I couldn’t pick just a couple, so enjoy your long sneak peek!  :)

How adorable is this?  Matching Converse shoes!!!!

It was pretty dark in her room, but I just knew I had to get a few images in her “special” place.  The room where so many memories of the first year take place.  Endless diaper changes, night feedings, peaceful slumber…..

She loves her lamby!  And doesn’t it look like he loves her too!  :)

After the cake, we went inside to play and rinse off in the bath. 

Love you guys!  :)

A quote: “The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.”  Alden Nowlan

Something personal: Well, I think I’m ALMOST at the forgiveness stage!  What a great quote right?  I feel like my entire “mommy-hood” has been riddled with guilt in some way, shape or form.  The latest guilt is about Jake’s bed.  We recently took the front off of his crib so he could get in and out.  He has never climbed out of his crib, and in fact, I think he rather enjoyed the security of it.  But now that he rarely takes a nap, I felt guilty (there’s that word again), that he had to pee in his pull-up when he’s perfectly capable of going to the bathroom on his own.  Jeff and I have had many heated arguments discussions about the bed “situation” in our house.  I feel like we should have gotten Kylie a full bed rather than a twin, since she has the larger room and will be more likely to have sleepovers, etc.  That being said, I’m thinking we should get Kylie a full bed and move her twin bed into Jake’s room.  Then we have the problem of how do we make her bed look more “boyish.”  And then, we have to get some furniture for Jake’s room, namely a dresser.  Rather than deal with all of these things, we decided to just take the front off of his crib (so it’s a toddler bed), and when I look at these pictures I’m feeling guilty (again) because he’s clearly too big for the bed.  He falls off every night because he can’t even roll over without reaching the edge.  This never would have been “good enough” the first time around, but for the second child, it’s just not that big of a deal right? *SIGH*  I guess it’s time to do some furniture shopping.

I thought I would share the snapshots.  These were taken in VERY low light with my point & shoot camera.  Hilarious right?  Jake rolls off the bed, then continues sleeping on the pad we put next to the bed.

I should add a footnote.  Jeff put the bed rail on at first, but I made him take it off since it’s not “supposed to” be used with cribs.  My bad!  

Something I love: Mexican food!!!  I love it!!  At Chipotle, it’s the veggie bowl with peppers & onions.  At La Paz, I love the Steak and Carmelized Onion Quesadilla.  At Taqueria del Sol, I always get a fish taco and a chicken enchilada with lemon cream sauce.  At Rosa Mexicano – GUACAMOLE!!!  And now, thanks to my friend who had her 40th birthday last weekend, I found another restaurant with wonderful “upscale” mexican food — Alma Cocina!   Okay, who’s hungry??

Happy Monday!!!

Mom and Dad are so relaxed.  We had a wonderful morning, and this sweet little girl barely made a peep the entire time.  Here’s a little peek for you!

I fell in love with this little bunny blanket and bunny hat that Mom brought to the session.  So adorable!

The fall season is in full swing and I’m a little behind these days.  Although I’m VERY busy with work, I have also been busy with life.  We had a much needed family vacation followed by a weekend full of enlightenment (more on that later) — and now it’s back to the real world.

So instead of the traditional Monday Love blog post, it’s a session share for one of my long-time clients who just had their second baby boy.  It’s such a special time, and I’m so grateful to be part of it.  Kristin, George, and Grayson are always so fun to be around.  I’ve always felt like they are old friends – even from the first time we met.  Baby brother Brayden was a sweetheart too, and I can’t wait to watch him grow up.  Plus, it’s good to know that between any sessions that I do, George is doing some fabulous photography work himself to catch all of the little details of daily life.  ;)

Without further ado, welcome to the world Brayden!

I felt so bad because we were not able to get a sibling shot during our session.  Grayson was such a good sport at the studio, playing and entertaining himself the whole time (with a little help from grandma of course).  But he just wasn’t in the mood to do the picture “thing” with Brayden.  I know mom was sad about it – but I promised her we got lots of great shots otherwise.   Even great shots of Grayson!  He’s such a cutie!

This one was a new version of the same image we did with Grayson as a newborn.

Enjoy your sneak peek!

And now, introducing miss Sophia.  (I should mention that Mom really loves bows, so I tried to make sure we had a bow in most of the pictures.)

And because I have a sense of humor, I thought everyone might appreciate this “outtake” from our attempt at a sibling shot!  Don’t worry, no babies were harmed during the capture of this image.  ;)

And then this.  Awwwww, happy!

But for now, he sleeps!  Meet the little prince….

So excited to capture this sweet shot.  Mom said this was the first time big sis had given her baby brother a kiss.  Awwwwww!

Mom LOVES pictures.  Her home is filled with pictures on almost every wall.  And I’m honored that most of the pictures are ones that I have taken for them.  I should have taken some pictures of the pictures!  ;)  I wanted to get her sneak peek up quickly because I know she’ll be checking!  Enjoy!!!

Happy Birthday Miss Maggie!!!

I have lots of smiley pictures of Peyton, but, at this age, it’s always nice when I can get a natural, peaceful look.  Love him!

And who can resist a little cowgirl like this???

Guess who is getting all the sleep in this family????  :)

I can’t wait to watch him grow up – and I know there will be tons of  pictures since his mom is a fabulous photographer, with lots of photographer buddies.  Congratulations to Alice & Kyu!  XOXO

Just look at that sweet smile!!

And, of course we had to have a little fun – since mom and dad are the founders of NAPCP!!  ;)

And a few behind the scenes shots:

Yes, even photographers use their iPhones for pictures.  That’s Lisa snapping a photo of Lyon with her Princess ring – in honor of the royal wedding that day.  ;)