Out with the old.... in with the new....

The time has come....... after friends telling me I needed to switch.. I finally gave in. I will miss this blog..... for this is where everything started. You have watched my life change here..... you've watched me grow as a photographer, mom and person. You've seen my childrens first day of school, their first loose tooth, you've seen them happy, goofy and you've watched me love them, you've seen me pregnant, you were there when we welcomed that baby, and you've watched her grow through my eyes. I hope you will bookmark the new site... love it as much as I do..........and continue to watch me, my photography and my children grow. I look forward to what the future holds for Jessica Deane Photography :)

www.jessicadeanephotography.com

These are the moments-

These are the moments I long to capture.

Its real

Its love

Its life

Its true

MY moments. And I love them.

Hats (52 week challenge: week 9}

Yep! thats right! FINALLY. This post is LONG over due. I'm trying my best to get caught up. Life takes over my hobby sometimes :)

...I have

"I have carried a child within my body.....I have comforted a baby upon my chest.....I have loved a child with all my heart....My body is not magazine perfect, but when I look in the mirror I see a mother, and there is no greater honor or blessing."

As I was laying with my 6 year old at bedtime tonight... all was quiet.... we had already said our prayers... we had already said goodnight.... I was just waiting for him to fall asleep when I heard.... I love you. The strongest three words ever put together...... and they made my heart swell. I gently said back.. "oh.. I love you too honey"

Today- I'm thankful

Someone I briefly came to know lost her battle with cancer... a young first time mother.....who was diagnosed with cancer when her daughter was a few months old. She leaves behind a precious baby girl who is close in age with my own Addi. It really hit home to me.. and my heart is broken for that family. But- most of all.... my heart is broken for Kathy.... the things she will miss...... her little girls childhood..... the laughs.. the memories.

I turned 28 today..... and today- I'm thankful. I dont care about gifts.... or even a cake. I dont care that there is a sinkful of dishes calling my name... or that my hamper upstairs is flowing over with laundry.. Today- I'm going to celebrate my life- another day with my husband- children and friends. I'm going to celebrate living.... who cares about my weight today... or that being 28 means I'm closer to 30... I'll probably eat more than I should today- but who cares? I'm going to enjoy today- I'm not going to worry about the crumbs on the floor- I'm going to treasure my family..... and thank God for another year... another day... another moment... of life.

Today- I'M THANKFUL!!!!! & I'm going to celebrate life!

.....she was little

I was telling a friend of mine today about the photos my mom brought out while I was at her house last night... and she sent me this clip-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHPNDjWw1m0

I loved it... and it spoke to me. Its true! Pictures speak..... As I looked through that old shoebox stuffed full of old family photos... I could have cried. I saw my family- some have gone on... and some still here. They were young.. they were happy. I saw my great grandma as a young woman, raising a house full of children.... a side of her I had never seen... b/c I only remember her older. I saw pictures of my granny... a blonde haired little girl with a half buttoned up sweater and tattered shoes on. I imagined her as that child.. what was her favorite dolly? Her playing with her siblings... She grew up to be such a wonderful grandma, who nurtured me, loved me, and worried over me. But- she wasnt always my granny.... she was young.... she was happy... she was safe and carefree. A little girl with messy blonde hair- and I loved that little girl.

It just reminded me of how quickly time is passing. One day someone will be looking through an old shoebox of pictures of me and my children... what will they see? What story will I tell? That I was young. I was happy. I was a good mom. I loved my children. I loved pictures.


Pictures speak........... are you listening?

....the story of a little girl...

"If these pictures have anything important to say to future generations, it's this: I was here, I was young, I was happy, and someone cared enough about me in this world to take my picture."

Thats a quote from a friends facebook. I've loved it from the first time I read it. I find it soo true. While my children get annoyed at their mother always in their face clicking her camera.....I know one day they'll look back on all these images of their childhood and smile. The pictures will bring back to life, those little moments of their childhood. Maybe they will have forgotten that snaggletooth smile...the look on their face on christmas morning.... or how they loved running barefoot in the summer catching lightnin bugs. So... if all these images tell you anything later in life... please know .. mama loved you... and did her best to capture your childhood.... as told by YOU.

Thank you to all my faithful readers who stop by my blog every week.. and are watching my children grow through my lens.