this beautiful little one is baby G, and her mama works with me.  i was lucky enough to get to see her twice.  she was not too happy with me on this first day, plus she was just 4 days new.  luckily she slept a bit more on my second visit.  so i will have a few more to share soon!  until then ♥

isn’t she beautiful!  ♥

who doesn’t love a giveaway?  and the wonderful ladies over at the bloom workshop have an awsome one to celebrate their 1st year!  http://www.bloomworkshops.com/?p=965 here is the link to check it out!

i think she is just soooo pretty!

happy valentine’s day everyone!

i knew the minute i saw this dress she had to have it.  but i waited.  then of course i couldn’t find it in her size.  finally, grabbed it from the sale rack some time last month.  and there it sat.  with less than a week to get some valentine pictures done, make a card, send it to be printed, and mail it out, i was giving up hope.  then today, i just thought, forget all the plans for a big valentine shoot, and just get a few pictures…and it’s a good thing i did.  don’t know how much longer the dress will fit (oops).  while she was not the most cooperative 10 month old, on the front porch, in the cold, when mama wouldn’t let her eat the rocks, i do think i got some keepers!  (maybe sometime i will post the one of her eating the rocks). anyways i still {heart] this dress! and of course i {heart} my baby girl!

my poor little man was sick yesterday. sick – like stay home from school sick.  he was coughing so much i was sure he would not be able to complete his work, so he stayed home.  later we went to the doctors, me thinking he might have a sinus infection or bronchitis or something.  when we got there, he was pretty quiet except for the barking seal cough. as we sat in the room waiting to see the dr, he was pretty miserable.  as soon as she came in to see him, she could see that he was having trouble breathing.  she suggested a breathing treatment right there in the office.  he has never had a breathing treatment. he was so good, just sat there, with me holding him and his dinosaur mask on.  i felt so bad for him.  he never said a word.  and i missed it, just thought he had a cough.  it was one of those moments when time seems to pass so slowly, and i just sat holding him, thinking of all the mommy mistakes i have made and where this one fit in, and watching the medicine make a white cloud in the mask and his chest working so hard to breathe.  not something i will soon forget.  but my little man took it all in stride.  a few more breathing treatments since then and he seems to be doing fine.  late last night, i checked my email and found this wonderful photo of my boy.  it is actually this very photo that i had planned on posting today.  to my surprise, my dear friend nancy had pulled this photo from a set that i shared with her to play with and work her photoshop magic on. she made the wonderful colors just pop and added just the right textures too.  thank you my friend!

so today is ground hog’s day.  and if you have a child in kindergarten i’m sure you heard all about it.  i was reminded today that if the groundhog sees his shadow then we will have 6 more weeks of winter, but if he doesn’t see his shadow, then spring is here.  and of course today the groundhog saw his shadow, great-6 more weeks of winter.  but as i heard the story for like the third time on the way home from school, my mind started to wander….is the ground hog here local?  cuz it’s sunny most days here and of course he would see his shadow. if he’s not here, where does he live?  is it a place that gets a mix of weather this time of year?  and why if it’s sunny on feb. 2nd, does that mean that winter is going to be longer, cuz it feels like it should be the opposite, the sun is out, it’s getting warmer, it makes a shadow-spring is coming….is anybody with me on this one?  guess i could google it and read up on groundhog’s day, but it just seems logical, no?  anywho…. what is a post without a photo?  so i grabbed this one of my boy and his shadow.

the only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others {doug larson}

i am sure that you can guess why i love these images, of course because she is my baby girl.  these images are technically not correct, imperfect. but there is more to it than you can see by just looking at the photos.  they mark the beginning of a journey for me. a journey that has brought me to embrase photographing what i want, having a vision and going for it, creating feeling through photographs, and yes, sometimes loving an image that may not be technically correct. as for my baby girl, i {love} her chubby little legs, how you can see her motor skills in action, and the silly expression on her face – not sure if she was more annoyed with my requests to get her to look at me, or that i made her wear that hat.  thank you baby girl for being a part of this journey with me.

i know its been a while since you have seen one of the kiddos.  i could not resist sharing this one.  just look at that face.  love this little boy.