Kevin: Will you marry me?; Melissa: Yes!!!!!

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.

A baby boy was created by the hand of God above to give the world the sweetest touch of tenderness and love. With the softness of a whisper, God made a baby’s skin and then designed two trusting eyes to put the starlight in.

It is Ximena’s and Adam’s fourth blessing coming to this world and in Ximena’s words “this is most likely our last baby, so I must remember this baby bump forever.” She asked for my assistance in doing just that and do not only a maternity shoot, but also include the rest of the family in the photos and show a little bit of what it’s like to be part of a fairly sized family.

More than a year of their marriage has passed and now my friends Melvin and Veronica welcome their first child Rebeca. Her name come form a Hebrew word רִבְקָה (Rivkah) that means to tie up firmly, and this is what her family and friends know Rebeca will be as she grows up, a woman firmly tied to what God has in store for her.