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It’s been awhile…

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:51:06 +0000

I would much rather be blogging, I assure you :) I have been MIA for awhile as we have been in the process of moving across the state and have had two deaths in the family in less than two weeks. For those of you who have been waiting patiently for your sneak peek, I sincerely apologize, I am hoping that life will soon be back to normal so that I can continue to share the sweetness with you! Because of my current schedule and recent events I no longer have any availability for June, I am currently booking July sessions in Spokane ONLY and openings are very limited, so if you are interested in a July session please contact me as soon as possible! Business aside, I would love to introduce baby “P”, he was such a sweetie and at 15 days old he was a dream to work with! Thanks so much to his beautiful parents who allowed me to capture this very special time!

It makes me look good…

Thu, 28 May 2009 22:07:30 +0000

when my subjects are this goodlooking:) This weekend I had so much fun photographing this happy, gorgeous couple for their engagement session. I’m so bummed I won’t be able to do the wedding, but I’m thinking that possible active labor during a wedding session is probably not a good thing;) Congratulations you two!

Costa Rica and my BIG news…

Wed, 06 May 2009 16:00:37 +0000

So much going on! Where to begin! Well, a couple weeks ago I visited Costa Rica with my mother and grandmother, our very first “girls only” trip! Although I know they only brought me for my crazy spanish speaking skills, I gladly obliged ;) It was so fun to get away and discover new places and of course, take pictures. While we were gone all sorts of crazy things happened, my sister was hospitalized, my grandpa broke his hip, and because of mistaken identity we thought my cousin had been in a car accident! Everybody, it turns out, is OK and I was sooooo happy to get the news that my husband had been accepted into Dental school!!!!! We have been hoping and praying for this for so long and I still just can’t believe it has really happened. He has been accepted into the UW School of Dentistry which is a fabulous school and exactly where we want to be. He has also been accepted into a new program called the RIDE program which means we will be spending his first year of school in Spokane. Soooo, this is the big news, we are moving, BUT, we will back, BUT, we will be moving again after two years. I know, it’s a lot to take in, we will be here until July or possibly until the baby is born (August 10th due date) we’re still not sure how we’re going to swing this whole birth thing, it’s so hard to switch Dr.’s at this point. Anyhow, have no fear I will continue to travel back to Seattle throughout the year because I don’t want to lose my fabulous clients! In the meantime I hope you will continue to enjoy the blog and to those of you in Spokane, I can’t wait to work with you! A few pics from Costa Rica… “bananos natil” these tiny bananas are sooo good, they ripen more quickly than a regular banana so you rarely (if ever) will see them in the states, but they are so sweet…mmm

LOVE the “birds of paradise” flowers, they look like a toucan’s beak

These fat and lazy “cocodrilos” lounge below a bridge where tourists throw them raw chickens (the bird was not as brave as I thought, these crocs are LAZY!)

Moto Moto…

Wed, 06 May 2009 03:26:36 +0000

Hot Hot! Josh and Tiffanie rocked their session at the UW campus this weekend and braved the unexpected rain! Seriously, Tiffanie, if I looked half as good as you after a downpour I would run in the rain every day! Hope you LOVE your sneak peek ;) HUGE NEWS coming tomorrow! I so want to tell you now but I can’t let my news overshadow the session for this fabulous couple, I can wait, can you?? ;)

Punxsutawney Phil…

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:42:27 +0000

…Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators, I’m a believer! For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about and are thinking that I have started my own cult (uh, no), I am referring to the dear groundhog that told us we would have six more weeks of winter, what faithful Phil failed to mention was that it would last eight weeks and that it would be snowing in Seattle in April!!? Spring ”officially” began a couple weeks ago, so I will just celebrate the beautiful blossoms and hope that mother nature is done playing with my mind ;)

Baby love…

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:35:10 +0000

Yesterday my husband and I went to see our little peanut on ultrasound. We had decided beforehand that we were not going to find out the sex my husband wanted the surprise of learning the gender at birth and he knew that with my big mouth and lack of self control I would ruin the surprise if I knew. I am the sort of person that has to buy gifts the day before so I don’t ruin the surprise, I CAN’T handle the suspense! So we went through the ultrasound, we turned our heads away when she had to check the little parts below (and I didn’t peek!) we made it through the ultrasound and I had exercised perfect self control. In fact, my daughter was so proud of me that while the tech wiped the slippery goo from my belly she said “Good job mommy! You’re a good girl!” and then she kissed my arm (she’s 2 ;). We made it home and picked up my son from school, I was so excited to share the DVD of the ultrasound with him, he’s 5 and I don’t think he quite wraps his mind around this whole “baby in mommy’s belly” thing. Anyhow, we popped in the DVD and BOTH my husband and I couldn’t help ourselves, we kept looking for “the shot” hoping the tech accidentally caught the angle just right (as if we could even read an ultrasound, LOL!) we watched it 5 times! At this point my husband knew I was dying to know (and I think secretly he was to!) so he told me to go ahead and call. He admitted that he totally wanted to know and wouldn’t be upset about ruining the surprise. So, like an excited little girl on Christmas morning I dialed up the office and put it on speaker phone and…

IT’S A BOY!!

