Newborn Baby. . .

i woke up this morning feeling quite overwhelmed in life.

i feel like i have held myself together for a loooong time, but this morning when i woke up, i felt the pressure of all the needs around me.

my head is spinning!

here is just one reason why:on feb.28th, the keys of this incredibly beautiful blue building (yes, the blue needs to go . . . ) were placed in my hands

this building represents a dream

you see, when i first started taking pictures, a dear friend let me sit her coffee shop and work

all day long i would work and dream of the building right across the street

i have been staring and dreaming

i see beauty behind those walls ~ behind those windows

so, on march 1st we moved out of the cute little studio that we just moved into a year ago

and on march 2 we began to make this beautiful blue building our new 2300 sq. foot studio home

and we have been going hard ever since!

so . . .

between dreams and reality is where i have been living. . .  and i gotta tell you, as amazing as my dream is, the reality is that much harder to embrace.

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this image, is just that place – caught between the dream and the reality –

the beauty in the dream, in her robe, in the softness, in the the design, in the future, in the marriage, in the love

the reality waiting to be embraced, the strain of the load carried . . . in her back in her hands . . . .in her belly

there is something so amazing

something so tender

something so miraculousabout watching your dream become reality