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        <title>THREE.... IS A MAGIC NUMBER // personal</title>
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        <summary>a few posts ago, i mentioned that i had a big project in the works. HUGE. as in, so big i'm feeling too big for my britches. Literally. ... The fact is that I'm 25 weeks preggers with baby #3...</summary>
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<content type="xhtml" xml:lang="en-US" xml:base="http://charleystar.typepad.com/charley_star/"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://charleystar.typepad.com/charley_star/2011/11/hello-blogosphere.html" target="_self">a few posts ago,</a> i mentioned that i had a big project in the works.  </p>
<p>HUGE.  </p>
<p>as in, so big i'm feeling too big for my britches.</p>
<p>Literally.</p>
<p>... The fact is that I'm 25 weeks preggers with baby #3 -- a boy! He'll be the final piece to our family puzzle.  We are beyond thrilled... and slightly terrifed. : )  it's hard to imagine juggling the schedule of family life and my photography... but i'm ust taking it one step at a time.  We always wanted 3 kids, and with 2 daughters already, having a boy seems the perfect completion to our family.</p>
<p><img alt="Screen shot 2012-01-25 at 12.20.25 AM" border="0" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8348217d769e20168e60bfc6c970c image-full" src="http://charleystar.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8348217d769e20168e60bfc6c970c-800wi" title="Screen shot 2012-01-25 at 12.20.25 AM" /><br /><a href="http://charleystar.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8348217d769e20168e60bfc47970c-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Screen shot 2012-01-25 at 12.20.48 AM" border="0" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8348217d769e20168e60bfc47970c image-full" src="http://charleystar.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8348217d769e20168e60bfc47970c-800wi" title="Screen shot 2012-01-25 at 12.20.48 AM" /></a></p>
<p>thanks to <a href="http://www.erinjsaldana-blog.com/2011/12/23/los-angeles-beautiful-fine-art-baby-bump-session/" target="_blank">erin</a> for taking these photos! erin has been one of my second shooters for a while now, and she is super talented.</p>
<p>To see how we told the girls, and what Satine's reaction was, check out the video. a bit long, maybe, but her reaction at the end is pretty priceless.</p>
<p><iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FfhJDwvwLvU?rel=0" width="420" /> </p>
<p>So.</p>
<p>Three kids. cray-cray.</p>
<p>I can't believe that it was such a short time ago that I took  <a href="http://charleystar.typepad.com/charley_star/2011/02/sleep-softly-sugarplum-los-angeles-newborn-photography.html" target="_blank">these photos</a> when my little Navia Grace was <a href="http://charleystar.typepad.com/charley_star/2010/11/shes-here.html" target="_blank">born</a>... <a href="http://charleystar.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8348217d769e20162ffce6b1a970d-popup"><img alt="Screen shot 2012-01-18 at 3.53.32 PM" border="0" src="http://charleystar.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8348217d769e20162ffce6b1a970d-800wi" title="Screen shot 2012-01-18 at 3.53.32 PM" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://charleystar.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8348217d769e2016760c2cddb970b-popup"><img alt="Screen shot 2012-01-18 at 3.53.54 PM" border="0" src="http://charleystar.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8348217d769e2016760c2cddb970b-800wi" title="Screen shot 2012-01-18 at 3.53.54 PM" /><br /></a>Or that she'll be just 18 months when her brother is born...</p>
<p>Or, the fact that this entire blog started as a personal love letter to my first born, Satine... when she was just a newborn, when i had time to <a href="http://charleystar.typepad.com/charley_star/2007/07/morning-moments.html" target="_blank">document moments like this,</a>  and was blogging photos like this one,</p>
<p><a href="http://charleystar.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8348217d769e20168e5d31c64970c-popup"><img alt="Screen shot 2012-01-18crop" border="0" src="http://charleystar.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8348217d769e20168e5d31c64970c-800wi" title="Screen shot 2012-01-18crop" /><br /></a>when satine was about 2 1/2, basking in the light, before this blog morphed into more of a professional blog for my photogaphy.  before life was so... full.  i was about to say hectic, but the 'hectic' is just a new normal, so let's call it full.</p>
<p>Life is great and big and full and crazy... and about to get even more so come May.  </p>
<p>Bring it on.</p>
<p>I feel so blessed to be sharing this journey with navia and satine and nahchey, and know that our little baby boy is only going to increase the love.   Even when i'm dogbone tired and can't imagine fitting one more thing into my day and wishing I had a nanny, maid, chef, assistant, personal trainer, 3 office assistants and 18 more hours in the day, I know it's worth it...  that ultimately, my heart is most full with my family.</p>
<p>for us, three IS a magic number.</p>
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