Father's day has always been a very contentious and emotional day for me, full of pain, anger and frustration.

But then my soulmate, partner and best friend became a father. And when I tell you that he made all my dreams of a life partner come true, that does little to compare to how much he has also become the father I wish I had and one I am so incredibly happy and proud that my son gets to experience. 

…Then came the day of the session, and big brother walked into my studio and was immediately disappointed. They told him that they were going to see a girl, and he looked at me and said, “She’s not a girl, she’s a mama!” Which I thought was very sweet. But regardless, this was pretty devastating to this little guy.

When we started to take photos, he was immediately inconsolable, I’m talking in full meltdown mode and you could tell from his crying that he was very scared.

Yay! Another topic that is full of polarizing opinions lolol!

This is a short one, but important nonetheless. We have co-slept with Lux a few times. When he had sleep regressions, we needed to get some sleep but he wouldn't let me put him down.

In my last post I spoke about how my clients were positive that I was going to rock the newborn gig with my own baby. And in ways I definitely had the advantage of years of experience with newborns and learning how they needed to be settled. But as I stated to my clients when they would say I had it easier - there is more to babies than just putting them to sleep and let me tell you, even that was a struggle for me.

It was something clients would say even before I was pregnant: Chuck and I were going to have it easy with our baby because we were such baby whisperers. And every time someone said that I would respond with maybe we will just be good at putting him to sleep, but there is so much more to it all than that. Boy was I right. In this post, I will tell you something that my years of experience helped me with.

It's the gift-giving season for a lot of us and with black Friday and cyber Monday on their way this week we wanted to take a moment to highlight some of our favourite local businesses.

You’re a new mom. You just got back from the hospital. You look down at your beautiful new baby, and they smile. You look at your significant other and they are packing up the car to go to babies first monthly check-up. What…? Already?! You look at your watch… Damn, I need to pick up the balloons for the little one’s 100 days party? Where did the time go…?

Having Lux has been the most rewarding experience of my life. But, as many of you know—and will eventually find out—having a baby is no joke. Time flies, there is so much new stuff to keep up with, on top of growing an entire human being inside of yourself! So I thought I would gather all the helpful supports that got me through my pregnancy and prepared me for the first few months with my newborn.

A little while ago I received the sweetest email I have ever received! It was from a proud grandfather who was completely in love and enchanted by his sweet newborn grand-daughter Charlie. He had seen my work with his business partner’s newborn and was so passionate about getting the same session done for his grand-daughter!