Red Thread Sessions: The Seeley Family | Virginia Beach Family Photographer

Stacey found me through the Red Thread Sessions website to do a family session for her, and I happily obliged! For those of you that don't know who Red Thread Sessions are, they are a wonderful non-profit organization that offers free photography to newly adoptive families. I put in my application at the beginning of the year, and was accepted as one of their Virginia Beach photographers!!! Little Aleksandr was adopted from Russia at the beginning of the summer, and he fits right in with his Forever Family. You can tell that he loves his parents with every ounce of his tiny soul :) Here is some of his adoption story from Stacey:

"On April 24th, 2011, a tiny baby boy was born in Vladivostok, Russia and abandoned at the hospital. Cared for by the doctors and nurses for a month due to prematurity, they eventually declared him healthy enough to be transferred to a baby orphanage. He spent 8 months in one baby orphanage and 6 months in another before Mommy and Daddy were able to bring him home to Virginia Beach. We met Aleksandr in February of 2011 for the first time and my heart knew that he was my son. We didn't know how we would afford the multiple trips and the fees and we didn't know if the Russian judge would look favorably on us as parents, but we knew that we wanted to be a family and if God would bless this union then nothing else would stand in the way. The months passed and while Aleks spent his days and nights in Russia playing with other babies and most likely giving his caregivers a lot of grief (for he is so very willful and mischievious!), Momma and Daddy waited the word from Russia... and prayed... and worried... and prayed... and worried... and prayed. Finally, it came! We had court in Vladivostok on June 27th, 2012 and were approved for the adoption of our son Aleksandr Robert Seeley! The mandatory thirty day wait truly flew by in a whirlwind of preparation and excitement until finally on July 27th, 2012 a warm, sunny day in Vladivostok, Russia, we became FOREVER a family. Not Flesh of my flesh, Nor bone of my bone, But still, Miraculously, my own...."

Aleks is teeny tiny but SO FAST. I don't think any kid has made me work that hard for photos, lol. He wouldn't sit still for anything, but I love the shots we got. Congratulations, Aleks. You are HOME. <3