18
2015Remember sweet peanut Gideon? He was all of 6 pounds and very smiley at his newborn session.
One year later and he’s a big boy with who is still amazingly smiley!
Better yet, I’ve had a string of baby boys who were totally uninterested in (and perhaps even disgusted by) their cake. Not Gideon. This little guy LOVED his cake. He even licked his cake support clean. You have to watch the video to enjoy it fully!
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05
2015Sullivan is our second child. He was a planned home, water birth. An amazing, beautiful experience.
Due to his floppy tone, doctors ordered genetic testing. He does have a chromosomal abnormality. However, it is not a named syndrome. Only common abnormalities are actually named. In Sullivan’s case, he’s the only known person with his gene duplication. 96 of his genes on his X chromosome are duplicated.
Geneticists assume this is the reason for his low tone. His low tone makes it difficult for him to reach everyday physical milestones that other babies do, but he’s not giving up. Everyday, he works on rolling and learning to sit unassisted. Our goal is that he’ll be sitting by his 1st birthday.
Sullivan’s favorite activity is swinging in the backyard. He loves watching the leaves move in the breeze and watching his older brother, Jonah, swing next to him. He also loves his toes in the koi pond, watching the fish and the waterfall. He really enjoyed being sung to. ‘Old Macdonald had a farm’ is his favorite song. Daddy loves tickling him and giving him kisses. This makes him giggle.
I love Sullivan’s determination. Simple tasks that other people take for granted, may be difficult for him for a while, but he won’t let that stop him. We see improvement every week. His happy smile and chubby rolls, make him irresistible to cuddle:) He still cuddles like a newborn.
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03
2015It was actually a struggle to get a picture of Jeremy when he was NOT smiling. For a photographer, that’s practically a dream situation. I felt like I was walking on clouds!
Jeremy likes listening to mama sing, Sesame Street, and lots and lots of attention. The more attention, the more smiles. This little guy is a total extroverted camera hog 🙂
Jeremy is a child with Down Syndrome. 1 in about 700 babies are affected by this genetic condition which knows no barriers for race or economics. Down Sydrome does not define who or what he will become. People affected by down syndrome have become successful actors, restaurant owners, models and just about anything they dreamed of becoming.
01
2015Luke is all boy. He must have climbed and explored everything in the whole studio. Nothing was too great an obstacle for this little adventurer.
Luke is a child with Down Syndrome. But that doesn’t change the fact that he is a unique individual with his own needs, wants, and agenda. An agenda Luke made abundantly clear with multiple uses of the word “no” 😉
Mommy and I got quite the workout chasing this little guy around and watching him explore, but even so we managed to capture just who he was.
I love that his mama was laid back and just went with the flow. I would rather capture a child being their normal mischievous and high energy selves than to force them to do formal poses.