gailwernerphotography.com

My brother spent years convinced God would enrich his life with baby girls — and baby girls only.

Much of his theory was built entirely on the fact someone once swung a wedding ring over his wrist and the powers that be (fertility gods, perhaps?) pronounced it to be so. Which only meant for years that we, too, believed Jeff would father daughters and so we teased him that his parenting days would be a blur of tutus and tea parties.

Then in July, Amy got the ultrasound results back and I was in the room when my brother opened them with a grin the size of the Chesire cat’s. Turns out those old wives’ tales are just that. He was indeed having a boy.

Nick and I made a quick trip home Sunday to meet this newest nephew of mine, Sam (yep, I now have two nephews who bear the same name). While there, I declared an impromptu photo shoot was in order and started snapping away of mom, dad, baby and big sis Emily.

Editing the photos last night on my monitor, I had a lump in my throat on this one. Words cannot express what a joy it is to give Jeff this gift of a captured moment between father and son.

I have more photos I could share from yesterday - and maybe at some point I will - but this shot is just to special to me not to give it its own post!