all the reasons i’m a wedding photographer…
December 19, 2011 | Filed Under baby, family photos, personal
…all come down to this. meet my newest, born at 4:19 a.m. sunday, november 6, 2011. born just before dawn on a time-change sunday morning, just like his brother five years ago. born a week and a half early, before i could finish all my editing work for the year! born on the day muslims around the world celebrated eid al-adha, the festival of sacrifice, as over two million pilgrims completed the annual hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia. we have two eids every year, and give gifts to each other on those days, just like christmas. i can’t help feeling blessed to think that god gave me this gift on eid day… not just baby zayd, but the new brotherhood with my firstborn, musa. there is nothing more beautiful in this world to me.
i do also want to say thank you to all of my 2011 clients who waited patiently for their pictures throughout my crazy last trimester and after the birth! i am of course taking a little break from shooting, but should be back in business early in the new year – so yes, i’m taking 2012 bookings :)
in case you’re interested… the first few pics are from the hospital/ride home; i did a little shoot with both boys when zayd was six days old. at about two weeks we shaved his head – an islamic tradition for newborns – and those images were not taken by me but by my wonderful friend ayaka, who happened to spend the night when i went into labor and stayed home with musa while we went to the hospital; the later images are from around the one and one-and-a-half month marks.
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Oh he is so cute! Is it scary shaving a baby’s head? he doesn’t look like he likes it haha. Glad to hear you’ll be shooting again next year!
Tiny baby! Congratulations, Ayesha, he’s beautiful!
:) I can’t wait to see him this weekend, these pictures make me so happy mashaAllah!
He’s absolutely beautiful mashallah! May he and Musa both be a source of comfort and joy to you. Ameen.
thanks guys, and thanks for the duaa humaira :) marcella, we used clippers, not an actual shaving blade of any kind. he only started complaining towards the end :) musa was the same, he just sat there through the whole thing.
sara – see you in a few days i’a!! yay!
He is beautiful — what a lovely family you have. Congrats, Ayesha!
Precious! Congratulations on the new addition and best of luck in the future.
Soooo cute!
ayesha he is beautiful!!!!!! and these photos are gorgeous, seriously the one of him and musa, #12, such a beautiful moment. congrats again girl!!!
Gosh he’s beautiful! Musa looks so excited to be a big brother!
ah, baby photos get me every time, He is SO adorable. they both are. and I love all of the photos of them together. SO SO precious. Congratulations
Congratulations Ayesha!!
Congratulations! These photos are beautiful, and so are they.
You’re passing on your beautiful genes and creating some beautiful little men, Ayesha! I can’t wait to see what you do in 2012!
Life <3 So happy for you and your whole family! Congrats :)
Beautiful pictures. I have comment of the last B&W and the following color picture of Zayd. B&W Zayd look all worried about this world with so many furrows on his small forehead and the following color one has eyes closed with a smile on face saying O! it is OK after all.
Congratulations! He’s beautiful!
Huge congratulations are in order Ayesha. Beautiful family, beautiful photos. Thank you for sharing a little piece of you with all of us.
Awesome photos!
Congratulations!
WOW. Can I ask what camera you use? The images are all so crystal clear and sharp! They’re amazing!
beautiful baby! nice pics!