off to learn something new

Tonight I'm headed off to learn a whole bunch of new and exciting things at Photoshop World! I'm looking forward to using lots of new tricks and fun skills when I return. I'll try to check my email a few times while I'm gone, but if you don't hear back from me right away, you know where I am. I'll be back next Monday... with my mind overflowing with new ideas I hope!

all fresh and new!

Welcome to the Sweet Pea Photography blog... and what better way to start a new blog than with a brand new baby! On Wednesday I got a call from my cousin, M. that it was time to go to the hospital for the culmination of almost two years' worth of planning, prayer, and excitement... it has been quite a journey as M. decided that she wanted to be a surrogate mom and help another couple be blessed with a child. Through an agency that facilitates this process, M. was matched up with V. and G. - a wonderful couple from the UK - and began the IVF process with great success last April. Since that time, V. and G. have developed a great relationship with my cousin M. and her husband R. -- as well as the rest of our extended family -- and so we have all been excitedly waiting for this day! Here's everyone at the hospital, getting lots of important info from Dr. K about all the possibilities for the birth...















As soon as the baby was born, V was so excited she could hardly think straight, saying "It's a... it's a... what is it??" and G laughed, "It's a girl!!" (can you tell from this shot that G was excited?)V. just couldn't stop staring at baby F... so beautiful...

... and here is beautiful baby F the next morning... so darling...


Thank you so much for the privilege of witnessing this miracle! I'm hoping to post the rest of the proofs (all 250 of them!!!!) on my website in the next week. Have a great flight back to the UK and I hope to see you again soon!!