Thank you so much for checking out my blog.   If I know you and you are my family or friend, thank you so much for wanting to check out my latest, I am always eager to share my latest work with you and am touched that you are interested in seeing it.  If you are a potential client, thank you so much for your interest, the long version of my story is on my website under “About Monica”  so check it out if you are interested in my background in photography.  The short  and sweet version of me and photography is simply this:

I’m a mother of two precious children, my daughter is 6, her name is Nevaeh (heaven spelled backwards –I love to mention this!), my son Julian is 3 and I am completely obsessed with him!  I have a daughter on the way and married the man I met when I was 18, we have been together and married now for a total of 18 years –he’s an amazing husband and I feel so lucky to have found such a wonderful person to share the rest of my life with. 

I  have been obsessed with photography since the age of 13, since then my interest has always been children.  I’ve taken many classes, workshops to expand my knowledge in photography, but mostly I have learned tons through “practice, practice, and lots of practice.  I’ve always had “an eye” for photographing children, I have an instant conection with them, every child is so unique ans special in their own way, and that’s what I love to capture. I feel incredibly blessed to be doing what I’ve always visualized myself doing.

Check out my website at : www.MonicaMartinPhotography.com

It’s been 5 weeks since I gave birth to my new baby girl Natalia Ava.  She was born on January 27, 6.5 pounds, 19 inches long.  I thought by now I would have 5,000 photos of her —dang I was wrong!  My recovery was tough, and even tougher because I had two other little bunnies to pay attention to….  Natalia has been experiencing some colic issues, so I’ve had lots of sleepless nights!  I’m finally feeling back to normal now and am eager to get back to work and take those 5,000 pictures of Natalia that I envisioned.  Here are some photos I’ve taken of her so far.

Here is a photo of her just 4 days old:

Here I am holding Natalia for the first time –I swear she’s saying “mommy, is that you?!”

This is my gorgeous grandmother with her at the hospital.  My grandmother is amazing and every time I think of her I am overwhelmed with happiness that I have been blessed with such a wonderful “abuelita.”  She’s kind, humble, generous, caring, she loves to hug me, kiss me, and she reminds me every time I see her or on the phone how much she loves me.   She’s my mother’s, mother, and everything I just described about her is exactly who my mother is, and I am truly lucky to have them both.  My grandmother came to stay with me on week three, she did everything for me, she cooked, cleaned, insisted on serving me breakfast, cleaned out every kitchen drawer, reorganized them, cleaned out my pantry and organized it, I could go on and on….   She insisted I sit and just relax and hold Natalia and enjoy her.  Abuelita TE AMO CON TODO MI CORAZON!!!  

This is my beautiful mother with Natalia at the hospital –she’s also the bomb-diggity!  She’s as amazing as my grandmother is times 10! She took care of me on week two, and served me breakfast in bed.  She also pointed out everything I was doing wrong with the baby —haha, but those are mammas for ya!   I have two other sisters, and we are all having children at the same time, so my mother splits her self up in three, and somehow manages to give us all a helping hand.  I wish she lived with me!  Mom:  Daughters live by example and because you have been the true meaning of what a mother should be, I too will be the greatest mother to my girls, because you have taught me by example.   Thank you for being the most amazing mother I could ever ask for. I’m so grateful that I have been blessed with a mother like you.

Here I am with my wonderful husband.  Yes I’m wearing make-up –isn’t that normal after giving birth?! and yes, I bring my own robe to the hospital cause I hate that ugly robe the hospital provides –don’t you do that too!?  hahaha! 

Here are my three bunnies, Nevaeh, Natalia Ava and Julian, my kids gave me 5.2 seconds to take this photo and then they ran off –uggh! my son looks so upset, but it’s the only three shot I was able to get.  Dang it! Part two coming soon!

Natalia Ava 2-3  weeks old.

YA  BABY “DANCE LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING! THAT’S MY GIRL!

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Diego and Matteo are one of my dearest friends kids.  I shot hundreds of photos, and frame after frame they we’re perfect –they are sooooo photogenic! This is a larege share because I couldn’t decide, they are all my favorites.

With that beautiful pale porcelain skin, gorgeous big blue eyes, that name suits her perfectly!  She is GOOOOAARGEOUS!  and I could have photographed that beautiful face all day!

I took these pics a couple months ago, I’m a bit behind on posting my pics here.  I am so excited about my new sister-in-law, she’s truly DA BOMB!  so genuinely sweet, so smart, and beautiful!  We are so lucky to officially have her as part of our family.

Got two new hats, and before my clients showed up for their photo shoot, I begged my kids to try these on –love em!   My son this day decided he wanted to make us laugh and made all kinds of silly faces!  My daughter asked me if I was impressed with her poses –I was!  I’ve got her pretty trained