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two

The little one will be two tomorrow.  Hard to believe that he is two, but it is equally hard to believe that it has only been two years!  This has been such a big year.  One year ago, he wasn't even walking, now he's running and jumping and talking and potty trained (with a love of "hot" chocolate--hence the sippy cup).

I am pretty ridiculous about our home movies--I take them, ruthlessly edit them, and create little movies of our life.  Today I discovered that the "2007 home movies" dvd I had spent a dozen hours making was missing an entire 90 minute tape of raw video.  I was pretty bummed to have to go back and re-edit...but on the flip side, it was a tape from exactly a year ago.  And what a difference a year makes!

taking a break

I'm busy proofing this week, but wanted to take a break to share this photo from our trip to the aquarium Monday:

back from the wilderness a day early

It's good to be home.  The little one had a blast, but his happiness at returning home was unmistakable. 

I'll be catching up on phone calls, orders, and email tomorrow. 

I have lots of photos from the trip to share.  Here's my favorite of my tiny camper.

giggles

Drew's older sister...

I had to be a little bit sneaky to get her onto the blanket.  I told her that all the big girls have their pictures taken on the blanket, but since she was pretty little, I wasn't sure that she was up to it.  I've never seen a toddler move faster.  :)

 

haven't shown one of these in a while...

A little one! 

This is the big sister of the newborn I was shooting this weekend.

her second birthday

She turned two last week, so her mom asked me to take some two year portraits.  I have some cute cupcake photos to share later.

She's the only little one I've ever taken photos of that absolutely hated it.  Not "wouldn't smile, not really in the mood" but "hated it so much she started to hate me."  She kept saying "NO!" every time I brought my camera up to my face, and when her mom said "No, what?" she answered "No look at me!"

Then she ran into the car and closed the door in my face.

It was pretty funny. 

more from seattle

More from this little guy in Seattle.

This first one was taken on my mother-in-law's pier.

He thought that it was pretty funny that I waded into the lake to take his picture from another angle...so after that, there was no hope for his poor shoes.  His mom and grandma were great sports--who cares about soggy shoes when you're taking pictures?

more from this cutie

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I'm not sure why I love this next one so much, but I do...I can't remember if she was actually twirling, but it sure looks like she was!

exploring...

 

HELLO!

My absolutely favorite shot from this session is one of the practice photos I took to check the lighting.  Livia wasn't even dressed yet--we were playing around while her mom was getting her outfit--but I love her expression!  It's like she's shouting "HI EVERYONE!!!"

if it's wrong to take pictures of tantrums...

...then I don't want to be right. 

We also managed to squeeze these out of her...

girly girl

For whatever reason, I seem to take more photos of boys than girls...and when you add my own boy onto it, I think 90% of the photos I take are of boys!  So it was very fun for me to get to play with this almost two year old girl today.  She wasn't at all impressed by my bubbles...but she did love picking flowers!

She was lovin' her goldfish crackers at the end of our session.  She and my little one would get along very well.  That or they'd battle to the death over who got to eat more cheese flavored snacks.

more of friday's cuties

More of my faves from Friday's sessions...

I bought a couple of frames to play with...I love photos with people holding frames.  Will does it best, actually--poking his little face through it...but I never have my camera at the ready to capture it!

sweetest little thing

I was there to take photos of his pregnant momma, but Ty's cuteness deserved its own photo.

working with a professional

It's not every day that you get to work with a real model...but today I did.

You might recognize this cute little face from Baby Gap displays.  Miss Sarah is not only Will's future wife, she's also the winner of a Baby Gap contest that won her family a trip to Hawaii to be photographed for Baby Gap!  Add to that the fact that her mom is the mucho talented Erin Cobb, and I was a little nervous.  The only thing that kept me from really freaking out was the knowledge that even if Sarah wanted to shout "Amateur!  That's not how the Baby Gap people do it!" she doesn't have a large enough vocabulary to express it.

This one is her momma's favorite:

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