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7 weeks

Gisele — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:58:21 +0000

Motherhood changed my life completely. 7 weeks into it and I can’t believe how fast Nicholas grew already. Almost any newborn clothes fits him anymore! I definitely believe now when people told me to enjoy every minute of each stage because it goes by so fast… Well, besides all the hours without sleep I am having and all the thousand times I need to go on his crib to put the binky back in his mouth, being a mom is truly an incredible experience – full of joy, unconditional love and lots of work, all worth it – specially when you see a smile on your baby’s face! I wouldn’t change this moment for anything… I am in love with my little guy and seeing his smiles melts my heart! :). Can’t wait to catch a big one and share it here!

Love this photo Mark took of us..

One month old

Gisele — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:04:32 +0000

It’s hard to imagine that it’s been over a month already. The days just kind of fly by. Right now, Nicholas is pretty alert most of the time. He likes to look at things, especially faces; He recognizes my voice and one thing he loves for sure is bath time! I have been trying to take photos of him for a while, but we had really hard weeks in the beginning and I almost couldn’t shoot any newborn photos of him, which makes me sad; but oh well. This weekend we are planning to try it again. Wish me luck! :)

Here are a few pictures to celebrate the one-month mark.

Welcome, sweet baby boy!

Gisele — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:29:14 +0000

I can’t even begin to tell you how beautiful this day was… After 9 months anxiously waiting to meet my “little peanut” and getting prepared for the most amazing time of my life.. I can’t believe that Nicholas is finally here. It was quite of a journey.. I remember how extremely excited and happy I was when I found out I was pregnant, but nothing can compare to the moment I am living right now. I have received the most precious and perfect gift ever and I feel so blessed.

Baby Nicholas was born on May 20th at 7:14p.m – 7lbs 8oz and 20.5 inches. The moment I saw him I fell in love.. completely. Pure joy. Unconditional love. This little boy is the result of a beautiful love I share with my husband and I couldn’t be happier.

I wanted to share some of the images of the day he was born. Images that I heart.. precious and amazing moments that I experienced and memories that will last forever. My dear friend Katina was there luckily just in time to capture this magical and intense chapter of my life. She did it beautifully. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Every time I see Nicholas’ birth photographs it brings tears on my eyes…

My mom.

No words can describe the feeling when I hold my baby for the very first time…

The brand new daddy cutting the umbilical cord.

Love looking this image of my mom looking at Nicholas.

My sweet boys…

I will be posting more photos of baby Nicholas soon! Now there is a little guy wanting some of his mom’s love! ;)

Baby belly

Gisele — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:53:54 +0000

It’s getting closer to meet the soon to be most-photographed-baby-in-the-world.. :) Baby Nicholas! I can’t wait to meet my little man and has been a lot fun decorating the nursery and getting things ready for him… Time is flying by now and tons of anxiety waiting for the big day coming up middle May. I still can’t believe I am going to be a MOMMY! :)

My husband and I had our maternity photo shoot a couple weeks ago and I am so happy to share some of the beautiful images here. My awesome friends Kara Layne and Katina Patriquin captured together this magic moment in my life and I can’t Thank them enough for all the gorgeous images they both took. Memories I will cherish forever… I am in love with my photographs!

I feel so blessed to have such amazing friends… Love you both and Thanks a millions for this awesome afternoon! :)

Nursery sneak-peek

Gisele — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:22:11 +0000

The past 32 weeks has been flying by, can’t believe it’s getting so close to meet my baby boy! I have been all busy decorating the nursery and getting everything ready for my little peanut! Still a lot to do in his room, but it’s all coming together so cute! I saw many nurseries ideas on the internet along the past months and got really inspired by one.

I really wanted a sleigh crib, and love the one I purchase. My mom made the stripped curtain and I love it! The bedding arrived today! Got tell a little secret… I constantly go to Nicholas’ room, sit on the floor and start imagining when he will be here. Has been such an amazing experience!

I painted his name letters with the accent colors of the room. Now I am waiting for some frames I ordered, then next is to hang his name on the wall.

The blabla dolls are absolutely cute!! I still want to buy some others.. they are just too adorable! Meet Nicholas’ new friends: Leonardo the lion, Buzz the bee and Bubbles the cat! Love them!

Aloha

Gisele — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:48:27 +0000

I know I haven’t blogged much lately, and for as much I love keeping my sessions up and running on my blog I really didn’t have much time the past weeks. But I promise keep posting, specially some awesome newborn sessions I have been photographing! They are just adorable!

My husband and I decided to take a trip (babymoon!) before our baby is born and we picked Maui as destination. It was sure a blast and we really enjoyed every minute of it. Sure I couldn’t have any Mai Tai – but we had a great time watching romantic sunsets, the whales that migrated from Alaska were everywhere, snorkeling and seeing all the beautiful fishes, corals and turtles, Hawaiian luaus.. It was all incredible. Well, not good things to say about the Tsunami loud warning 6am at our room Saturday. It was a really scary experience, for sure it was a terrified morning. I am glad everything ended up just fine and nothing really happened in the Hawaiian islands.

Old Lahaina Luau:

Since Phoenix doesn’t have beaches around, I couldn’t miss the opportunity to have some baby belly shots done at such a nice view as Maui. I gave my husband some instructions about how to use my camera and he got some really cute photographs of me! Thanks hunney! You did such an amazing job! I think I will hire you for more of these!

