Evelyn Laws -New Orleans, New York City, Pensacola Newborn and Child Photographer

Just a tiny bit of honey baby sweetness this morning. Luscious, delicious baby Laws. I found this in a random file while sifting through 3 hard drives…….and while working on the new autism blog site. I was unable to pass up the opportunity to share my fascinating, beautiful baby boy.  It’s hard to describe how much photographs speak to me. Truly, they are one of the most important parts of who I am, and would feel less whole without them. Affording us the ability to bring back so many memories in a tangible way is so much icing goodness on my little slice of life. The Details. Smells. Smiles. Sleepy eyes. Footed PJ’s.  Irreplaceable Moments.

I have a less than functional memory for the better part of my day to day existence, but just seeing these images of him brings back a FLOOD of memories….even from that particular day. I remember the swell in my chest. From my heart smiling SO BIG. Just looking at him so happy and utterly adorable and scrumptious. Not many days went by that I did not want to suck his cheeks right off of his face. The feel of his skin and his gorgeous hair…..and GOOD LORD….that SMILE.  I often thought, “can I get a face with that smile please?” , because it is so big and wide and striking.  He saw himself in the mirror this one particular morning…..

and we seemed to share, though parallel in experience, the same amount of delight.  It was just another ordinary day, that at the time, and ever since then seemed like one of the many that completely run together in a stream of busy unconsciousness….. endless and neverending. No shower, no gym, no sleep ins to refresh, no adult conversation. A valley of sacrifices that seemed half worth it at the time. But never more worth it than now.  Never ever EVER more so that right this minute.  6 years later.  It all seems to go by so fast. in a flash. gone. The mundane daily tasks of mothering tends to overshadow and replace these sweet and beautiful moments that one hundred. MILLION. dollars…could not buy. and that while clouded by the minutiae of bills and obligations and laundry and the lawn, are the most spiritual and amazing parts of life that someone could ever be a part of.  Just chewing on a toy, discovering his perfect face in the mirror with drool and footed pajamas……can appear so ordinary. YET…miracle is the word that comes to mind, like a huge flashing billboard in Times Square on New Years Eve…….

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a few passing precious days with an even more precious friend and her sweet, sweet babies……all you want to do is STOP. the. TIME.  You want to stop it so that it moves further no more. It’s already moved so fast and so furious. Taking us from our college campus at 19 to mother’s of 33 with two children. In. An. Instant.

So I do. I capture the moment. Their beauty. Because I am blessed with the eye or the heart or the eye within the heart…….to be able to capture slices of little lives. Of old and new lives and loves and God knows what else.

With camera in hand,  I stopped a moment in time.   For 20 minutes on a hot July afternoon in complete chaos.

Her little heavenly babies….who live across the entire world….made me, and my shutter happy heart……..one grateful friend today. Cliche or not, the only way to really take these memories and keep them completely still is to click away. one  photograph at a time.

Or ten.

A million miles away, in Dubai you are. But today, you were with me. And that made me HAPPY.

we love you……sweet Max and Helen.

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comes close to what’s in her HEART.

It’s almost as beautiful. And pure.

But not quite as perfect as what shines from her insides.

I love you Lily.