still have just a few sessions to fill. If you live near there or will be vacationing there between July 4th - 11th, I would be honored to photograph your family at the beach. These photos make great wall canvases and a grouping of photographs can serve as a beautiful focal point of any room. E-mail me at Suchislifephotography@gmail.com  if you are interested. 

And now for a little eye candy. This are a few of my favorite photographs from my last session with baby S. She is growing up so quickly. I have photographed her 4 times in the past 12 months or so. Angela wanted me to document her first year. This session had many firsts, it was a first with her sweet Daddy and she had just learned to walk and it was Angela's first time at Falls Park in Greenville. Wow, there are sooooo many first during that first year. Thank you Angela for letting me document your beautiful baby girl!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Natalie

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She is a natural with horses!

I photographed this beautiful little girl who is not so little any more. Her mother and I used to be in a play group with our children before they all started elementary school. I remember when Little Miss E was tiny and now she is riding horses! I have to admit, I am usually intimitated by such large animals but the horses at Shannon's farm are so gentle and loving and I never thought twice about it! This was a first for me, as I have never photographed horses before but I loved it and the venue was beautiful. It had rained all day and I was worried we would have to cancel, but it stoped about 1 1/2 hours before we were scheduled to meet.  It turned out to be beautiful with the light, the fall colors, and especially Little Miss E. Donna, hope you enjoy your sneak peak, your gallery should be up in a few days!

Boy have I been running!

It has been a whirlwind since the beginnig of October so I have not blogged in a while and I really need to catch you all up. I will promise I will post pictures here to give you all a sneak peak of your photos which will be loaded soon in the client section of my BRAND NEW WEBSITE!!!! This is the other reason I haven't been blogging, I have finallly been creating  a website that is representative of the work I love to create and the memories I want to capture for you. Check it out! www.suchislifephotography.com. I would love to hear your comments and feedback (good and bad) feel free to pass the site along to your friends and family if you like what you see!!! Thanks as always for yor patience and support, I can't wait for you all to see the photos I have for you so check back often!

Well here is one little girl that is so naturally beautiful you can't help but capture georgous photos of her! And her mom is incredibly engaging with her daughter she really helped get baby S's sweet little personality sparkle. Angela thanks for letting me capture her at this time in her life she is just precious! Here are a few of my favorites...

 

The beauty of creating a memory

created on July 20, 2008 migrated on November 19th 2008

I had the privilege of photographing Angela and her 3 month old. Baby S. was just beautiful and precious. Angela let me and my new assistant in her lovely home and she showed me around. She had hand picked some beautiful outfits for baby S to wear, but when she got the little pink one with the delicate fabric and said, "This was mine as a little girl." I knew we were definitely going to use that one. Then next to it were some blankets and a oh-so-soft and nubby mint green blanket was described as hand made by a Grandmother. As we moved through the house from living room, to bed rooms to nursery, we came to the den where we passed an old antique rocker that the Grandmother who made the blanket was rocked! What a treasure! I made a mental note that this must be in the photograph. Then we made our way out to a beautiful backyard with soft sunshine and I knew we had a great location. So I moved the antique rocker that once rocked the Grandmother and the handmade blanket knitted by hand by the Grandmother outside to the lush green setting in the backyard and brought out Angela and with sweet little baby S. in her mothers baby dress we made a memory not just a picture! Thanks Angela! I hope you enjoy your sneak preview.