Love this one!

Mahalo for stopping by! I can’t wait to have more maternity photos done and this time Mark will be on the photos too! Be turned! :)

Happy New Year!

Gisele — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:50:20 +0000

I know I haven’t blog almost anything this month! All this crazy Christmas shopping, parties, spending time with family and friends, also my mom moved here from Brazil this month as well – All of this kept me so so busy! All good news and lots of blessings! My mom sold her house in Brazil, got a new place here and is all moved in! Took a while to convince her, but finally my dream of having my mom closer to me came true. It was so nice spending Christmas together and celebrating my husband’s birthday on Christmas day!

I am expecting a baby boy! I was so surprised when I found out, because I was having dreams with a little girl and I was thinking pink all the time, but I LOVED the idea of having a little man! Mark and I are so happy and we can’t wait to meet our bundle of joy! We haven’t decide a name for sure yet, I am looking for names that can have the same pronounce in English and Portuguese. I am really excited to have a baby boy and I couldn’t post without a picture of my little angel from my last ultrasound:

Happy New Year everyone! God bless us all and that we can all create wonderful memories in 2010!

In memory of Rusty

Gisele — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:47:57 +0000

Yesterday we needed to say goodbye to our dear dog Rusty. A really hard goodbye that my husband and I didn’t want to say, but it was necessary. We miss him so much already… I can still hear the sound of his breath when he was sleep, or his nails sounds on the house tile when he was walking around.. It’s hard to accept that we will never have him around anymore.

Rusty was around 14 years old, he was adopted by Mark 4 years ago, a year before we met. After his first owner died, Rusty spent a month at the dog shelter, then hopping house to house, until a friend of Mark asked if he wanted Rusty. He was a mess when Mark decided to adopt him, very disturbed. Mark gave him so much love and took really good care of him, this old dog he just met… He saved Rusty, and Rusty loved him back. He was Mark’s best friend, his favorite buddy… I heard Mark saying that to him many times. He was always on the side of Mark’s desk, making him company all day long… It’s so sad to know he will no longer be there.

Rusty was old, he had arthritis and every winter was becoming harder and harder on his legs. He also was having a hard time to breath, to hear and his vision was partially affected. It was his time to go, we knew that.. He was suffering and feeling pain and the best decision was to put him to sleep, so he could rest in peace. We have really good memories of Rusty over the years we could spent with him, he made us smile many times and we will never forget what a good dog he was.

We made his last two days really special. He had a chance to do his favorite things again – riding in the car, walk on the park, eat vanilla ice-cream, chicken for dinner, and lots of love. We could see his tail wagging happily.

A man’s best friend:

I caught one of Mark’s tears.. He told Rusty he wished to make him young again…

Goodbye Rusty… we will never forget you!

Blessings

Gisele — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:47:08 +0000

I have BIG news to share! Many of you already know, I am a mom-to-be! That is right – I am 13 weeks pregnant! Still all so new for me and sometimes I can’t believe I am going to be a mom! It’s such a surreal and wonderful felling… My little baby is growing healthy and strong! I can’t wait to hold her or him in my arms.. My hubby and I are so excited to became parents for the first time, the experience has been wonderful and we look forward for the amazing moments that are ahead of us! After 3 years being married with the most incredible person, Mark and I really wanted to start a family and all happenned exactly how we planned! We will have a “made in Aruba” baby. I feel so blessed…

This first trimester was kind hard, morning sickness wasn’t fun, that was actually the reason I couldn’t keep up with my blog for the past two months, now I am enjoying a lot more and felling great! It’s too early to know the baby gender, I have a feeling that is a girl, but let’s found out in a month! Can’t wait to start buying all the cute stuff for my little one! The Mini-Holloway will be born in May and I look forward for this day to come! Having a photographer mom, my baby needs to get used to photos already! :)

Here is a 4D image of my last ultrasound! Technology amazes me. My bundle of joy taking a nap:

Back from the Happy Island!

Gisele — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:16:12 +0000

I recently came back from a 7 days vacation on the beautiful island of Aruba, Netherland Antillies in the Dutch Caribbean. I had a blast with my hubby and my friends Lorena and Dave that came along to enjoy this paradise with us. Aruba was a great experience, all the fun activities we did, the local people, music, the amazing beach… The water was absolutely beautiful – warm and very clear.

I was totally blown away by how beautiful the island is. Can I please come back in time and be right there taking this photo again?! Aaah… so peaceful!

Spectacular sunsets…

California Light house on the back.

A shot of a building in downtown Aruba.

ATV adventure we did around the island and below the banana boat! Whoohooo!

The cute Alta Vista Chapel with an ocean view. I love this image!

The Natural Bridge was one of the biggest attraction in Aruba, and it collapse in 2005, after a hurricane hit the island. Still a very popular spot to tourists, since we can still see the baby natural bridge nearby.

There are lots of Iguanas in Aruba, and we saw plenty of really large ones around the hotel. I fed them with some lettuce! They come to grab food from our hands! They are pretty neat to watch and don’t seem afraid of people.

A sneak peak of a beautiful photo shoot I took of Lorena and Dave. More coming soon!

We will definitely go back to Aruba again!