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Wow, life has been a little bit crazy lately and it’s taken me a few months to post these images of our sweet new girl, Sylvie Violet.  She was born on April 22nd, 2016 weighing in at 5 pounds, 11.6 ounces and 17 inches long – a little peanut, but full of personality!  You will see that in these photos of her.  She is not lacking for character, personality, and spunk.  As a Las Vegas Newborn Photographer, I was determined to shoot Sylvie’s newborn pictures myself.  I managed this by spreading them out over several weeks, and doing several mini shoots for variety.

Sweet little Sylvie, unbeknownst to us during my pregnancy, was born with a congenital heart defect.  Did you know that roughly 1/110 babies is born with a congenital heart defect?  I had no idea how common it was.  We found out about Sylvie’s condition when she failed the pulse ox test as part of her newborn discharge screening.  This test is a very simple test that measures the oxygen saturation in your body – in a healthy person it should be above 97%.  Sylvie’s sats were in the 80’s.  It’s amazing to me that is little as 2 years ago, this test was not part of the routine newborn screening, and in some hospitals, it is STILL not offered.  That is so scary to me!  Had Sylvie not had this test, she would have been discharged as a healthy newborn.

Sylvie was taken from us and flown via helicopter 3 hours away to the Phoenix Children’s Hospital, where she was immediately swarmed by doctors and nurses.  She was hooked up to everything, and tests were ran.  This was an extremely scary time for us.  She spent 12 days in the NICU.  Sylvie has something called a ‘mixed total anomalous pulmonary venous return’, or TAPVR.  She will be okay, but she will need open heart surgery when she’s 4-6 months old to repair this so she can lead a full and active life.

To add to this story, our 15 year old son Damien’s dream for the past 4 years is to be a pediatric heart surgeon when he grows up.  Life comes full circle.

Sylvie is the sweetest little soul – she seems wise beyond her days and is so full of personality.  You can see it in her eyes.  We are so blessed to have her join our family, and she has no idea just how loved she is.  One of my goals with her newborn photos was to take a special picture of her with each of her 10 older siblings.  I have tried this with previous children and always seem to fall short, but I accomplished this with Sylvie.  This will be a long post, and each of these images is so treasured and special to me.  I will come back and edit it to add one of Sylvie with her Daddy and myself as soon as I take them.

In no particular order…please welcome Sylvie Violet Holloway to this lovely place called Earth.  Each of these images was created with so much love.

And now for the sibling shots – in order from oldest to youngest, this is Clint with Sylvie. <3

And Calista…

Damien, our future pediatric heart surgeon, who has already forged a special bond with his new sister… <3

Theron and Sylvie…

Adrian and Sylvie…

Quentin (aka Dewey) and Sylvie…

Camille & Sylvie…

Octavia & Sylvie; I got a little carried away with these!  There were too many cute ones to just edit one…

Elliott & Sylvie…

Gabriel (aka Tiny) and Sylvie…

And one of Tiny by himself because, well, he’s adorable and I can’t help it!  haha

And finally, Sylvie with ALL 10 of her older siblings together!  I adore this and already have it hanging on my wall. <3  Next up – I need a new family photo.  Any volunteers?

I’m also including a few photos of Sylvie taken outdoors while we were in Montana a few weeks ago.  I love outdoor newborn photos so much!  She was a little beyond the newborn phase here, but I just love how these came out.  Look how red her hair looks in these!  I do see a lot of red in her hair in person, but I think a lot of this was the lighting in this particular location.  Either way, she’s such a sweet girl!

Sylvie & Daddy

I swore I’d never jump on the rainbow baby bandwagon, but alas….I had to for Sylvie. She came to us after 2 back to back miscarriages – thus, the rainbow after the storm. The heart symbolizes the fact that she is a strong, brave heart baby, as well as the immense love we have for her, and how deeply we wanted her and waited for her. She is surrounded by so much love, she has no idea yet. I tried to put my own spin on this type of shot and this is what I came up with. <3

My sweet friend Becca of Zoe and Oliver made this beautiful pink knit ensemble for Sylvie – I think this just might be her color, look how it brings out her eyes!  Becca is a fellow heart mom and has been such a kind friend and wonderful support for Sylvie and I.

