Gemma

31.10.2015

Little Gemma just turned one. Isn't she too adorable? 

The first time I met Karen and Eswar was in Winter 2013 to discuss about the details of photographing their wedding in Summer 2014. We still remember something that I prophesied at the meeting:" I am sure you will have beautiful mixed babies! Can I please photograph your baby one day?" Karen and Eswar just smiled, at that time they were not planning to have a baby soon.

Yup, my wish came true! Spring 2015, I finally got the chance to meet Gemma. She melts my heart. She loves to smile and she has many funny expressions that make us laugh. I love how easy going Karen and Eswar are, they are not the fussy type of parents. The photoshoot was on a chilly Spring morning, the grass was still wet, but Karen said to Gemma:" Gemma you are going to wet your feet but that's alright." That's what I learnt from them: to explain and to educate children with patience, not just giving commands. 

Gemma is at the age where she feels surprised over everything, she would made a surprised expression:" OOOOO..." She also likes to sense things with her fingers and mouth. She puts her fingers into Karen and Eswar's mouths, she feels the grass, she puts the flowers into her mouth, and she plays with Karen's hair. It was so much fun to watch how Karen jumped around behind of me trying to grab Gemma's attention. I think that's her secret for not gaining weight after she gave birth to Gemma.

When we put Gemma on the wet grass, she tried her best to lift her feet up so that they were not touching the wet grass. Then she looked at her parents with a surprised face:" Ooooo, what should I do now?" 

Gemma gave her first in everything for her parents:

Her first cry

Her first poo

Her first smile

Her first kiss

Her first step

Her first run

And Karen and Eswar gave all they have for Gemma too. Dear Gemma, I know you before you were born. Thank you for making my day by giving me your precious smile and for playing with me. May God bless you with good health and a happy life. Thank you again to Karen and Eswar, for giving me the chance to photograph little Gemma. 

♥

Little Jarrod

10.10.2015

Welcome to the world, little Jarrod. 

Jarrod was a month old when we did this photoshoot in mid August. Being Jin Yuan and Alan's close friends, we are not used to have a new member in their family. Two days after Jarrod was born, I told Gary:" Let's go visit Jarrod." "Who's Jarrod?" Gary asked...

Thank God that Jin Yuan had a smooth labour giving birth to Jarrod. It was 3.15 o'clock in the afternoon on 2nd of July 2015, I received a message from Jin Yuan:" Wei Wei, I am going into labour later at 6pm." I was panicking  and don't know what to do! Ok, I know I had to calm down, so I asked Jin Yuan did she need help in looking after McCaela, cooking dinner or walking Jinger etc. Gary and I were praying the whole evening for her smooth labour. We were excited and couldn't wait to see how the new baby boy will look like.

Here he is, cuddles in his parents' arms like a baby koala. He is a huge baby. Obviously the size of a baby boy is larger than a baby girl, and a baby boy gets hungry faster than a baby girl. It was funny to hear that the supply of Jin Yuan's breast milk couldn't catch up with Jarrod's demand.

Is McCaela jealous of her little didi (means brother in Mandarin)? I guess a little bit, she becomes more clingy to her parents and sometimes doesn't allow them to carry Jarrod.

How does Jinger the dog feels about the new baby? "Well, here comes another bully..." Jinger would said... 

Haha Jinger was too cute. She was proud to be part of the family photos. She positioned herself, sat still beside Alan and faced the camera every time we were taking a family photos on the couch. 

Dear Jin Yuan and Alan, I am so proud of both of you. It's my honour to be able to take a family photo for you each year. Thank you so much for letting us to be part of the children's life, watch them grow, hold their hands, kiss them and play with them.

Just when I was writing this blog, Jin Yuan and Alan were walking Jinger at the dog park in front of my apartment. What an coincidence! I got to hold little Jarrod in my arms, he smiled at me. Jinger sat beside us, my dog Headie tried to kiss Jarrod, and McCaela played at the park. What a lovely evening with the family.

Being a parent is not an easy task: waking up every two hours to feed little Jarrod, McCaela is sick and grumpy, Jinger has to go for a walk, there is hardly time for you to cook dinner etc... Despite of all the tiredness, both of you are so strong as a couple and you raise the children very well. I am sorry that we spend less time with you and couldn't help you much because of our increasing workloads. I am sure that McCaela and Jarrod will made you proud one day. All the love and sacrifices that you made today would be worth it. 

♥