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also, new dates for spring sessions are available at the top of this blog.

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new on olive's list of accomplishments is saying "ma" and "da" (of course, she said ma first!!!), giggling, rolling around, and charming everyone in the house. the kids are in awe of her still, it has not faded as of yet. she is certainly the missing puzzle piece that our family needed, and she has settled perfectly into our lives.

as for work, i have had a bit of a much-needed break so far this winter. i started back to work when ms ollie was just 2 months old -- it was a bit of a challenge!!! but i made it through my busy fall in somewhat of a fog between lots of photo shoots, editing, and then nights and days of feeding. looking back over the past 6+ months is somewhat a blur, as i think most new parents would say. i am hopeful that i have taken enough photo and video so that we can remember it ..... i feel like the first few months are so hard, because it is so new, and you are just flat tired. the first few weeks are just horrid in my opinion .... i was so exhausted with her feeding every 2 hours or so, and nursing my third baby was my most trying time nursing out of all of them. but for now, we have all settled in nicely with everything, and she is just the cutest little thing and we all feel so lucky to have her around. the kids often remark about he lucky we are that we have such a great little baby in our family :)

i am going to update my available dates (above) this week. although we have yet to get a big snow, spring is around the corner!!! consider looking at dates if you are interested in a spring or summer session. i am going to cut back on sessions this year .... i have to to keep my sanity with our busy clan. so once the allotted sessions are booked for the month, i will not be adding any additional sessions. i will also send out a newsletter soon reminding everyone to look at available dates. if you don't currently get these newsletters, go to the top of the page and click on LINKS, and then click on JOIN OUR MAILING LIST.

for now, enjoy the cuteness below :)

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she is gorgeous.

and so sweet.

do you know by now that i love the detail shots?

sleeping in the cool breeze outside.

eyelashes getting long!!!

wispy lashes ....

so perfect .... she's getting a little bit of chub!!

talking to mommy :)

and this ..... i do believe that i see a bit of myself in this one photo. her daddy can take credit for all of the rest :)

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and then big sis walks down, and baby olive starts beaming!!! i couldn't believe it :)

stare out with harp ...

and more grins with big brother jonah. these were the biggest grins i had seen by far :)

this was the inside of olive's birth announcement ................... i love it!!

these were taken when olive was 1 week. i love this.

but this will be made huge into a canvas to be hung on our wall!!! this was exactly what i was after. i couldn't believe i got this .... i was mostly worried about the boys. they proved to me that they can be patient and calm for a minute :)

this is more like it, though!!

and just a bit of sweetness to end this post ...

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i love newborn lips!!!

and a little newborn nose :)

eyes wide open! here she is posing for a photo that mamaw requested on the blanket she made olive.

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recently, i had the opportunity to photograph another Gift of Life patient. Asma is from Afghanistan and had 3 surgeries in 6 weeks.

i have always thought that it is so neat how kids gravitate towards one another .... no matter the age. i had the pleasure of my son toting along this day. as soon as we were introduced, asma was smiling and putting her hands towards harper, who is five years old. he immediately replied with a smile, and put his hand out so she could grab it. things like this make me teary and proud .... throughout the shoot she looked towards harper and laughed. the image below is one when we moved into a different room and sat her down on the couch, and harper went over and sat on the floor near her. they again grasped hands. i think it is neat how kids are so interested in other kids. i was also so proud of harper for being so good. he knew that she had been sick and he feels sad about things like that. later, we were in line to get a pillow pet, as that day was the day that tons and tons of pillow pets were delivered to Riley. a little boy at the hospital said that every kid there needs a pillow pet, along with all of their visitors that day. as we were in line, we noticed a cute little baby behind us with tubes in his nose. my son smiled and waved to him, then turned around to me and said that he wished he didn't have to be like that. my whole body filled with tears of thanks that harper is so compassionate and gratitude for my kids' health .... i certainly do wish there was a way to just make everyone healthy ... but thank goodness there are kids out there who teach us what life is really all about.

so ... here is beautiful asma's story :

Col. Faqir, Asma's grandfather is a Col. in the Afghan army and a good friend of Col. Newman of the Indiana National Guard presently stationed in Kabul. Their friendship led Col Faqir to let Col. Newman know about his granddaughter, Asma, having a serious heart problem. Col. Newman immediately contacted General Umbarger, head of the Indiana National Guard. He contacted Rotary Gift of Life and the correspondence between the doctor in Afghanistan and Dr. Turrentine at Riley. Asma was living with an oxygen level of about 55% and very frail. There was even correspondence as to whether she was strong enough to make the long trip from Kabul to Indianapolis.

