"G" and "F" Family - SISTER SNEAK PEEKS

Some of you might remember my friend Stephanie (and her beautiful family) from this entry. Well, we met up with her sister this weekend and seriously, it must be in the genes...just look at HER beautiful family!





And here are some recent ones of Stephanie's family. I'm so glad we met. I love this family and her little girl is just sooooo sweet.

"D" Family - SNEAK PEEK

A quick sneak peek for a beautiful family we met today. Is there anything better than two little barefoot girls? Maybe, but not today. A-dorable.

I have this one "regular" but I added a little texture to this. I just loved the softness of the whole scene and thought it should have some vintage or shabby chic feel to it in a duplicate image.


Innocence just trying to navigate this great, big, crazy world.


I just love this.


I love feet shots. I just think it's a fun little image for the subjects. Especially if they have little ones. They'll be able to pull this photo out in years to come and smile about how little their babies feet were. :) Just fun. :)

Jacque & Mike - MARRIED

I have tons of family holiday images, a newborn session and the rest of a different wedding to edit, but I thought I would put up a quick sneak peek of Mike & Jacque's wedding at CBS Studios.

I have all of these in color but I really liked the de-colorized versions since it was on a studio lot. I kinda gave me an old movie type of feel when working on a couple of images. Mike told Al not to worry about the cameras, lights, cords or whatever is in the way...that he wanted those in there...I think that REALLY adds to the studio feel and I loved that when looking through the images.





















...and...fade to black.

Happy 10 Months, Baby Girl!

Dear Riley Grace,

Wow! 10 months already! I can and can't believe it. It's been a whirlwind in our household lately so this blog post is a day late, but the picture is from yesterday. Your 10 month birthday. :)

Where do I begin? You have 8 teeth AT LEAST!! Four on top and four on the bottom. Daddy thinks your molars are coming in too! I haven't been able to get a good look yet. It's crazy how fast your teeth have come in. And you've been fairly good with it. We haven't had any really "bad" moments that I hear some other parents have. We are soooo lucky with you.

You had your 9 month check up after your last 9 month birthday post and you were 18.2 lbs and 28 1/2 inches long. You are STILL in size 3 diapers. Your check up went really well and you had half of a flu vaccine. You get the other half tomorrow. :/ We also went in last Saturday for half of the H1N1 vaccine and you get the other half in a couple of weeks. :/ I hate taking you to those appointments. You are so sweet looking at the nurse talk to you and then she pokes you and startles you for a second. You look at her and your mouth opens wide and your eyes start to well up with tears and then you look at me like your asking me for help and then you look at her again. It's so sad for me. She gets through them pretty quickly and I scoop you right up and tell you it's OK and rock you and hold you for a few seconds until you calm down a little and then I get you dressed apologizing the whole time. :) As soon as we're out to the truck, you're OK, but I still hate those appointments. But luckily, we've had a healthy baby girl for 10 months now and I know how blessed we are. I NEVER take it for granted.

Halloween came and went and boy, was that an adventure!! We took you to the pumpkin patch and had a fun time. I went on a little train with you and Daddy took you into the petting zoo. Grammy and Grandpy came and really enjoyed watching you try to eat the hay! Ha! Here are a couple of pictures of you at the pumpkin patch:




Then we decided to join in one of our local Howloween parades. It's mostly a parade for doggies, but this year they let kids enter as well. I learned my first trivial parenting lesson. $40 something dollars is way too much for a Halloween costume the first year of life! Ha! Luckily, you'll be able to wear it once more for Disneyland in the next month or so and you'll be able to wear the tutu for another year or so. And then Mommy will use it for a photography prop! Ha!

Anyway, you were the saddest Minnie Mouse ever! Ha! You would NOT nap for anything during the morning (which is sooooo you) and I kept telling you that you were going to be tired and sure enough, you were. Poor Daddy carried you around on his shoulders the whole parade and the ONLY time you perked up in it was when you saw Grammy and Grandpy on the side of the street. You waved to them (oh yeah, you're waving now too!) and the crowd went wild! It was so fun! Then after we passed them you went back to being sad little Minnie. I am laughing now thinking about it. :) Oh...and face make-up does NOT work on a 9 1/2 month old!






We've been teaching you sign language since about three months old. We know you know the words "milk" and "eat" but you haven't signed them yet. You have signed "more" (which is really exciting) but you also do the same sign when we do patty cake! LOL You're not coordinated enough to show the difference yet, but I know you know they are two different things.

This is so you with the camera! Ha!


I think that's about it, baby girl. Not a whole lot to report for last month. This month should be exciting too because it will be your first Thanksgiving and Mommy is going to run a 10K that morning. It will be nice to see you and Daddy and Grampy and Grammy there supporting me. I'm really looking forward to seeing you take in everything that morning as it's a fun, crazy Turkey Trot.

Oh, and as usual, your monthly pic did not go so well. You IGNORE the camera now. I take it out, point it towards you and you look away. I think it's funny how your monthly pics are going to go from me propping you up against the couch to you crawling from the camera. You also had a little scratch on your forehead at this time. I thought about photoshopping it out, but I figured this is how you looked on your 10 month birthday and even with any imperfection, you're still beautiful in our eyes!

Daddy is trying to coax you to look at the camera:


You're not interested but I love this pic of your little dimple:


You're not impressed with Daddy's attempt:


Still not impressed:


But you give in. Your headband went to the top of your head and it looks funny, but I LOVE this picture!!


Happy 10 months, baby girl! I love, love, love, love, love you!!

Love,
Mommy

Baby "L"

This beautiful baby was born into such a nice family. Truly a pleasure to meet! Here's a TINY sneek peak for mom.

ANOTHER hodge-podge of sneak peeks!

A family session coming soon...




And another family session coming soon...




And a maternity/family session will be delivered ;) soon...

Hodge-podge of sneak peeks...

It seems like I have no time to blog anymore, but because I know some still frequent here (and I thank you!), here are a few recent favorites: