Baby M

I got to take pictures of my friends precious baby girl.  She was just over 2 weeks- and so sweet and mellow!

Aww, I love babies!

My favorites:

Baby M's newborn pics!

Man, newborn pictures are hard! I have a lot of admiration for all you fabulous baby photographers out there :)

These are Baby M, I took her mom's maternity pics just over a month ago (I also totally lagged on getting these pics edited).  Her big sister is so proud!  Beautiful baby girl, hope you enjoy

Angie & Nick's engagment pics

My friend Angie, who used to work for me, asked me to take some engagment pics.  For whatever reason her photographer doesn't do them, so I was thrilled to!  Wedding photography is something I'm terrified of and don't have any desire to do (can we say "Bridzilla?") but I love taking pictures of couples I know in a relaxed setting. I have only taken engagement pictures of my brother and sis in law, but that was before I got into editing.  So I was so excited when she asked! I took pictures of their baby girl, and their family pictures before Nick was deployed, before she was even pregnant!  This is a family I photograph a lot 

I am going to be a bridesmaid in their wedding in June, and the girls will be flower girls :)

Nick is a Marine so they wanted to get pictures with him in his Blues

LOVE the lightening in this one:

 And a few of their little boy, he's such a charmer!

This little girl.......

Is already 2.  TWO!  TWO YEARS OLD!

Thats so big :(

I don't know why I'm having such a hard time with my baby not being a baby anymore.

I think partially its because, when Jessica turned two I was 3 months away from giving birth to Izzy.

This time? Not even close to another baby.

We do want one, and hopefully we will be able to have another in the future,

but right now its not in the cards.

I also don't even know why I want another one when I have my hands FULL with the two I have....

But thats beside the point.

The point is, my chubba bubba big baby girl is no longer a baby.

She's practically not even a toddler.

She's a big girl (with very little hair. We're working on that)

She's got a big heart, a big personality, a big budda belly.

She makes me crazy and makes me laugh and makes me so very happy.

Love watching her grow, but wish she would slow down a little bit

{Pictures from Izzy's somewhat official two year photoshoot}

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil

Having fun playing around with Jessica & her friends one day at school. They totally posed for me- this was one of my favorites :)

Catalina Island

Our first weekend away since JESSICA!  I know!  Crazy how long it was- we promised each other we would never go that long again!

One of my preschoolers gifted me a weekend at their family beach house on Catalina Island as a Thank You gift for watching him since he was born when he left for kindergarten (he was one of my very first kids!).  I had him for 5 years- he is like a big brother to Jessica & Izzy. So sad when he left :(  What an amazing gift they gave me though!

Played a lot with my camera over the weekend.  We just walked around and explored.  I'm also playing around with placement for my pictures :)

Here are some of my favs:

Steve on the boat ride over.  Wish I could have enjoyed it more, but rediscovered that I get seasick :(

 Just arriving to the Island- we had amazing, gorgeous weather!

 Yay for a weekend just the two of us!

 The cute little Beach House we stayed at. So cozy and fun, and perfect for the two of us OR all four of us when we decide to make a trip over!

 We also ate a LOT of yummy food!  Found the best Mexican resturant, will be going back for sure!

 Jessica and Izzy supposedly missed us a little bit, they were so excited when we came home.  Especially since we brought them back some fun mermaid dolls.