Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

With the Month of October being recognized as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, The Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Foundation holds its Annual Fund Drive for six weeks starting in mid-September and ending in October.

President Ronald Reagan enacted Proclamation 5890 in October of 1988 to recognize that each year, approximately a million pregnancies in the United States alone end in miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of a newborn child. Reagan stated, "A national observance offers us the opportunity to increase our understanding of the great tragedy involved in the deaths of unborn or newborn babies. It also enables us to consider how, as individuals and communities, we can meet the needs of bereaved parents and family members... " To read the full Proclamation signed by Reagan, CLICK HERE.

If you are in a place to make even a small contribution to NILMDTS, please know that doing so will continue to allow the organization to provide improved resources, training, communication, and other tools necessary in support of our amazing contingent of professional photographers who provide the gift of free remembrance portraiture to families in need.

Our next project we are working on is an online, interactive webinar version of our Formal NILMDTS Training taught by Co-Founder Sandy Puc' allowing anyone in any country with access to a computer to complete the course online. Donations help make programs like this a reality!

Your Donations Support the Organization in Many Ways -

* By supporting the continued education of our volunteer photographers
* By allowing us to further our outreach to hospitals and hospices across the world
* By offsetting the costs associated with outreach efforts including Formal NILMDTS Traingin Seminars
* By supporting the Family Forum which creates a productive and supportive haven for healing
* By supporting the Photographers' Forum which provides a helpful environment for our member photographers to express their feelings and receive advice on the various issues that they face in this noble work
* By supporting the day to day operations of our Headquarters Offices

Sibling Love (or something like that!)

"R" & "P" were so much fun! Although at one point I think "P" (big brother) wasn't so into the whole "photo shoot with sister" thing... but he came around and I absolutely LOVE the last image of them!

It's been a little while!

Got a bit of catching up to do, here are some of the smiles I've had the recent pleasure of capturing!

B and his Big Sister

I did portraits of lil B when he was only a few days old, I just recently met his big sister, also a B!

Here he is then...

and now!

This was the first time I got to meet big B. She was so helpful in getting him to smile!

I don't know what I would have done without her!

It was a perfect outdoor portrait day, we went down by Heath high school and found a cool little bridge.

Lil B was not so much a fan of the grass!

Look how big she is!

"A" is barely a baby anymore, well, she's still a baby but she's fast approaching her first birthday! So much personality!

She will steal your heart!

She stole mine! It seems like there's been a surge of 6-9 month olds lately, and I couldn't be happier; they are truly a joy to photograph and "A" was no exception! Although she did NOT want to be on her tummy!!

January on Sanibel

It was so warm! (well, duh!) Actually, I was surprised it wasn't warmer. We wore our sweatshirts more than I thought we would, and the ocean was a bit too chilly for much swimming. And did I mention there were sharks?!? EVERYWHERE! We saw sharks almost every morning, within about 20 feet of the shore. We even saw dolphins one day!


There is a really neat wildlife refuge called the J.N. "Ding" Darling that we were supposed to kayak through, but it was too windy so we rode the tram instead. Lots of cool birds and we saw a gator! Of course I didn't take the super-long lens so I didn't get many closeups of the animals, but here's a few shots of the boy, just doing his thing on the beach.