I love the pictures! I had every intention of doing them with my daughter, but failed to make it happen. I’m so happy that you have these pictures. What a treasure!
What beautiful portraits of baby Kate. I wish I’d done something like this for my boys. Congrats to Miriam & Denis!
Pretty sweet little girl, can’t wait for our Dani to babysit her with Jen watching over closely.
Amazingly precious…this is what technology is so good for. I love the Molloy family – and thanks for sharing your beautiful photos with us. Jen & Danielle & Ron
SO adorable! Great photos! I love them! Congrats to Miriam and Denis and baby Kate!
What a cutie! Great photos!
Isn’t she lovely, Isn’t she wonderful, Isn’t she precious, At just a few days old! Love the photographers skill in capturing these precious moments in her 1st week in this world.
Beautiful photos!
Kate is SO beautiful!!! I love the photos – so classy and so cute at the same time!
Congratulations, Denis & Mimi!!!!
Love,
Suzy
Absolutely gorgeous photos!! Such a sweet little girl 
Such beautiful pictures of a beautiful baby! Nicely done.
She and the photos are simply amazing!
I love photographing my boys. They are my treasures, and I can never have enough photos of those guys. We have photos of dad and the boys, the brothers together, and of each little man by himself. What’s missing from my collection: photos with all four of us together.
“Well, it will be so EASY to do. I’m a photographer so we can just do a super fantastic perfect family photo ANY time we want. We’ll just do it LATER. No big deal.”
I’ve learned that Later is a fickle lady. You don’t always know if she’s going to show up.
So October of last year I started a new project for our family. The rules are 1) all four of us have to be in the photo 2) at least one family photograph each month and 3) I’ve got less than 5 minutes to shoot (NOT my rule, by the way). Whether they’re styled or casual doesn’t matter. Whether everyone is smiling or even looking at the camera certainly doesn’t matter. It’s okay if the house is messy. It’s okay if we’re at friends’ houses and their houses are messy (watch out if all four of us show up with camera in tow). It’s okay if a few people find out I have empty photo frames hanging on the wall.
All I want is a record of us.
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Great idea Jessica! I love it! I totally feel the same way….photographers really have to make a big effort to get their entire family into a photo!
Jessica, these are awesome (and so fun too)! What a great idea for a meaningful project.
it’s so awesome that you’re doing this for your kids – i suck at documenting my own family.
Love it! I love all the different perpectives, colors, angles. Everything!
what a great idea – and great shots too! i, too, am not in any of our family photos – in fact, the only time i’m in photos is if i see a photo booth and drag my family in. maybe that’s why i love photo booths!! nice work.
You know, thinking back on the last four months, I would LOVE to have ANY images of all four of us together…just showing daily life like you did here. I mean we did get a Xmas shot on the couch; the same couch as last year. LATER is indeed…a fickle lady…
Preparing for and bringing home a new baby (or babies!) is a huge life milestone. I get to be a part of that process and document fleeting moments in a hectic and beautiful part of life. I preserve a fraction of a second to enjoy and reflect on over an entire lifetime…even multiple generations. Providing this service, getting to know growing families, and creating and delivering family heirlooms feels incredible. In the process I exercise my creativity, and that’s the cherry on top! I can’t imagine doing anything else.
I connect with people who value what I do, and that is fulfilling, rewarding and meaningful. The end-product also provides meaning for myself and my clients. I feel the regret of a photograph not taken. The only record is in my mind, which doesn’t make the memory any less significant…just a little harder to share visually, and more bittersweet as the image fades in and out. I see the expression on my two-year-old’s face when he looks at the photographs throughout our home and sees himself, his brother, mom and dad proudly on display. He’ll smile and look at me, sometimes giving me a description. The main message, though? “That’s me. That’s us. That’s our family!”
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So perfectly stated Jessica! Your work is amazing, I can say first hand how talented you are and how true having photos displayed is very special to our family & children.
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