We’re so excited and if I can figure out (or if someone can teach me) I would love to download the ultrasound DVD so we can share it with our Opa and Omi in Germany.

Ok, so on to the photos, I know that’s why you’re really here ;) This sweet little baby love was sooo content, even if he wasn’t about to give me my sleepy pics (we still snuck a few in), he was perfectly content awake, so why mess with a good thing? Baby “J’s” mom waited for the surprise of his gender till the day he was born. Alisa, you’re my hero! Maybe you can teach me some self control;)

Emotional

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:04:11 +0000

The other day my children were watching the new Disney movie “Tinkerbell”. I realized that my hormones were experiencing some “technical difficulties” when I was reduced to tears as Tinkerbell saved the day. Dog food commercials have also been known to wreak emotional havoc as of recent. This is baby #3 for me and I just don’t remember being this emotional with my other pregnancies, I remember being in labor with my first and my mother was regretting not having a video camera, not because of the miracle of birth but because of the apparent stand up comedian performance I was giving, joking, laughing (if you have had really bad labors it’s ok if you want to hate me for this;). I guess all pregnancies are different I just wasn’t expecting “good day” “bad day” to change so frequently for me with this one, it caught me off guard. I must admit though I have been getting my baby fix lately while I’m waiting for my little bun to arrive and this has definitely given me my “best” days, I LOVE newborn photography and have been thrilled at the baby boom amongst my friends, because seriously, how can you be down when you get to be around this…

And this…well…this just makes me smile

Definitely worth the wait/weight

Mr. “D”

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:07:29 +0000

I had the honor of photographing this little sweetie when he was a newborn (he is featured on my header on the orange bedding). I was sooo excited when I got an email from his mom to come back and do his 6 month pictures, I can’t believe it’s already been 6 months, look how he’s grown!

You can clearly see where he gets his cuteness How am I so lucky to have such beautiful clients!!

Excuses…

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:55:34 +0000

My uncle always says “Excuses are like bums, everyone’s got one and they all stink!”. Ok, ok, I will spare you the details of the last few months; the first trimester blues (yes that’s an announcement:), the international flight from h@!! (sorry, I couldn’t think of a better way to put that), and the virus plague that has swept through my entire family. I know I promised pictures so much sooner, but to be completely honest, I didn’t even know where to start with our little trip. I so hoped to come home and fill you in on magical places, devine food, and pure bliss, unfortunately there were too many mishaps that one post could not contain them all. I guess I should have known that a trip that begins with my nephew throwing up in the airport lobby and sitting on a NON MOVING plane for 4hrs with a 2yr old only to have the captain announce “I’m sorry folks but it seems we have run out of de-icer and will not be able to depart until sometime tomorrow. Unfortunately because of all of the other flight cancellations there are no hotels available in area…” oh my, I should have known… Even with all that went wrong (and a LOT went wrong) we were just grateful to see family, my children met their great grandparents for the first time, the food was devine, and the scenery, of course was beautiful. This was definitely a once in a lifetime experience and was certainly most memorable (I mean, seriously, how will we ever forget;). One thing I realized is that I am no landscape artist, LOL! Child photography is definitely my forte, but I do hope you can still enjoy a little piece of Germany!

A very German Christmas…
Sammy marveling at the Christmas lights

A building that was turned into an advent calendar for the holidays…

A little shopping.

Switzerland

Christmas lights in Triberg.

Happy New Years!!

Hope you enjoyed a peek at our trip!

Quite an affair…

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:03:52 +0000

A few weeks ago I had the honor of attending The Dapper Baby red carpet event and let me tell you it. was. FUN! Complimentary drinks, brow waxing, hand massages, acupuncture, pole dancing..haha, got your attention! It’s not what you think, ok so maybe it is, but let me explain ;) Aside from being a must attend event (there will be another in the spring!!) all of the ticket proceeds and silent auction bids went to the Juvenile Diabetes Association. One of the auctions was for pole dancing lessons (as seen on Oprah for exercise and fun) the auction display for this particular item was a pole dancing Barbie, ok, that’s a little hilarious. Let me just tell you The Dapper Baby knows how to throw a party, it was fabulous and I can’t wait till the spring event! I was also excited to be the official photographer for the event so I thought I’d share a few eye candy decorations with you. Enjoy!

*Appointments are currently being booked for mid January when we return from Germany, can’t wait to share the images! If at all possible I will try to keep my blog going while overseas so check back soon!