January 18th, 2012
Right after my insanely busy fall season I wanted nothing more than to take at least a month-long break from photography. But, I had two newborns due in early December that I had booked months earlier. As fate would have…
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November 22nd, 2011
I admit that I was skeptical.. I almost didn’t even bother putting him in “nice clothes” because I figured I wouldn’t want the school pictures anyway. But, they do have their own sort of sentimental nostalgia, so I sent him…
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November 7th, 2011
We have a little ritual at bath time. After I finish drying him off with a towel in the bathroom, he runs naked to our bed to get warm under the covers – a big fluffy down comforter. Normally this…
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June 29th, 2011

This is something I should have written almost a year ago when my friend Gale first passed. I didn’t for several reasons. One was that the pain was still too fresh, it took me months after her death to…
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May 27th, 2011
Two nights ago had my viewing/ordering/sales appointment with the family from this session. Can you believe how cute he is?

Mom and I really clicked – sometimes you just know from the tone of an email or…
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April 27th, 2011

This week is “Bike safety week” at daycare and, blow me over but it’s working!
Last night we were hanging with Popop on the deck and Jasper got on his tricycle and said “Where’s my helmet? We need to…
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January 27th, 2011
I’ve been procrastinating writing this for a while, because there is just so much to say.. where do I begin?
Well, those of you who are facebook friends know that the trip didn’t get off to the best start when…
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January 7th, 2011
So this post isn’t about parenting or, shockingly, photography. But then again, isn’t coffee a necessity like, I dunno, air for parents? I know it is for me, but I’ve always been a bit of a coffee snob. In fact,…
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November 10th, 2010
Yesterday Jasper did perhaps the cutest thing EVER. I’m not going to tell you what, because I don’t want to ruin the surprise, but it was cute enough for me to implore him to WAIT. STOP! LET MOMMY FIND HER…
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November 3rd, 2010
Having my main photography editing computer in our our dining room Jasper’s playroom has it’s advantages and it’s disadvantages. One of the clear disadvantages is that Jasper loves meddle with it, and last night was no exception.
I…
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