Her pout is just TOO CUTE!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read Sylvie’s story and look at her newborn photos.

LJHolloway Photography is a Las Vegas Newborn Photographer.

LJHolloway Photography specializes in maternity, newborn, child, family, and senior pictures.   To see more of Lisa’s work, please go to www.ljhollowayphotography.com or visit her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ljhollowayphotography.   You may contact Lisa by email at ljhollowayphotography@gmail.com.

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Spaces are very limited and fill early.  Booking in advance will ensure a spot on LJHolloway Photography’s schedule.

Lisa Holloway also offers many photographer teaching resources and educational Photoshop and Lightroom videos.  For more details, please visit my SHOP.

I was recently approached by an amazing children’s boutique clothing brand that I absolutely LOVE and asked if I’d like to photograph a few of their upcoming items in exchange for the clothing.  Um, YES please!  These outfits are notoriously difficult to cart (they sell out in half a nano-second), and the only other option to obtaining these pieces is to pay 2 or 3 times the retail cost in the crazy aftermarket – sometimes even more.  I was more than happy to take them up on this offer!  My 4 youngest children modeled the first set of adorable outfits and despite the cold weather that day, they had a blast!  We even included Richard, our pet bunny.  If you guys haven’t checked out Well Dressed Wolf, be sure to look them up!  They have some of the cutest clothes for kids that I have ever seen!  This particular set included coordinating peach and chambray girls’ dresses as well as little boys’ outfits, so even my 2 little boys got to take part. 🙂  Gabriel in particular was more than excited about this opportunity!

Stay tuned to my blog for more upcoming sneak peeks of some super adorable outfits!  I cannot wait to share with you!

LJHolloway Photography is a Las Vegas Child Photographer.

LJHolloway Photography specializes in maternity, newborn, child, family, and senior pictures.   To see more of Lisa’s work, please go to www.ljhollowayphotography.com or visit her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ljhollowayphotography.   You may contact Lisa by email at ljhollowayphotography@gmail.com.

Las Vegas Maternity Photographer | Las Vegas Newborn Photographer | Las Vegas Child Photographer | Las Vegas Family Photographer | Las Vegas Senior Photographer

Las Vegas | Henderson | Summerlin | Boulder | Kingman | Laughlin | Lake Havasu City | Bullhead City | Flagstaff | Williams | Prescott | Phoenix | Sedona | Arizona | Nevada

Spaces are very limited and fill early.  Booking in advance will ensure a spot on LJHolloway Photography’s schedule.

Lisa Holloway also offers many photographer teaching resources and educational Photoshop and Lightroom videos.  For more details, please visit my SHOP.

I got together with my good friend Suzy again for a fun shoot with some of our little kids in the desert wildflowers.  We found a field of beautiful pink flowers and decided to do a spring/Easter inspired shoot with the kids and some of our new chicks.  As a Las Vegas Child Photographer, adding color to my images while working in a mostly desert environment can be challenging, but beauty can be found everywhere.  I am not used to working in a pastel color palette, but I am in love with how these turned out!  Elliott and Mia have been professing their love for each other for about 2 years now, so they are always so cute to photograph together.  Elliott says he will marry Mia someday – wouldn’t it be funny if he actually did?  They really are the most adorable little couple!

My little one, Gabriel, didn’t want to be left out!  He was putting on a bit of a 2 year old show until we let him hold one of the chicks.  His entire attitude instantly changed as though a switch had been flipped.  I think I have a little animal lover on my hands – so cute!

We made one last trip back to these beautiful, pink wildflowers before they were gone to photograph my little girls there – I’m so glad we did!  These images are all precious to me. <3

LJHolloway Photography specializes in maternity, newborn, child, family, and senior pictures.   To see more of Lisa’s work, please go to www.ljhollowayphotography.com or visit her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ljhollowayphotography.   You may contact Lisa by email at ljhollowayphotography@gmail.com.

