Kacey Luvi Creative Productions

For all of you that were expecting me to take a minimum of 1,000 photos a day of my child will be sourly disappointed in me. Here is the confession.. I didn’t really start taking pictures of her until she about 3 weeks old. The sad excuse is that I was just too tired.. and when she would actually fall asleep, ain’t nobody gonna touch the child. Let her sleep and do not even breathe on her! She was a touchy newborn. High maintenance. Awake. Fussy. Awake. Diva. Loud. Awake. Crying. Did I mention high maintenance? Ok, she’s still a newborn, but this little angel turned a corner around 3 weeks. She turned 3 weeks on Christmas Day.. it was one of the hardest days we had yet. I cried right along with her every time she cried. I was awake when she was awake and awake when she was asleep. I couldn’t be the party pooper on Christmas and escape to my bedroom for some much needed rest… not on CHRISTMAS! (Besides, by the time she would fall asleep and I thought I could let out a big sigh of relief, she would wake and the cycle continued). It was a rough day. Then, the best Christmas gift of all.. she slept 7 straight hours through the night. 7 HOURS of uninterrupted, deep, blissful sleep. It was like crack–though I’ve never smoked crack, so I’m not really sure that’s a legit comparison. Anyway, I was a new person. From then on, I have started to feel well and stable enough to finally pick up my camera and start snapping. My sweet mom was the one taking all the photos of her for the first 3 weeks. Between our 2 iPhone photo galleries, there must be hundreds upon hundreds. I have since rekindled my love with my Canon. We are doing MUCH better around here. (Chance will tell you… it was pretty ugly for a minute).

Here is my happy girl just after waking from a nap.And some of my favorite photos of my life. My sweet and talented assistant, Amy Cooper snapped a few shots (impromptu at our friend, Jenn’s house one afternoon). Sometimes the best photos are when you least expect it… OR when you’re just REALLY in love with the theme of the subject–my deep, ridiculous love for my daughter. It’s fun to be on the other side of receiving photos… I can’t stop thanking Amy for this GIFT!! It’s so fun to be on this side of the camera in precious times of life like these.