Marysa - Maternity Photos in Montreal
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Marysa - Maternity Photos in Montreal

This lovely woman is my cousin, Marysa! I couldn’t be MORE happy to photograph her and her amazingly sweet husband Phil. It’s crazy to think that I used to pick up and carry this girl around when we were children everytime I came to visit Montreal.

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Alina - Family Photo Session in Montreal
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Alina - Family Photo Session in Montreal

Alina’s family was a joy to photograph. Her two boys are so adorable and fully of the “young boy energy” — you know what I mean! But, one of her son’s had just woken up before the photo session, and wasn’t really interested in taking pictures. In fact, he was quite emotional.

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Hakan’s Story - Maternity and Newborn Photography in Montreal
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Hakan’s Story - Maternity and Newborn Photography in Montreal

Hakan’s family was a real joy to work with. His father was a bit apprehensive, but once he got to know Chuck and I, he really came out of his shell and we captured some great photos of him with his son. Hakan’s mom was a pure pleasure to photograph! During both her pregnancy and when the baby arrived, she was just radiant!

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Papa Love
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Papa Love

Father's day has always been a very contentious and emotional day for me, full of pain, anger and frustration.

But then my soulmate, partner and best friend became a father. And when I tell you that he made all my dreams of a life partner come true, that does little to compare to how much he has also become the father I wish I had and one I am so incredibly happy and proud that my son gets to experience. 

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When expectations meet meltdowns
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When expectations meet meltdowns

…Then came the day of the session, and big brother walked into my studio and was immediately disappointed. They told him that they were going to see a girl, and he looked at me and said, “She’s not a girl, she’s a mama!” Which I thought was very sweet. But regardless, this was pretty devastating to this little guy.

When we started to take photos, he was immediately inconsolable, I’m talking in full meltdown mode and you could tell from his crying that he was very scared.

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Co-Sleeping, Sometimes You Just Have To!
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Co-Sleeping, Sometimes You Just Have To!

Yay! Another topic that is full of polarizing opinions lolol!

This is a short one, but important nonetheless. We have co-slept with Lux a few times. When he had sleep regressions, we needed to get some sleep but he wouldn't let me put him down.

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Lux's Story Part 5 | Sleep? Who is she? Don't know her…
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Lux's Story Part 5 | Sleep? Who is she? Don't know her…

In my last post I spoke about how my clients were positive that I was going to rock the newborn gig with my own baby. And in ways I definitely had the advantage of years of experience with newborns and learning how they needed to be settled. But as I stated to my clients when they would say I had it easier - there is more to babies than just putting them to sleep and let me tell you, even that was a struggle for me.

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Lux's Story Part 4 | How we settled our colicky baby
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Lux's Story Part 4 | How we settled our colicky baby

It was something clients would say even before I was pregnant: Chuck and I were going to have it easy with our baby because we were such baby whisperers. And every time someone said that I would respond with maybe we will just be good at putting him to sleep, but there is so much more to it all than that. Boy was I right. In this post, I will tell you something that my years of experience helped me with.

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Consider Shopping Local During the Holidays
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Consider Shopping Local During the Holidays

It's the gift-giving season for a lot of us and with black Friday and cyber Monday on their way this week we wanted to take a moment to highlight some of our favourite local businesses.

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Is my Baby too old for Newborn photos?
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Is my Baby too old for Newborn photos?

You’re a new mom. You just got back from the hospital. You look down at your beautiful new baby, and they smile. You look at your significant other and they are packing up the car to go to babies first monthly check-up. What…? Already?! You look at your watch… Damn, I need to pick up the balloons for the little one’s 100 days party? Where did the time go…?

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Things I found incredibly helpful during my pregnancy and beyond
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Things I found incredibly helpful during my pregnancy and beyond

Having Lux has been the most rewarding experience of my life. But, as many of you know—and will eventually find out—having a baby is no joke. Time flies, there is so much new stuff to keep up with, on top of growing an entire human being inside of yourself! So I thought I would gather all the helpful supports that got me through my pregnancy and prepared me for the first few months with my newborn.

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