Las Vegas Maternity Photographer | Las Vegas Newborn Photographer | Las Vegas Child Photographer | Las Vegas Family Photographer | Las Vegas Senior Photographer

Las Vegas | Henderson | Summerlin | Boulder | Kingman | Laughlin | Lake Havasu City | Bullhead City | Flagstaff | Williams | Prescott | Phoenix | Sedona | Arizona | Nevada

Spaces are very limited and fill early.  Booking in advance will ensure a spot on LJHolloway Photography’s schedule.

Lisa Holloway also offers many photographer teaching resources and educational Photoshop and Lightroom videos.  For more details, please visit my SHOP.

We have had such a wonderful summer, full of travels, adventures, and time spent with family and friends.  I have been meaning to put up a blog post to share some of my favorite images from this summer, and finally have a few minutes to sit down and put it together.  I still have SO many more of these images to go through and edit, but here are a few highlights.  Thank you for looking!  Please also be sure to check out more of my work with children in my Las Vegas Child Photographer gallery!

These images were taken during a get together with my friend Suzy Mead (Portraits by Suzy), and her adorable little girl, Mia.  I just love these two together.  Are wedding bells in their future?  You never know!  🙂

Fishing for magic…

This was taken during another get together with my friend Suzy!  We decided to have some blue hour fun with my oldest daughter, Calista and some sparklers. 🙂

On our trip to Montana, we stopped and paid a visit to the lavender fields in Mona, Utah.  They were so beautiful and smelled AMAZING!  I think Octavia loved the smell too!

Millie had fun dancing in the lavender fields…

This photo here is probably my new favorite of my sweet little Elliott.  He LOVES music so this image is very much him.  The mosquitoes were a little bit annoying (okay, who am I kidding – they were atrocious) but this picture made the bites worth it.  At least I’d like to think so.  Gosh, I love Montana.  I can’t wait to make this state our home.

We also visited the Ho’h Rainforest in Washington.  I still have many more of these to work on, but just look at this cute little fairy we came upon sleeping on a log!  After having lived in the deserts of Arizona for 17 years, I didn’t know what to do with all of this green, but I sure did love it!  Washington is my home state, by the way.  My mom and dad still live there and we visit as often as we’re able to. 🙂

My beautiful girl – her eyes are hypnotizing!  The catchlights made by the rain forest canopy were so interesting!

And who can visit Washington state without a trip to the ocean?  This is Ruby Beach and one of the highlights of our trip.  The kids had SO much fun here!  Gabriel went face first into the water about 2 minutes after we arrived, so he got to run around in his birthday suit the rest of the day.  I don’t think he minded too much!  Oh to have an ocean closer by.  There is something so soothing, calming, and healing about the beach.

And last but not least, please meet the newest member of our family, Luna (Calista calls her Dennis lol).  This is our new Siberian kitty that we just brought home this month.  Isn’t she beautiful?  She’s fit right in to our big, crazy family.

If you’ve made it this far, thank you so much for taking the time to visit my website and check out my work!  Stay tuned as I have many more beautiful images and sessions to post in the coming days.  🙂

LJHolloway Photography specializes in maternity, newborn, child, family, and senior pictures.   To see more of Lisa’s work, please go to www.ljhollowayphotography.com or visit her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ljhollowayphotography.   You may contact Lisa by email at ljhollowayphotography@gmail.com.

Las Vegas Maternity Photographer | Las Vegas Newborn Photographer | Las Vegas Child Photographer | Las Vegas Family Photographer | Las Vegas Senior Photographer

Las Vegas | Henderson | Summerlin | Boulder | Kingman | Laughlin | Lake Havasu City | Bullhead City | Flagstaff | Williams | Prescott | Phoenix | Sedona | Arizona | Nevada

Spaces are very limited and fill early.  Booking in advance will ensure a spot on LJHolloway Photography’s schedule.

Lisa Holloway also offers many photographer teaching resources and educational Photoshop and Lightroom videos.  For more details, please visit my SHOP.