She was brought to Indianapolis by her grandparents, underwent heart surgery at Riley and has now returned to Kabul a healthy one-year old with a chance at a normal life. Rotary Gift of Life was with the family from their arrival in Indianapolis, to staying at Ronald McDonald House, to the medical pre-op to the surgery to seeing them off at the airport 61 days after their arrival.

]]> http://www.ginamillerblog.com/index.cfm?postID=199 http://www.ginamillerblog.com/index.cfm?postID=199 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:30:00 GMT HERE and you can also find more info on FACEBOOK. she is a huge inspiration, be sure to read her story!!

below are a sampling of some of the kids that came out to support this great organization. it was a successful day, and with everyone's help, GMP was able to donate $2,000 to Tatum's Bags of Fun! i was very pleased as this was my first fundraising event.

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2010 was a complete whirlwind .............. the kids are getting busier every year. GMP had its best year, which i thank all of my client's for trusting in me to capture their family's memories. i have so many repeat clients that i am having the opportunity to watch grow, and watch their families grow and expand, that there is really no other word that i can think of to explain it but simple gratitude. i have taken some time this winter to slow down, try to get caught up on sleep and just things around the house in general. i have gotten my hard drive organized and gone thru tons and tons of photos. i have great clients, and they all feel the exact same way about their kids as i do ours. it's an infatuation of sorts ... it's the desire to freeze the moment because they know that tomorrow will be different, the kids will be older and wiser. their looks will change. it's having such a strong love for your kids that you want them to experience that love, and you always want them to remember how you felt towards them.

in a nutshell, i do get overwhelmed when i reflect on my work, and how much i enjoy it. i have also been going thru stacks and stacks and more stacks of personal photos i have taken since 2006. it's when i look thru these snapshots and full-blown sessions that i realize how much i enjoy being a mom. i get to remember how tiny the kids were .... just not long ago. i feel like i don't realize it day-to-day, or even year-to-year. but to look at a photo from just 2 years ago and note how different one of my kids looks .................. or to go thru the thousands of photos and remind myself that i was absolutely present for so much in their little lives, it's a good feeling. i think, especially as working parents, it's very easy to get lost in the day-to-day grind of trying to be a good parent and also get your work done, and then maybe take a minute for yourself, and sleep .... it's reassuring to look thru memories and to remember that you succeeded in this very important thing of being a parent. i highly encourage everyone to take LOTS of photos. it's so fun to look thru them and remember! i feel the same way about video. we just use our little point and shoot video clips, but to hear the kid's voices and how their voices have changed and their vocabulary has improved and their little mannerisms that are bound to be forgotten ... again, it's so fun to watch them and to show the kids how they have grown.

so, in the whirlwind of 2010, a few things stand out. i held my first Kid's Day fundraiser, and raised $2,000 for TATUM'S BAGS OF FUN. i will post photos later related to this event. i (successfully) did my first dog session, and really enjoyed it! i got to do another shoot for Gift of Life, and made a donation for their auction, which i am so happy to be associated with. i did several shoots for Little Skye Clothing, which was fun and different for me compared to the daily grind. i had the opportunity to shoot a good friend's wedding in MEXICO, which was just more fun than i can even explain, and was a photographer's fantasy land. i was also present and photographed a brand new baby girl being born into the world, which i have always held in my mind as the most miraculous thing that happens .... it was amazing! my son started preschool, and i have survived :) i married my best friend in june, and in july we will be expecting a little babe!!

alisha and i recently photographed the cutest newborn, and i must say it made me pretty excited about the changes that will pop up this summer :) i remember being a mom for the first time, and staring endlessly at my daughter. i was in awe with how perfect she was. i was amazed with her eyelashes, toes, wrinkles on her feet, her sweet lips. everything spoke to me. when i photograph a session, no matter what the age, i strive to photograph them the same way i do my own kids. i want to show parents something that will forever remind them how they felt about their kids.

so there you go with the whirlwind of 2010! it was crazy .... and no doubt 2011 will be even more so. soooooooooooo ....

Start thinking about your 2011 sessions now. I will be taking maternity leave from June - August. Please see available dates at the top of the blog (above). Come September, I will be booking sessions, but not as many as I normally book. Please start thinking about what month you are interested in, and send me a quick email so we can get you on the schedule. If you know you are interested in September or later, feel free to go ahead and contact me even though I don't have available dates online yet and we will secure a date. I will not be able to shoot as many sessions this summer and fall, but I do want to try my best to work with everyone.

My email : info@ginamillerphotography.com
Phone : 765.763.6769

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