Precious Friends, The Crissinger Family

Niles and I have so many reasons to be thankful to our Heavenly Father- and one of those reasons (high up on our list!) is the friendship he has given us in Andy and Michelle.  They have been dear friends that Niles has know since college and I have known since they came to Eternal many, many years ago.  They have walked this crazy life with us, praying for and descipling us along the way.  Michelle was one of the first people I went to to share the Lord's call on our family to adopt- and she has been my resource and prayer partner in the journey since that day! 

The Crissingers have an INCREDIBLE story to share that I unfortunately cannot do justice to here in this post... so instead I will encourage you to read Michelle and Andy's story which begins here, Infertility and Adoption, and continues here, Psalm 113.  I PROMISE you the miracles throughout their story will grow your faith as it has mine.

Ok- so onto our shoot!  I've been wanting to photograph these sweet friends since Michelle was pregnant with Beulah- 3 years ago!   Things never lined up though until NOW!  Unfortunately, the sunshine we were hoping for did not decide to show up... so we improvised.  We created a "studio" in my livingroom using the light from the windows to shoot.  Shooting indoors is NO JOKE people!  For those of you that do this often- mad props to you.  The lighting is SO difficult to capture.  But since these are such beautiful people we were able to get a bunch of great shots :).  So without futher delay, I introduce to you The Crissingers

Love! 
Beulah is almost 3 and Chayah is 6mts

 

Ahh!! Love this little lady!

 

 

 

Almost can't handle the cuteness in this one!

 

 

Saw this on Pintrest and thought I'd give it a shot :)

Now you see why their babies are so cute!

Oh Beulah, you are hilarious.

See!  Hilarious that one! 

Sisters

I can't wait to have little bows in my house! :)

Oh dear, dear me.  Adorable isn't a "cute" enough word for this one.

Michelle wanted to capture her "rolls"= success!

To close I will leave you with a collage of each of these miracle babies

 

 

Thank you, Andy and Michelle, for your love and friendship! 
Praying the Lord continues to make your quiver overflow!

Baby Josh!

Meet sweet, Josh!  Is he adoreable, or what? 
A friend of mine and Josh's mama, Danielle, gave this family a "gift session" as a welcome baby gift- great idea, don't you think?
I really enjoyed my time with Josh and can't wait to share what we captured.

LOVE the light in these- they make Josh' baby blues SHINE!

I love seeing his "focus" in this one

What a joyful fellow!

Here's one of Josh and his beautiful Mama, Jen.

This one has to be my favorite from the day!  Love all the love in those eyes .

And to close, who can resist little fingers and little toes???  LOVE! 

Thank you, Jen and Josh for a great afternoon and thank you, Danielle, for your insane support of our adoption! 

Itty-Bitty-Preview (Baby Josh)

Meet, sweet, 4-month-old, Josh!  I just shot these yesterday and couldn't help myself but to start editing right away- he's ADORABLE! 

"I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well. "

"For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb."

Side note: It's official, baby-fever is in full effect with THIS Mama-to-be.

More pictures of this precious little one coming soon!