No swimmers in the tubes, no bun in the oven: Professional photos

Our journey (so far)

After 5 years of infertility, we finally got a BFP via IUI with donor sperm. Pregnant with healthy identical twin girls, my husband and I thought our dreams had finally come true!
On June 12th, 2008 our world collapsed. Our little girls hearts had stopped beating at 19 weeks, due to Twin-to-Twin Tranfusion Syndrome. Kar.is and Ad.dison were our perfect little angels, and we miss them dearly each and every day.

Seven months after losing the girls, we were fortunate enough to conceive again using the same donor. On September 15th, 2009, we welcomed our son, Blake (a.k.a. Sherbert) into the world. This is our journey.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Professional photos

Last week B, Blake, and I had our first professional photos taken. I was a little weary, still feeling quite cow-like, but I LOVE the way they turned out. Sister Song did an amazing job and I highly recommend them to anyone!

We even had a picture of Blake's feet with the girls ring. So precious.

Anyway, check out our pics here.

* * *

In other news, Tiffany has won the Sherbie birth game! She was the closest to the actual birth date/time, with a guess of September 15th at 7pm. Congrats Tiffany! Send me an email at noswimmers@gmail.com and we'll get your RESOLVE membership going. Yay!

And a big thanks to all of you for helping me figure out how to determine the winner.

21 bazillion swimmers:

Tara said...: Awww! I love them! The one of B kissing you while you look down and Blake made me cry!!!! So sweet.; November 4, 2009 4:43 PM
Fishsticks and Fireflies said...: Those are perfect and amazing! The one with Blake's feet and the girls' ring is awesome. (And you look great!); November 4, 2009 5:04 PM
HereWeGoAJen said...: I cried when I saw the one with the girls' ring.; November 4, 2009 7:02 PM
Erika said...: I love the photos, and love that you had Blake's feet with the girls' ring. So beautiful. Wishing you so much love, Mandy...; November 4, 2009 7:53 PM
Bree said...: Very neat. Thanks for sharing! Love that you included the girls' ring.; November 4, 2009 8:51 PM
Vivid1230 said...: Great pictures!; November 4, 2009 8:59 PM
Tristan said...: those are just so precious and wonderful!!; November 4, 2009 9:50 PM
The Power Family said...: All of those pictures are absolutely amazing! The last one of Blake is too cute :); November 4, 2009 11:27 PM
Jamers said...: Such great pics! I love his little tongue sticking out!; November 5, 2009 3:13 AM
KLTTX said...: Those pictures are amazing. There are so many good ones I am sure you are going to go broke buying them all.; November 5, 2009 8:43 AM
rachelburks said...: What a beautiful family. Blake is too precious!; November 5, 2009 9:04 AM
mybumpyjourney said...: Those are wonderful pictures! The picture of his feet with the girls ring is very touching.; November 5, 2009 10:53 AM
Somewhat Ordinary said...: Gorgeous photos and gorgeous family!; November 5, 2009 11:22 AM
Bluebird said...: He's so alert in the "awake" ones :)

Absolutely beautiful, all of you. And thank you for the ring idea. I hope to be able to use it one day myself.; November 5, 2009 12:31 PM
Jess said...: You guys are a beautiful family. He is so small and lovely. Oh. man. oh. man.; November 5, 2009 9:20 PM
Jess said...: I love the photos-you make such a beautiful little family!

babyparamore.blogspot.com; November 6, 2009 9:24 AM
Meg said...: Wow! Those pictures look great!!!; November 6, 2009 12:58 PM
Kristina said...: Absolutely handsome. What a sweet baby!!! What a blessed family!; November 6, 2009 2:51 PM
Cara said...: They are gorgeous. The peace within your family is obvious...Blake is clearly bringing you much joy.; November 8, 2009 12:38 PM
itsazooaroundhere said...: Beautiful photos!! Blake is such a cutie, and I love that you incorporated the girls' rings. I'm so happy for you guys!!; November 8, 2009 12:57 PM
Katie said...: I cried looking at these. What an amazing, beautiful family you have there.; November 11, 2009 2:43 PM