Family Session: Masseurs Family

 Little cutiepie Raphael, is the son of Michael and my cousin Lilian who I´ve spend most of my childhood with. I remember us wondering how our husbands would look and how we would call our kids. Can´t believe we are here already, both married+kids. Raphael truly reminds me a lot of his mother when she was little, but I believe he has a lot of his father too. Down below are more pictures of the sweet little family! Enjoy

Family Session: Ingrid & Jonas

Ingrid and her energetic little boy Jonas. Having a son around the same age as Jonas, I recognised a lot of his search for excitement. Playing the game of switching who decided how to strike a pose made it a lot more fun for the little guy. Enjoy this mommy and son shoot on a warm but cloudy day in Bergen op Zoom, Holland.

Family Session: Familie Tijssen

 I have been enjoying my holiday little longer than a month ago in the country where I was born the Netherlands and while I was there I had some photoshoots which I will be showing in a while!

For the third time in a row I had the chance to photograph one of my favorite returning clients; the Tijssen family. With these lovely familiar faces come a new cute addition along with amazing blue eyes (like his mommy!) Enjoy these pictures because I´m sure you will love the fullness of life as much as I do. My camera just adores this family, the realness, the joy, the exploring of life. 

Four years ago..

Four years ago I got the most amazing gift I could ever wish for.

A little man that enriched my life beyond my imagination. 

Because of you I know how to be mom.

Because of you I know about emotions, I never thought I had.

Because of you I know that caring ads to my life.

Because of you I know how to love unconditional, passing all limitations.

Manasse, you make me a better and in a funny way a more messed up person than I was before.

As if nobody´s watching

Manasse, being your mom is reason enough to dance!

Boy

June 8 2011, Canon EOS 1000D

I thank God that He gave me you!

Reflections of a mother

If I could say one word to describe January it would be turbulent! Very silent month concerning photography. Very busy month concerning personal life! We have had a lot of sickness going on this month. My son and I have been recovering from a streptococcus infection which we got during new years. Besides that we´ve been planning our wedding that´s coming up this summer, doing a bid on a house, working as a translator and a bunch of other stuff! 

And in the very end I am also just a little woman.. who happens to be a mom... of a vibrant little boy.. who just started kindergarden.

If no one has ever told you.. than I am truly sorry if I scare you by telling you this. Kids play. Kids run. Kids don´t think to much. Kids bump in to things. Kids fall.. and hurt themselves. 

We were doing great on this area! I have to say.. without being to pride.. my kid has a great balance and is very sportive(he has inherit that from his dad!). It caught myself thinking out loud a lot of the time ¨He almost turns 4 and still has al his teeth.. perfectly white!¨ Two weeks ago I remember telling some one¨My life is one big blessing at the moment. I mean planning a wedding, buying a house, perfectly healthy kid, good work etc.¨

Besides being sick for a few weeks, I really had nothing to complain about! 

Until, he bumped into a table...

Just a table..! Standing at very wrong place, at a very wrong time while he was showing how fast he could run.

After a week his front teeth turned grey. I can determine that his teeth has died, if I should believe was is said on the internet. 

Now.. this whole story is not so much about the teeth. I want to share the first thought that went through my mind when I found out his teeth turned grey. 

His perfectly white teeth won´t be perfectly white when we walk down the aisle this summer.

Wow. Stop! What crazy thought. I pondered on this thought the following days and felt so incredibly ashamed. What a selfish reason to feel sorry for him. 

Thoughts flew through my mind about what other people would think... That they would think I am a bad mom who doesn´t look after her sons teeth hygiene...

Why am I telling this. To tell you that there are worse things than imperfect appearance. Besides his teeth turning grey, he is not in any pain what so ever. So why should I care that his teeth turned grey?? Life isn´t perfect based on how a magazine says your family should look. How your house should look. How your wedding should look. 

Perfect is when you are filled with love which makes you blind for outward appearance and immune to false shame. 

A mother on the internet wanted to whiten her 5 year old sons teeth at a dentist. Somebody response on this was: what kind of a world are we living in when kids can´t be the way they are. It won´t last long until we forbid them to have scratches on their face which they got from having fun while playing football...

Autumn Memories

One thing I have learned from my parents is to enjoy and embrace autumn. I won´t hide that summer is my favorite season of the year but, growing up I have some special memories of rituals we repeated every autumn. Instead of staying inside  in the weekends my parents took us out for long walks in the forrest. Now we may live in another country and there have come eight extra little family members, but thanks to autumn and it´s lovely colors and smells, the same good experience I had then, I can still return to today. 

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Reunion with the Tijssen Family

A ¨sweet¨ reunion it was indeed.. Last summer I photographed this lovely family when they visited Sweden and now I got to do it all over again but then in their own environment. I can´t explain how happy it makes a photographer to see people coming back to you. A satisfied family makes me more content than anything I earn with what I do!
Anyway, the twins had gotten so big! Thomas and Nathan have grown to little boys that walk around.. uh let me rephrase that..walk away! They wanted to look everywhere around them and there was no time in their busy exploring schedule for a photo session. I tried to hold my laugh as mom and dad we´re trying to get their sons with often resentment to the wanted location. There was something way more fun over there or there or..
What I love about these pictures is that Thomas and Nathan are not fake. The moments when they were playing hide and seek, enjoying their parents love or just enjoying running as fast as they could turned out to be more alive then I could have wished for.
Edo and Tirsa, you seem like you are doing so great as parents! On top of that you got the new promotion, the new house and now.. the new family member. Can you imagine another one as cute as Thomas and Nathan?

 Tirsa you are so beautiful! I have never seen such sparkling blue eyes..

 Is there something more precious then the love between father and son? 

Peaceful

No matter how restless my son is, if I take him out walking, he turns back to himself. He loves to chat about everything he sees and asks me hundred and one questions about what this and that is called. When I think about it, I don´t think he is the only one who relaxes at the sight of nature and the fresh air flowing through your body. No wonder people believe the color green stands for peace..