Celebrating Lilie

This sweet angel is Lilie. She was born with a congenital heart defect called Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Later she was also diagnosed with GM1 Gangliosidosis. It is a rare, incurable lysosomal storage disease (enzyme deficiency). Because toxins can not be broken down, she will continue to degenerate. Lilie is now 18 months old, most with this disease don't live to celebrate their second birthday. The Clark family continues to celebrate each day they have with Lilie.

To learn more about Lilie's story, please visit...
www.caringbridge.org/visit/lilieclark

The Clarks contacted me due to the incredible non-profit organization Now I lay Me Down To Sleep(NILMDTS). Originally NILMDTS offered bereavement photography to families suffering the loss of a newborn. However now due to the many volunteer photographers NILMDTS offers photography for older babies and children. For more info on NILMDTS, please visit...
http://nowilaymedowntosleep.org/

I am so honored to be chosen to document a part of Lilie's Journey.

Picard Family Portrait Session

Another great session at Pioneer Park in Stillwater. This session was a Mother's Day gift from Craig to Kit and his mother. Portraits truely are a wonderful gift!

Natalie's 18 month Portrait Session

I can't believe that Natalie is already a toddler! I have been photographing her since she was a newborn. She was totally charming and quite the entertainer. Check out my new favorite girl prop... A pink tutu.

Best of 2007

2007 was a great year for weddings and portraits! This is my first Best of Contest. The 4 categories are Babies, Kids, Seniors and Weddings. Please vote for your favorite image in each category (see top right side). The winner of each category will receive a free portrait session (portrait credit for seniors). Contest ends May 31st at midnight.

Weddings:

#1 Dan and Amanda

#2 Doug and Nikki

#3 Kari and Bridesmaids


#4 Andy and Kari

Babies:

#1 Isabelle

#2 Mason

#3 Kendall with Tracy

#4 Natalie

Kids:

#1 Murphy Kids

#2 Lauren and Eliie

#3 Andrew


#4 Lydia

Seniors:

#1 Nathan

#2 Lanae

#3 Leah

#4 Rachel

Jenson's Newborn Portraits

Jenson did an awesome job and is so adorable! He is only one month old, but looks older. I think it is those big eyes. He was so alert and looked right into the camera several times.
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