Junie’s forever home…finally!

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Momma took the time to write out a letter to her sweet son….cue the tears!

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A letter to my son. 

Junie,

I cannot express to you enough how much I love you and how much better my life is with you in it. I have been hoping and praying for you since before you were even born. Before I was even in high school, I knew in my heart I would be a mother someday. Even more so than that, I knew my heart would be filled through adoption. As a child myself, I dreamed of who you might be. I imagined life with you. I imagined what your first steps would be like. I imagined what our bedtime routine would be. I imagined how loving and kind you would be. Before I was a foster mom, I knew someday I would be your forever mom, I just did not know you yet. Every single day through the licensing process I held onto the hope and prayer that someday my forever child would come through those doors. Through each high and low of fostering, I held onto that truth that you were out there somewhere.

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 In April of 2019 I received the message, “blind 2-year-old in shelter needs home.” I did not know if you were a boy or girl, what you looked like, or who you would be. I did not know then that you would be forever. All I knew that was that a child needed a home, and something in my heart told me without a doubt my home was yours. The first picture I received of you was a hospital picture as you were very sick. I studied every inch of your face and how beautiful you were. I looked at your picture each night and prayed for your healing and that you would thrive in my home as I awaited your arrival. My heart ached that you were in the hospital without a mom to hold your hand. 

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In May you finally moved in, but by then you already had my heart. From the day you arrived I struggled with the idea that you would someday leave and began to pray we would both be at peace however your case ended. From the second I saw you I knew there was something different about you. Everything in me knew you were meant to be my son. The worker who dropped you off from the shelter was in awe at how quickly you clung to me and snuggled into my chest. He explained that no one had been able to touch you because you were too scared, and that you must have sensed something in me to feel safe so quickly. I like to believe you sensed that I was meant to be your mom, too. Every second from that day forward was filled with joy. Even on our hardest days you radiated joy. Over the next year, I felt a wholeness in my heart that I never knew existed before – like everything was truly right. 

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In March of 2020, the biggest relief imaginable came when the judge ordered we move to adoptions! This child who I had imagined and dreamed of, this child who I prayed so hard for, this child who I hoped for each and every day, you were here! At first it was so surreal and almost seemed impossible… What I knew in my heart for the past year was finally a reality. Just 6 months later our adoption was finalized! September 29, 2020 will always be the day the light of my life became my forever son. I can not fathom life without you. Every single time I look at you I am in awe at how perfect you are. Every smile and every laugh ignites joy beyond measure in my heart. Every night I hold you as you drift off to sleep I am overwhelmed with feelings of peace. Every step you take, every milestone you reach, every new skill you learn, I am inspired. You are everything. I am beyond grateful to call myself your mom, and will wake up each day for the rest of my life blessed with your presence and excited to see what adventure awaits us!

With all the love in the world,

Mommy 

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Here are some more pictures from Junie’s adoption session! We travelled to San Antonio to capture these in front of the Court house that his adoption should have been at! Sadly Corona made it virtual.

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Junie is seriously the sweetest little boy I have ever met. He kept running up to me and asking for a hug. You are just drawn to his kind and caring soul.

These in front of the courthouse are so special! I adore how these turned out.

His smiles are priceless.

Junie LOVESSSS his matcha drink. So what did we do after the session? We went to STARBUCKS! He was so excited!

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Look at his face when he stole his momma’s coffee. MJ’s Photography- Houston family photographer
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MJ’s Photography is the Heights best photographer that services Katy, Fulshear, Cypress, the Heights, Memorial, Conroe, and the Woodlands.

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I love photographing children. They have the best personalities. Two year olds are the best. They have the funniest and sweetest personalities…when they are not mad of course ha ha!

Annie Banannie makes the most beautiful and vintage dresses! If you haven’t seen her designs, you need to go look!! —-> Annie Banannie Website

She custom made this dress for our family portraits and I cannot wait to have Stephanie Ratto photography fly down to take them. Yes you read that right…I’m flying her down!

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Of course before family portraits, I had to do a little session with Elise in her gorgeous Annie dress. Here are some of my favorites.

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I think this dress is the perfect neutral vintage dress. The built in petticoat just makes it perfect and gives it the right amount of “poof.”

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The pockets are Elise’s favorites!

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Photographing a two year old is a challenge, but the results are the most rewarding. You have to figure out what makes them happy. Each child is different, so it is my job to figure out how to make them come out of their shell in the small amount of time I have.

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I had the honor of photographing the Forrestier family this past week. Tabitha is the owner of Annie Banannie Clothing. She made the girls dresses and the boys vests in this portrait. Go check her out!

