Cora Faith Hall was born on a Wednesday morning in February. While the rest of us piled on scarves and gloves and shoveled off to work and school, Maddie held her husband’s hand and waited for the medicine to kick in. A week later I got the chance to meet Cora and capture her tiny spirit, in mirrors and light. I also got the privilege of watching Maddie and Adam transform into lives no longer their own. Into mommy and daddy.

With circles under their eyes, I watched as they changed doll sized diapers, wiped dribbling milk, and swaddled Cora warm and tight. When I asked Maddie and Adam what it felt like to be new parents they took turns telling their truths,”crazy, scary, good.”

“Yep,” I replied with a smile in my voice, “that pretty much sums it up.” It is my joy and honor to welcome Cora Faith into the world, and Maddie and Adam into the world of parenting. As Aunt Mary, mother of ten, once told me, “Now the fun can begin…”