Category Archives: Adoption

Letters to Our Daughters | March 2013

To My Sweet Girls, Yes, I said ‘girls’ PLURAL.  Miss S. you are finally home.  Home, home, home forever!!!  After all of our waiting…your waiting.  You are HERE.  Where you are meant to be.  Our family feels utterly complete (for now at least) with your presence.  Your laughter echoes through the house.  You are the…

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Where I’ve Been | Minneapolis Child Photographer

Weeeell. It just so happens I was bringing home this sweet little one from China… She’s something, isn’t she?  It’s been a whirlwind 2 months.  Hence, the crickets chirping away here on the blog .  My maternity leave ends the second week of May and so I’ve been doing a little here and there to…

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Letters to Our Daughters | January 2013

My Dear Baby Bird, Right now.  Your daddy, big sister and I are on a plane to come and bring you home.  In just a few hours we will land in Beijing.  With each minute that goes by the miles between us melt away.  On Monday we will be face to face for the first…

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Letter to Our Daughters | October 2012

Dear Love, So this isn’t the letter I had planned.  But you have fallen quite ill…with scarlet fever no less.  It’s been a trying week for all of us.  You screaming outloud as your body itches and burns.  Me screaming inside as there is little I can do to give you comfort.  I must say….

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Letter to Our Daughters | July 2012

It’s month 4 for this very special photography project I am participating in.  After you finish reading my post, please pay a visit to the blog of Amy Lucy Lockheart | Minneapolis Photographer to follow the chain of letters from other photographer moms around the world! Dearest Sparrow, Today we received a gift.  2 minutes and…

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Kindred. | Edina MN Photographer

Prepare yourself for a massive amount of photos.  I couldn’t help myself.  Partly because of who is in the photos and partly because this session hits so close to home for me.  This is Emily…and her girl, Lulu.  Emily and I met when we were adopting our girls from Vietnam 6 years ago.  They are…

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Letters to Our Daughters | June 2012

It’s month 3 for this very special photography project I am participating in. See where it started HERE. After you finish reading my post, mozy on over and check out the stunning work of Kirsty Larmour | Abu Dhabi Photographer.  I love feasting my eyes on the gorgeous and unfamiliar landscapes she gets to shoot…

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