My Son Austin (Pardon my Bragging)

I wanted to take a moment on my blog this week to brag a little about my son, Austin.

Isn't he a cutie!? He is BY FAR my favorite subject to photograph.

He just turned two in August. And, like any other Mom, I forgot to do his 2 year old photos on his Birthday. I just got them done this week (as he turns 26 months old)! here are a couple of my favorites.

Austin had a rocky start in life. He arrived 10 weeks early, weighing just 1 lb 3 oz. In fact, it was his birth that really pushed me to get back into photography full time as a business. I realized that life is precious and is often too short. Shouldn't we all be do something that we LOVE doing as a career?

I used my camera to reach inside his tiny incubator to be "close" to him (since we couldn't hold him for weeks after his birth). It was a way to connect to him when all we could do was hold his hand for the first 6 weeks of life. My husband is holding his hand in this photo below. Notice how tiny his little fingers are.

And just look at this cute kid today! "What a miracle" I say! Every parent knows that the birth of their child is a miracle, and this little guy is no different.

Each year in the spring my family takes part in walking for March for Babies to help raise funds for March of Dimes so that babies who are born premature will have a chance of survival in the future (just like my Austin did).

In spring of 2009 I'll be offering special discounted rates to raise funds for March of Dimes through my photography as well. I hope you will join us in supporting a great cause.

Thanks for letting me brag about my son a bit! He's just too cute not to mention on this blog every now and then.
-Amy