Christiana Childers Photography Blog

This post is about my friend H.  I’m a leader for Young Lives (Young Life for Teen Moms) so met her at the HS I volunteer at in the Day Care Center.  She was 17 and pregnant.  She is probably one of the sweetest girls you’ll meet.  She has a shy smile but smiles often.  She generously lets you into her life.  I’m truly a better person having known her the short time I have.  She planned to raise her baby but near the end of her pregnancy made the hard choice to let him be adopted by a family.  I can’t imagine getting to that point and then carrying through with the plan.  But she did.  I just wanted to do a quick post to honor her.  She put her baby’s needs in front of her own and it wasn’t easy.  It took lots of strength, courage and ultimately a strong mother’s love.

So proud of you, H!!

B is for the bluest eyes in the whole world of life!B is also for buns!

Haha!  Are you looking at my bum? Are ya?

B is for Broncos!!

B is for Beautiful family -

B is for…oh!  I can’t thinking of a ‘B’ word for yummy cheeks! Just enjoy the rest from the session!!

I did another extended family photo shoot Mother’s Day weekend.  So fun!!  Let me share some of my favorites~ Are you kidding me with those eyes!!

Time for funny faces!

I love all the little details that come with kids, or anybody for that matter, like jewelry, toys, shoes..

And I can never get enough of kids feet!

Don’t you just want a little nibble of those toes!!

Thank you all for such a fun session!!

OK, so some of you know that my friends tease me that my stories always start with “My cousin…”  It’s actually true.  I’ll admit it.  BUT, in my defense there are lots of stories there!  First, I have about 75 cousins (not really…but wait.  That’s not far off..) and they are really remarkable people! So here we go -

MY COUSIN Adam just got home this weekend from his first Command Tour as a Navy Commander on a SHIP (I got in trouble for calling it a boat.  Learn from my mistakes!).  Here are some shots from the day!

Here’s my patriotic brother…

This guy kind of killed me!  Do you ever see someone like that and they just remind you of something special?  This man did to me.  I took a bunch of shots of him.

And then the reunions began!  So fun to watch!!

Here’s my cousin and his daughter -

Here he is being interviewed by the media.  I love all the hugging going on in this shot.

And the newest member of the Starr Clan -

If those pics don’t make you bite your knuckles from cute, well, there’s something wrong with you!

And one last one that I got first thing in the morning.  I made Ben stop on the freeway.  It was just too beautiful!

You might recognize my friends from a previous posts (Baby W) and my website.  I thought I’d show you some photos I took of them for their Christmas card.

See what I mean?!  NOT ugly!

Here’s Baby W.  He’s grown so much since his birth day!

And I had to show you the many faces of A!

Thank you guys for a fun day with you all and a small baby fix!  Love you!

Meet C.  Nearly cobalt blue eyes, throw on an every-ready smile and then add dimples!  Well!   She is a wee charmer for sure.  Her parents are in trouble with a capital T!

We met at Lincoln Park in West Seattle on a day that even in the morning the forecast was saying it was going to rain all day or at least be cloudy but as you can see we had glorious sun for this family session.  But you could have thrown this one in a dirt pile during a down pour and the pictures wouldn’t have suffered!  She that cute, people.

Sweet, isn’t she?!

Thank you guys for showing me a new spot!

Dear W,

On the day you were born, we waited to hear that is was time to come in the room and watch you come into the world.  We took bets  - Boy? Girl?  We laughed lots and were told to be quiet.  We kept watch for the dr.  We watched the clock.  We prayed.  We looked outside at the beautiful trees glowing in the sun.  We texted…a lot.  We tried to help your mama but couldn’t help her the way we wanted to.  She was strong and beautiful…and tired.  We wondered if you would sense how much people already loved you.  And then you were born!  A boy!  I was right. I just wanted you to know that.  And I also wanted you to know that you already have a big piece of my heart.

I saw this view on the way to home and it seemed right.

Love you sweet boy,

Auntie Sug

If so, turn back now!   Ok….but don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Still alive?  Is she cute or what??!  Here are some more….. if you dare.

Ben met these friends through work.  They have just had their first child and, just a couple of days after the photoshoot, flew off to India to introduce her to the rest of the family.  I’m sure they are now over the moon for her!  I mean how can you not be charmed by this one? 

She was always grabbing her feet so I took a lot of those perfect little feet. 

Dang, I love my job….Travel safe friends!