Joshua: One Year- Northern VA Family Portrait Photographer

“I want to raise tinies who rest in their God-breathed worth, who walk in the fullness and wholeness that comes from living loved. I don’t care much about the Romans Road or star charts or behaviour modification techniques. I want to raise tinies who walk humbly and do justly. I want to raise them to know and understand the importance of family and community. I want them to see, know, and honour the men and women who have walked ahead of us on The Way.

And so that translates into a lot of “come along and see for yourself.”

Come along, sweetheart, come along and see for yourself. Come along while I pray, while I write, while I read, while I visit friends, while I minister, while I cook, while I do laundry, while I learn, while I worship, while I go to church, while I preach, while I advocate, while I clean this house, while I rest, even while I do an undignified circuit work out in the multi-purpose room at Church for girls in Uganda.

Come along and see for yourself what I think it looks like to be a disciple of our Jesus. I’m figuring it out as I go along, come figure it out with me. It will look different for you, of course, but a little child shall lead them.”
– Sarah Bessey
climbing in trees at grandma and grandpa’s farm is the kind of thing childhood memories should be made of :)Dani and Matt have photos from their wedding right here on this same road, have photos with Jillian from her first birthday session, and now some that include their boy as well :)Joshua is still getting the hang of this whole ‘walking’ concept :)such a sweet boy!quite possibly my favorite from their session… his momma is stilling there saying “don’t eat that flower!” and can’t you see that mischievous look in his eyes?! love it :)they recently discovered that Joshua needs a dairy free diet, so he ended up with a big brownie instead of cake, which clearly he could have cared less about ;) but he WAS willing to take a look once we topped it with (dairy free) whipped cream and marshmallows! ;)then it was time for a little dunk in the tub! this same washtub has made an appearance during Jillian’s 8 month portraits, and again at Joshua’s 6 month session, and i love that we were able to work it in one more time!oooh goodness gracious… who is this little teenager?!? she cracks me up! i think they said this was her “Sporty Spice” look ;)Dani came prepared with little water guns for everyone, which was a huge hit with everyone… even Matt! ;)Happy first birthday, little man!! :)