Today is my un-birthday… so permit me yet another shamelessly self-indulgent family post, will you? I came home to a delightful package waiting on my doorstep. I used to receive boxes of this type quite often, but ever since the advent of digital photography, they’ve become increasingly rare. That’s right: the fine folks at Philadelphia...
Looks great! So what ridiculous color is this coat to deserve all b&w photos? : ) Hope you guys are well. -abs
That last photo- she looks just like Kelly! Beautiful!
Thanks everyone! Sofia – I’ll be sure to tell Kelly, she’ll be glad to hear it. Abs – so you mean, b/w photos are only appropriate to mask ugly color! C’mon! :)
I can’t tell you how long I’ve been waiting to write this post. Actually, I can… after 9 months of waiting, planning, praying, and brainstorming potential names, I finally get to introduce our newest daughter, Piper Hope. In the wee hours of Sunday morning, Kelly woke me up and told me we had a trip...
So awesome! And such an adorable name! Congrats!
Ryan, those pictures make me want to cry! Beautiful!
Congratulations Ryan and Kelly! So excited for you all.
It was a joy to see you guys and little Pie. I heard a woman speak once that had twins and only one was born alive. She said that we forget the beauty of a baby’s cry until it’s not there anymore. Thank you to you and the other photographers involved Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.
Kelly, Just wanted to congratulate you. She is beautiful and I’m so happy for you. You have been blessed. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Cathy Moore
Congratulations!! She’s beautiful! What a gift!
Congratulations!! So exciting, love the name Piper:) My sister just had a baby on Thursday and I was able to be in the delivery room photographing the whole thing – such an amazing experience!
Congratulations, Ryan! I’m very happy for you.
Congratulations!!! And because I notice things….it looks like she was born about 12 hours after you guys left my dad’s house! Too cool! =) It was great to see you guys! And again, congratulations!
Congrats guys! Great name! We love unique different names.. but you already knew that with our Imogen.
She is beautiful – and I LOVE that name! its perfect, and so is she!
Such dELiGhTfUL news, Ryan & Kelly! Two beautiful girls… what a tremendous blessing in your lives… & you in theirs! cOnGrAtZ!
Congrats to both you and Kelly. One more blessing has entered the world children are one of God’s greatest gifts to us.
Amazing!
I think that must be my favorite blog post ever! congrats and I’m very happy for you and your beautiful, growing family. enjoy every minute…
Ryan – Congratulations to you, Kelly & V! Adam and I wish you all the best :) Two little girls! How precious! All sugar & spice and everything nice :)
Ryan -
Congrats to you and your wife. Piper is beautiful, just beautiful. I was so excited to hear that you named your baby, “Piper”. My best friend and Matron of Honor (who you will meet at my wedding in Oct) is a fellow “Piper” and I have always loved her name.
As I look through your blog, it creates all the excitment that I had when we first met. I can’t wait for you to meet Jamie and for you to photograph our wedding on 10-8.
Talk to you soon. Have so much fun with your new bundle of joy!
Cheers,
Carrie
Granddad died when I was 10. Grandmom joined him about 11 years later. I loved them dearly, and miss them a lot. I don’t have many photos of them, and the ones I have tend to be formals taken at weddings (suits and ties, dresses and flowers). Great pictures to have, certainly, but that wasn’t...
Very nice post, Ryan.
Well said too.
My Mom-Mom died the day after Christmas this year.
Just a few short weeks after she turned 90 years old.
My family and I spent a few hours after the funeral going through lots and lots of old pictures and reliving many memories we had shared together.
I left that night with two small, old B&W pictures of my (at the time) 18 year old grandmother and 23 year old grandfather. They had take these photos of each other running in the fields one day in Valley Forge park.
This was before they were married, before they were my dad’s parents and long before they were Mom-Mom & Pop-Pop. Just two simple snap shots of my grandparents about to begin a life together.
They are now two of my most cherished photos of all time.
And I am so happy that they were taken.
We don’t appreciate our pictures when we create them nearly as much as we do years latter. That is the reason I am a photographer as well. I don’t think I understood that until the last few years. Every time I hear a story like yours I see how valuable a photo can become.
The holidays are now over, 2011 is well underway, and I’m excited about what the coming months will bring. (New website, new direction, new baby!) In the meantime, here’s a short show-n-tell about the Christmas break. It consisted mainly of caring for sick kids, the re-emergence of our family’s pink bunny costume, and teaching toddlers...
She’s 90 years old, staying with us for a few days. It’s a little chilly in our house at the moment, and she pulled a chair up to the radiator to read for a while.
this is gorgeous!
Ryan! This image is so stunning! There is nothing that could be better about this image. I am so glad you are in Philly and not any closer to me!
I have to agree… this is very captivating!
Hi there Ryan, I’d like to pay for a print of this one. -abs
Ryan, this is stunning…a+
Have I mentioned you’re a rock star?!?!?