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Advent is the season of preparation and expectation leading up to the celebration of Christmas. This beautiful baby boy decided he just could not wait any longer to join the fun, and arrived a few days earlier than expected. And so anxious was he to take part, that he was awake and alert for nearly the entire time I spent with him! Despite feeding, rocking, swaddling…he apparently fell fast asleep for hours right after I left. I guess he just didn’t want to miss a moment in front of the lens. Little does he know there will be thousands more photo ops to come.

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Check out the JMP Facebook page for a slideshow of this session.

Congratulations, W family!

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Today through November 29, purchase one 2011 session and receive an additional session free. Give both sessions as gifts, give one and keep one, or keep both and plan on a spring AND holiday session! Another great use would be to do one session with your immediate family, and another with extended family – cousins, grandparents, etc. Know anyone who’s expecting a baby in 2011? Go ahead and get them a maternity and/or newborn session!

The fine print:

– The session fee covers the cost of the photographer’s time. This offer includes no prints or digital files. Those will be available to purchase afterward. There is an additional fee for groups larger than 10.

– Weekend rate only, although sessions can be scheduled on any available dates on a first come, first serve basis.

– It is not necessary to schedule sessions at the time of purchase, but clients are strongly encouraged to schedule at least one month in advance of desired dates.

– Valid through December 31, 2011.

– Beautifully wrapped gift certificates are available.

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…and deserves some recognition. I know there are a lot of you good dads out there, and you deserve some kudos, too, but tonight I’m focusing on the great dad in my house. I write this while I wait for CM to come home from her first date…with her dad. As I watched them get ready for an evening of dining and dancing, I was thinking of a story I once heard about a young girl who was taken on a trip to Paris with her father. Just her and her dad. She had siblings, and her parents were happily married. But, he said something along the lines of, “Every girl should go to Paris for the first time with a man who will love her forever.” I thought that was incredibly sweet.

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It may not have been Paris, just a hotel ballroom with Disney music, but CM felt very special as they were leaving. As with so many events in our lives, it’s the memory of how we felt, and not the physical details that stay with us. I hope she’ll always remember how her dad made her feel.

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Every girl should go on her very first date with the man who will love her, without reservation, all of her life.

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Thanks, T, for being that man to our girls.

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