Sleep, rest and stretch...

...that's how it's done! :)
My sweet 14 days old niece, Magdalene. A little doll!

Merry Christmas to all! ...and a little birthday wish :)

Merry Christmas everyone! :) 

Have a great time with those close to your heart. Be blessed in every way this season. Make long lasting and warm memories with your family and friends this Christmas.
May you be blessed with a new year filled with met needs and dreams come true, where change is our friend and change means always that we've grown in wisdom and compassion, and we've grown to be better people.

Don't forget The Reason for the season.
May God bless us everyone! :)

...and the little birthday wish is for a sweet little girl, born on Christmas day last year, a girl that is very much loved by Audrey :)
Happy first birthday Carly! We love you lots. xoxo

p.s. I'm checking out until after the holidays ;)

That's the way it is :: Wednesday's random Image of the day :: Elena Wilken Baby Photographer

A baby is born with a need to be loved -- and never outgrows it.
~Frank A. Clark

And that's the way it is - we never outgrow the need to be loved. Not at 12, not at 34, not at 98...

Rueben Calvin :: Elena Wilken :: Portland Or. Newborn Baby Photographer

"For you created my inmost being; 
you knit me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you 
when I was made in the secret place. 
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body." (from Psalm 139, NIV)

I always seem to call newborns 'tiny miracles'. When you look at every detail, at the ways every part of them is so delicate, intricate and perfect you can not but be in awe at how amazing they are. Rueben has probably some of the cutest lips I've seen so far a newborn sport and such handsome features. And even more than for other babies, his life and his being today are a gift and a miracle.

Welcome to the world little Rueben! :)

Sarah Maree :: Elena Wilken :: Portland Or. Newborn Photographer

She is beautiful beyond words and such a precious tiny thing!
Her mommy made the big yellow flower band for her - Doesn't that fit her perfectly?