Adkins family welcomes baby Noah!

I had the honor of photographing Noah's older brother Ethan when he was only 8 weeks old, so when Cheri "mom" contacted me and asked if I would take Noah's pictures, I was estatic! I love doing this because I get to see how much everyone has grown.

3-week-old Noah looks very similar to Ethan except, Noah has his momma's beautiful red hair. We decided that we wanted to do a session that was unique to Noah and different from his big brother. Since Ethan had done a studio session before, we chose an outdoor session for Noah instead. Thanks to the beautiful weather and Noah being a trooper, we got some awesome shots.

(Here is a link to see Ethan's pictures when he was first born:
http://jhalsteadphotography.blogspot.com/2009/01/adkins-family.html)

Here are some of my favorites!

Brotherly Love

My little brother, who is not so little anymore, just had his second son November 21. My brother and I have managed to have two children within weeks apart from one another. His first son was born 6 weeks before my Ethan and his second son, 8 weeks after my Brooklyn. It's exciting to go through my pregnancies with my sister-in-law and my brother. My family came in for the holidays, so I took full advantage of my new nephew. I grabbed some props and gave him his modeling debut. He has my brother's curls! I hate that I live so far away from family, but I loved that I was able to celebrate Jaxton's first Christmas with them.

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My Brooklyn is 3 months old

There are times when I feel like I wished I could speed up time, kind of like that movie click. I would have a nice little remote control that would enable me to speed through things like doing laundry or the dishes. However, I would never rush through one minute of my time with any of my kids. Every time I look at my youngest daughter, Brooklyn, I feel like it was just yesterday that I was bringing my oldest son, Rylan, home. 10 years are between the two of them, and not a moment I would want to just see fly by, but it's happening whether I like it or not. God continually reminds me of how wonderful He is and how incredibly precious time is.

My daughter Brooklyn has already had many challenges in her short 3 months of life. She is still struggling with weight gaining issues and has been battling a cough and fever for the last week. But, she is smiling and laughing out loud. She coo's and just rolled over to her stomach today, all by herself. Her face lights up when you talk to her.

Here are her three month pictures! Enjoy!
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