Moses Family
We are at my parents house for the annual trivecta grandfather, father, son birthday bash. Yes, today is my 28th birthday. My grandfather and father are all within 2 weeks of mine, so my family always picks a weekend to get everyone together and eat cake. Jordan has been springing little surprise on me all week, which has been super sweet and thoughtful. We are so busy after our day jobs with editing and shooting on the weekends that little things like vacuuming the house or coming home to dinner ready on the table goes a long way. Our house didn’t come with a remote to open our garage. And since I park in the garage, for the past 10 months when I get home I’ll call Jordan and she runs down to open it for me (isn’t she sweet?). But Jordan’s teacher Michelle (who you might remember), gave us a universal remote that Jordan spent over an hour to program yesterday and got it to work before I got home (I had no idea I married the hot handy chick from Home Improvement!). I’m so excited I’ll be able to just swing in now! It’s the little inconveniences of life that make it interesting right?
You guys remember Will as a newborn right? 6 months later and he is modeling his trendy hats over a full head of awesomely curly hair and smiles when Chris and Shay call him by their self-assigned nickname, “Chunky”! I’ve probably told you guys this before, but Chris is my oldest and one of my best friends in the world. We grew up on the same street starting when I was 6 years old. Some of my first memories are of us playing in the empty dirt field next to our houses. It’s funny how things come full circle, 22 years later, capturing Will’s childhood moments. And though they recently moved back to Las Vegas, you are definitely going to be seeing more of this little guy as we have a couple of special shoots coming up with his cousin Penelope that I’m going to keep you in suspense about. Take care friends.
– C
Prologue – Moses Family
“There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.”
– Chinese Proverb
Moses Family: Newborn
Okay, this little guy has got to be the trendiest one-month-old there ever was and will be. From his adorable cloth diapers to his button up cardigans, there was just too much cuteness to handle when we did this photo shoot for some of our dear friends, Chris and Shay. (You might remember their maternity shoot.) Baby Moses (a.k.a. Will) was a trooper for the whole shoot- not one tear or fuss. Perfect disposition for a newborn shoot.
And will you look at that head of hair? I just love babies with lots of hair.
Will shared his photo shoot with his cousin Penelope, who will be featured a little bit later, but I want to tell a little bit of their cousin story here. These two, believe it or not, were born on the exact same day. Yes, Shay’s sister Chelsea went into labor, had her baby, and no sooner had Shay gotten home from visiting then she had to go right back to the hospital. I just love stories like that. Those two babies are going to grow up best friends just like their mamas.
Thank you for being such a good sport, Will! Even when we stripped you down to that cute red diaper, you didn’t make a peep of protest! Maybe a couple looks of concern, but still… ;)
– J
Moses Maternity
Hello, everyone! We are writing from the road once again- this time from Las Vegas, at the annual Trementozzi Family Reunion. We’ve been having a blast, going to the strip, playing Wii with our little cousin Jessica, and just hanging out with family. But before we head off once more to the strip (to see the Stratsophere all lit up at night!), we wanted to put up a new post we’re excited to share with you- the Moses maternity shoot.
These are one of my favorite kinds of shoots. There’s always so much love and adoration to see in maternity pictures. It’s totally different from engagement shoots, or even family shoots later on, after the baby is born. There’s so much anticipation.
(This is not one of Chris’ favorite kinds of shoots—but only because baby fever hits our house immediately following and for at least a week after the shoot. And during the entire editing process.)
(Chris would now like me to put in a disclaimer, that he loves all kinds of shoots. It is the excessive pleading for a newborn on my part, despite our “at-least-two-years” agreement we’ve got going on. What can I say—baby fever hits me hard when we take so many pictures of adorableness!)
This was an especially exciting shoot for us, as it was for one of Chris’ best, lifelong, known-each-other-since-they-were-in-kindergarten-and-grew-up-across-the-street-from-each-other-friends, Chris Moses. (Fun trivia: Chris has three best friends who grew up together, all of whom are named Chris. Or Kris. Crazy.) Chris Moses and his wife Shay are so beautiful together, and I absolutely adore how their photo session turned out. Our initial plans to shoot in downtown Redlands (where the Ch(K)rises were born and raised, and yes, the playground was where they spent most of their days) were rained out, but luckily we had already planned to be back in Redlands two weekends in a row, and our second shoot was a success. We had so much fun wandering around Redlands, playing on railroad tracks and discovering abandoned warehouses—just the kind of shoot we love. (Look closely, and you might even see a cameo or two of the photographers.) :)
Chris and Shay have had their baby since these pictures were taken, an adorable little guy named Will—keep watching in the future for photos of his newborn shoot, along with his cousin Nelly, who was born the same day!
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