Addie’s Shoes

In His Hands

Wow, it feels weird to be back here at WordPress! 

The previous post (“Let’s Go to Fraggle Rock!”…what was I thinking?) has been mocking me for the last five months.

Every few days, I log in to check on some blogs that I’ve subscribed to, and I’ve promised myself that I’d be back when the time was right.

Here I am.

But where I have been in this time has made me a different person.  Hopefully, the changes in my life will make a positive difference in my photography as time goes by…the rest of my life sure has gotten better!

Five months ago, my daughter was born.  She was unexpectedly early; 14 weeks early, to be exact.  My beautiful, courageous girl entered the world only 13 inches long and weighing only a pound and a half. 

She spent the first four and a half months of her life in the NICU at our local children’s hospital, with her besotted mommy and daddy at her side.  (Gramma and Grampa weren’t too far away, either.)

The lens of my camera has had a different purpose for a while. 

Instead of capturing the beauty of nature, it has been recording the grace and strength of a true little miracle.  I have hundreds of photos from our time at the hospital.

And now, my amazing girl is home, 7 inches longer and three times as heavy as the day she was born. 

Of course, my camera has a new subject…and I am free from the walls of the hospital, looking forward to enjoying the change of seasons and the coming holidays.

My Adeline reminds me of the song, “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.” 

“He’s got the tiny little baby baby in His hands…”

In His hands, indeed.  Hallelujah!

Pearl is home!

Great Mom

Best Friend

Awesome Rear End

Weeks Apart

Sammy and Adam

Almost 5

Note: Two seconds before I took this picture, he was getting out.  As soon as he saw the camera, he adopted his pensive pose.

Uncle Don