Santa Pics

We need to apologize ahead to time for ALL of the pictures! However, these pictures just made our whole Christmas. Nicole Pelligrino is an amazingly talented photographer who owns Snips and Snails Photography in Greencastle. She did Evyn's newborn photos about a week and a half before Cooper was diagnosed. When we saw the Santa picture opportunity, we immediately signed up right when the newborn photos were done. After Cooper's diagnosis, we wanted to keep the appointment, even if Cooper was really sick and maybe it wasn't the picture we would hang on the wall year after year. We kept the appointment because we needed some things about Christmas to feel normal and magical. We also have accepted that this is a chapter in our life and that we can't just skip this aspect in our photo albums and pretend like it didn't happen. Lastly, Cooper wouldn't have been able to see Santa with the crowds and all, which we thought was pretty sad.

Nicole did the pictures out of the goodness of her heart and made Christmas feel a little more normal and a little more magical for our family during this time. She is a wonderful person and is so very talented. Thank you for these pictures! They are just beautiful!













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  1. BaynutDecember 10, 2018 at 2:38 PM

    These pics are great and certainly deserve a place on your Christmas wall. Both young ‘uns love the camera! Merry Christmas to all.

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  2. lbhookDecember 16, 2018 at 6:34 AM

    Absolutely beautiful! Sending lots of love to all of you 🧡

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