My little, balding, precious man turned one month old this past Sunday. We are so in love!
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james turned one month old!
April 16, 2013honey bee
April 4, 2013
Our little honeybee turned three weeks today. We’re doing great, exhausted, but so in love. These were taken when he was four days old…he’s definitely changed a lot since then – little tummy, face, arms and legs have filled out!
happy easter
March 31, 2013
Our seventeen-day-old bundle of bunny-joy wanted to wish you a happy easter!
“He is risen indeed!”
my sweet baby james | born 3.14.13
March 28, 2013
One of my friends worded it perfectly – “Love seeing all the photos and knowing that very feeling– that your whole world just came alive in a way you didn’t dream possible!” She was referring to all of the photos that I have been posting of my little man!
Exactly two weeks ago today, Kenzo and my lives changed forever as we welcomed our son, James Kazunari Koike, into this world. The past two weeks have been filled with joy as we’ve gotten to know this little guy and started to learn what it means to be a parent (realizing that the learning curve is, thankfully, steep!).
I will definitely be sharing a lot more of him in days and weeks and years to come but I wanted to be sure to get these up today.
These last two just capture him in some of the waking moments that we have. We’ve been so impressed with his strength in lifting his head!! The next photo was taken at 9 days old and he held his head up like that for about a minute!
And one last one of this precious boy!
{Valentine’s Love} | my maternity photos
February 14, 2013
Since it’s Valentine’s Day – I thought that I would share a little Koike Baby Love with you all. This is the first time that I have been in front of a professional camera lens since my wedding 6.5 years ago. And it was easier than I thought because of how Kellie encouraged us the entire time! What you see here is a creative collaboration between Kellie Hero of Kellie Hero Photography (the girl behind the camera) and myself – the one who edited these images. I totally got sucked into the “vintage” look that is “so hot right now.” To answer your questions – yes – this is a setting that can easily be applied to your photos – so clients, if you like it, just request a vintage-y finish and I can do the same for your images. I did keep some in real color and put those down towards the end.
I have to thank my husband for being the best sport ever. And of course, this precious little baby who I cannot wait to meet! These were taken about 2 weeks ago at a little over 34 weeks. Now we’re almost 37 weeks and probably at least two inches larger!
Happy Valentine’s Day.
Lots of love -
Janie, Kenzo and Baby Koike
Here’s where you can compare the difference between real color, black and white, and the vintage filter:
Love this black and white:
And now to finish with some real color:
Kellie – you are amazing – as both a friend and photographer. Thanks for this gift! We’ll treasure it forever.