This momma rocks being a mom of 6, homeschooling, and OWNING her own business! How incredible is that. Dad owns his own business as well!

Daddy and his babies. The golden hour is so stunning. I love the deep orange and saturation that it brings.

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Momma and her babies. All six babies.

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Fun fact: Annie Banannie is named after their oldest daughter…Annie! This dress is releasing this week…better run!! Aren’t all the dresses stunning?

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Mom wanted a special portrait of just her and her girls. They are absolutely stunning during this Texas sunset.

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Here are some more family favorites. I just love all of the candid portraits of them together. I am a huge black and white fan, these really speak to me in black and white!

All 6 of their gorgeous babies. They are so well mannered and extra sweet.

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Of course we had to get some of them as a couple. Aren’t they perfect? I love getting images of just mom and dad. How often does this happen?

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Cypress family photographer – You can’t possible see the beauty of this mountain through a portrait. I tried my best, but this scenery is jaw dropping.

The anxiety of getting this perfect portrait was over the top. Being flown over 2000 miles and knowing that they want a 30×45 acrylic print of this in their house, made me extremely anxious! But we got it! <3

We did two locations in front of Mt. Rainier, this was another. We only had around 3-4 minutes because there was a big group of landscape photographer behind us trying to photograph the sunset on Mt. Rainier.

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Aren’t they perfect? Can’t imagine a better couple.

While waiting for the sun to be perfect for the mountain shots, we went into a valley to capture some other family portraits.

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I can’t get over Carson’s face here! <3

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Day 2 we did another session is a field. Just wait for these! I am so in love. Cypress family photographer

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The smiles and the happiness you can feel from looking at their babies sweet faces, make this session everything. There will be a time when you can no longer hold them in your arms, swing them in the air, or kiss them all over. When that time comes, it will mean everything to look back at these portraits and feel the memories.

(Just typing that, I had to run to my babies and kiss them all over…go ahead and do it to yours) <3

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Momma and her girl. My main goal on day 2 was to get an amazing portrait of mommy with each of her babies.

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Now this one I am SO proud of. If you know Carson, you know he brings Wild to the nickname Wild child lol! He is so fun and full of energy, so getting him to snuggle for a picture is not on his agenda. So this one is everything! And isn’t momma gorgeous? Mannnnnn she looks good!

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Momma with both of her kiddos! I love this one showing Kaleigh’s missing tooth!

Here are some more family favorites! Such sweet smiles.

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Oh sweet Birdie. When her momma booked my grow with me package it just made my day! I love being able to see her grow! Look at her now.

Look how gorgeous she is in pink. Her momma wanted to use a similar setup to this one in her newborn portraits. Isn’t she a doll?

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Same rug, same wrap, same baby. 6 months later! Oh how she has grown.

Look at this smile!

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Beautiful Lottie joined us as well. She is such a sweet big sister. Look at these two. Two under two! I love doing outdoor child portraits as well as indoor!

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I love included family portraits in with milestone sessions. Family portraits are so important to have. Aren’t they just perfect?

Mommy and Birdie.

Daddy and his girls!

Of course mom and dad needed some of just them two, when does that ever happen?

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Ashley has been one of my greatest friends since college. She has the most caring heart that anyone could imagine. She currently has 10 dogs. All rescues! She adopts the senior pups that get abandoned at the shelter. We also have to give Carter a round of a “paws”….he lets her do it and loves them just as much lol!

Meet Stanley. This day was Stanley’s last day on earth and it was a joyful one.

Ashley asked if I could photograph Stanley before he left earth side.

Stanley loves his Chick Fil A. So momma brought his favorite nuggets. He enjoyed them so much!

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No bites were being spared.
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It was so wonderful celebrating his last day. There were lots of tears, but for a moment there was laughter. MJ-Fulshear pet photographer

Here was his momma’s post about his last day.

Last night my legs were cold for the first time in a long time. He always slept by them and the gaping hole in the bed reminded me he wasn’t there. He wasn’t a very big dog, but he had a big personality- I think that’s what took up so much space. I couldn’t have asked for a better last day with my boy though. He had Chick-fil-A for dinner on Monday and again for brunch yesterday (Chick-fil-A because he had standards about his chicken ?), and  Mary Ann took pictures. Then he slept and I napped with him. For dinner he had rotisserie chicken which has symbolically become the last meal in our home. We have done it with each that have gone before them, and the tradition will continue. When we take on frosty face, hospice type dogs, we know what we are taking on. We are taking on a ton of work repaid with endless love. If you ever see me buying a pre-made rotisserie chicken, please hug me. I don’t only get them during this time, but if I buy one when we aren’t saying goodbye to anyone it’s because I am missing them and I want to remember eating our last meal with them.

