I’m gonna admit it. I’m a touch sad. Happy, of course, yes. But also, a little sad.
It’s just bittersweet to reach this noteworthy milestone with these guys.
I’m trying to remember when I just KNEW I loved this family. Was it five minutes in? Ten? 🤔 It was quick. I’ll tell you that.
It was 2020, and as you might remember, things were a little wonky. It didn’t seem to matter. Even with pandemic mitigations in place, the connection forged.
In the nearly five years since, I’ve had the absolute pleasure of watching and documenting this awesome family’s growth. From two parents with a teeny two-week-old to a full-throttle family of four, a toddler and a preschooler exuding transformational energy daily! It’s been amazing.
There are too many beautiful/hilarious/poignant/awe-inspiring moments to recount, but here’s one:
After Sawyer needed surgery to separate the fused plates in his little baby noggin, he needed a helmet. (Can you imagine how his parents felt, going through that?)
Well, in true Hatch McDonald style, he absolutely ROCKED that look. He grew out a fluffy shock of hair and proudly sported a “Helmet Hair, Don’t Care” onesie.
Check out 6 month old Sawyer rocking his helmet with style!☝🏻
At his 12-month session, he happily “graduated” from that chapter. And he showed us how he felt about it by walking up to his helmet and hurling it to the ground with a flourish and a celebratory chortle! I think we all had tears streaming down our cheeks with laughter.
It was perfect. Just like so many moments with this incredible family.
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Kristen Dacey Iwai of KDI Photography is a full-time professional portrait photographer based in Flagstaff, Arizona with decades of experience. Making portraits of families, pregnancy, newborns, babies, children, and high school seniors in her downtown studio and on location, she serves clients from Flagstaff, Sedona, Tuba City, Winslow, Payson, Page, Williams, Prescott, Mesa, Scottsdale, Phoenix, Arizona
