You know how you have software updates and hardware updates? Well, way before those kind of updates there was another much more common type of update. On January 10, 2013, the James, Kelly & Flynn Carmichael family had a major update with the introduction at 10:57pm of Lanie Marie Carmichael! This blessed event brings joy to parents and grandparents alike.

James parents have several children and grandchildren and now they join Cheryl and me, in welcoming this much awaited new addition.  Kelly was an only child, so it has been wonderful expanding our family with her husband James, their son Flynn and now Lanie (Lay-nee). Flynn was one year old on December 28, 2012 and now with Lanie joining us just less than two weeks after that event, we now have two Christmas babies and what a gift that has been!

Cheryl is visiting and she took this photo with her iPhone on Lanie's second day (less than 24 hours since her birth) The cool thing about photography is that we can record great moments like these and have the results out to family and friends almost instantly. There will be many more photos in Flynn and Lanie's life for sure. In fact Kelly usually uploads around 100 new ones, including some short videos each week for Cheryl and me to keep up with Flynn's (and now Lanie's) continuing changes. Photography offers so much more than just pretty pictures and the such. It's also a way of communicating without words.  What's the old saying? "A picture is worth a thousand words!"

Welcome home Lanie! We look forward to many more photos of you and your brother Flynn over the years