The day was so different from any of the others, and his passing was peaceful. Stanley has never been a cuddler, but he would absolutely love to lay next to me in bed. He loved that and eating, so that’s what we did. He was having major struggles between kidney disease, Cushings, and bad anxiety from losing his vision and hearing, but he wasn’t on his deathbed. I didn’t worry that he was suffering, but I knew that he would be soon and I didn’t want that for him. I wanted us to have our last day together on our terms, and without the added difficulty of him being in pain. I will never forget the first picture April sent me of him laying on a cold concrete floor in the Garland shelter. My heart broke and I said “pull him and I’ll take him.” I will never forget the first time I held him after his journey with Lori brought him to me. I’ll always remember the first night he spent in our home stretched out with his belly in the air just completely comfortable. He knew he was home even before we did. At that time, I paid for all of his vet bills and told Carter the rescue was paying for them ?. Then I fell in love with him and Carter and I decided he should stay. I will always remember his sassy self and his little gimpy trot that never slowed him down for meals. I’ll always remember how during the height of his Cushings he would wake me up at 4am every single morning for breakfast by body slamming himself into my face. He was my little JFP and we had a special bond-that bond that only a mother could continue to put up with him for all these years. I feel so incredibly honored to have been his Momma for the last 5 years of his life, and I am so grateful that we had the ability to help him pass peacefully.

Run free my sweet Stanley aka Manny aka Manny Potts aka Manner aka JFP. I’ll see you at the #rainbowbridge one day ?”

Hug your pups tonight.

MJ

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I love capturing families. How else will you remember exactly how your family was in this point and time? Your little one’s will have little memory of their younger age and this is the way to remember it all.

Family portraits are so special. When your kids are all grown up, these are the portraits they will look back on. These portraits will then turn into memories.

I was so glad when I was contacted to capture Laura’s family. They have one year old boy and girl twins! I have an obsession with capturing twins.

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These sweet babies were just learning to walk. I adore this stage.

Look how gorgeous Abby is. This portrait really captured her eyes!

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And this sweet boy. He was so smiley for every picture! I just love his little teeth.

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I adore images where little ones are just being themselves. Where they are just giggling with mom and dad and creating that perfect memory. This is my favorite family portrait image from their session. They will look back on this portrait and feel the great memory. I am obsessed!

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Here are some more favorites from their session. I love capturing individuals of mom and dad with their babies.

 

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A lot of babies had their very first portraits in the bluebonnets this year.

Look how perfect they are! I am obsessed. I love doing families with their kiddos in the bluebonnets.

Did you know that my sessions are within 20 minutes of Katy? You don’t have to travel too far for them!

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The mixture of the red wildflowers mixed with the bluebonnets is just gorgeous! I love the color palette. Add an adorable little baby in there and its picture perfect.

Look at those little teeth!

Of course I wanted mommy to join in on the session. They will always adore having pictures to look back on that have his mom in them.

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I just love this one! Look at the love!

www.mjthephotog.com. Look at her holding daddy’s finger. I cannot take it!

These aren’t just for kids! Families are welcome too.

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This is a beautiful way to display your newborn baby’s first portraits, your gorgeous maternity gallery, your little one’s very first year, or your family’s portraits.

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At MJ’s Photography, I strive to bring you something different than just digital images.  Time and again, I have seen clients go through the entire process to fall short, with a lackluster set of photos gracing their homes. That is why we will meet for a consultation before your session so that I can understand what you are in search of. We will discuss your vision for your portraits, see the beautiful heirloom albums to the exquisite wall art, as well as review your future investment with me.

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Kannon just turned three years old! Isn’t he just the cutest little boy you have ever seen?

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Yes his little bow tie has sharks on it. I can’t even handle it

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We had a bad storm here a couple weeks ago and this giant pine tree got completely uprooted from the ground. We went over there and he was so amazed by this tree. So I figured, hey let’s capture him being little!

Here he is throwing pine cones at me! We had a blast.

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Kannon is 3 and so full of energy! He would have stayed playing on this tree all day if I would have let him. When photographing a toddler, you have to let them play! Let them run around and capture them in their own environment. Don’t make them sit and do what you want, explore their world!

This may be my favorite picture of him! Just crawling on the tree, enjoying being little.

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These little suspenders! Little bitty man.

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Wysteria is blooming in Texas! Isn’t it gorgeous? If you want to book around the spring flower March and April are the best in Texas. Every state is different to capture the natural blooms, so make sure you reach out to your photographer to get the best dates.

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Look at all of the gorgeous wild flowers blooming in the fields. I love them. Some fields have solid yellow, some have solid blue! Spring is beautiful here.

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