• their first family photo session, old town san diego •

this may have been their first family photo session, but it wasn’t their first session with me. you may remember nate and lindsay from before baby liam.

look at them now:

i think liam is perhaps the most beautiful baby i have ever, ever seen. his blue eyes just popped off of daddy’s shirt.

he loved this game:

THIS PICTURE MAKES ME LAUGH SO HARD. i can so relate. i totally want to eat my kid sometimes too. usually an ear will do. or a cheek.

we found some shade and plopped underneath it for a diaper change and a little rest from the sun.

he is a total baby gap baby isnt he???

unfortunately for us, lindsay has moved back to her hometown of chicago to be closer to her family. it was very bittersweet to see her and spend time with them this summer. we miss her! she is such a good momma, and cracked me up over and over with the way she talked to him. she is an AMAZING teacher, so you can imagine. he hears things like, “liam! this is not an appropriate time to cry! i am in the car and can’t do anything to help you!” etc etc. such a cutie. he is going to be such a good little boy.

love you three!

xo

• well, good morning monday •

i spent most of my weekend holed up in bed, trying to rest and make it through feeling terrible. i am sure jeff will be thankful i am back to being alive again this morning, (he doesnt know yet because he is still asleep) lucky me got better just in time to wake up with the kids and take them to school! i wont lie, i thought for about thirty seconds about faking it. i think it should be against the law to wake up before 9am.

southern california is experiencing and reveling in thunderstorms right now, and i think all of us are giddy about it, yes? rain? in september? really? WELL OKAY THEN! fall is typically my least favorite season here. hot, dry, relentless. this is a treat.

gotta get one more kid off to school. ill be back soon with a client session share.

• oh dearie me •

looks like someone’s been nipping from the bottle. of coke. maybe adding a nipple to the 32oz-er isnt such a great idea for a growing infant? unlike for a full grown adult, you know you arent taking my bottle away from me…

about the video: jay, michel, and i are all completely overwhelmed at the response to our family FILM. im going to get all pretentious like my brother and call it a FILM not a movie. it is incredible, thank you so much for the outpouring of love and emotion. you know im all about that mushy stuff. im talking to mike about working together next year, offering his services to my own clients…what do you think?

about the blog: i am super duper duper behind on so many things i want to post about. from the summer months. my photo shoot with em and denise, my food plan (going awesome), my OPAM….im going to spend some time this weekend working on those posts and have them go up in the coming weeks. i also have loads of client work to share.

anyway, just thank you for listening to me, reading what i write, looking at what i show, and filling me up with this constant stream of goodness. its a really nice life. i read each and every comment and email, and smile and giggle sometimes over how a lot of them make me feel. i truly wish i could respond personally to each and every one EVERY DAY. you guys amaze me. thank you. :)