It is strange to miss the rain so much! We have lived in Santa Barbara now for over four years and I have completely fallen in love with this town and its natural beauty and architecture! We are so lucky to be living here and have this be the place our girls will be born! It will always remain a special place to us now for that reason alone!
Still, it has been too dry for too long and we are suffering greatly as a state on fire! Just 2 months ago we were affected for weeks by the Zaca Fire and now fires are raging from here all the way to San Diego counties. My heart goes out to those who are suffering great losses during this parched time of year. I pray for rain and for this weather to change and bring some relief to the firefighters who must be so hot in their suits fighting flames that are out of control! Thank you to those who are doing all that they can to help put out the fires, and to those who are helping the people who are in need at this time!
On a very different note, as preparing parents we have joined the club for families with multiples, Santa Barbara Parents Of Multiples (SBPOM) and were excited to attend our first gathering last weekend and meet some wonderful families with whom I’m sure we will share our journey. It is incredible to have such a solid community here in Santa Barbara and we are blessed with so many opportunities and great people around us!
As for work, Willa Kveta Photography, my Photography business here in Santa Barbara continues to thrive and grow and I am so overwhelmed by the amount of joy I have brought to families through photo imagery! I have been blessed to be a part of their incredible journeys, and it truly makes me happy! Capturing these special intimate moments is what brings joy to my heart and I cannot say how lucky I am to be a witness to life and to family bonds.
I am very thankful for this life and all the beauty that is around us!
Archive for October, 2007
Santa Barbara
October 24, 2007A Kind of Beauty
October 16, 2007
Twin Update
October 16, 2007I forgot to officially announce that we are having 2 girls!!!! Friday was our latest appointment with Dr. Soffici and we got wonderful news that both girls are growing at a perfect and healthy rate! On Friday, they each weighted 1.3 lbs, which means they are the same size a singleton baby is at this gestational age. We also got the best news ever, that they each have their own placentas, (and we already knew that they each have their own sacks), which means they have no chance of complications! For me, this news comes as a great relief and really helps me to relax and enjoy each day without worries. The girls are kicking stronger and more and more each day, which is such a thrill!
We recently joined the local Santa Barbara Parents of Multiples group and are excited to attend our first meeting this Saturday. It will be so fun to meet other families with twins and triplets and ask them questions about what we should expect. It is truly such a gift to be chosen by these babies to be their parents. Never in a million years would I have thought I would be blessed with twins, yet here we are! Life is a miracle! I am so happy!
Back from Seattle…
October 12, 2007Although I truly love California, the beach, the sun, etc. it was so refreshing to wake up to rain for the past week while visiting family up on Whidbey. Those fresh, cold, damp mornings and foggy afternoons that turn into night around 4:00pm can be so cozy at times. We had a great trip and truly enjoyed our stay up in the Northwest! Everything up there in nature this time of year is so green and wet. I love it! To be completely honest, the tropics are my true love because they have the warmth of the sun mixed with the rain, creating life cycles that happen so quickly you can almost see the growth happen. These are all things I adore. Still, a nice fire and the smell of wood burning are things that bring good feelings to my heart. And of course, seeing so many of my beautiful friends and my family was awesome!
As for the babies…they continue to grow and their kicks are stronger every day! I’m so excited to be a mom and experience first hand what I have been witnessing for years with the women I have photographed. It is an amazing journey and I am loving it all! I feel so blessed to have been given twins and even though I know my belly will be huge by the end of this pregnancy (I’m already huge at only 5 months!), I have a good feeling that my babies will be born nice and big (for twins) and of course very healthy and happy babies! And that is all that matters of course!