my beautiful glowing emily

my sweet funny precious friend. who i am so lucky to have met one year ago. i dont know how we got so lucky. how we clicked so easily. but we are like the same person from two different countries. it is so strange. she moved here, we knew each other online, and wanted to meet each other, and when we did, it was like she had never NOT been in my life. together, it is just so easy.

we laugh at the same things. love to eat the same things. love to shop for the same things. i love making her laugh. i love when she makes me laugh. she shares herself completely with me, no holds barred. and she allows me to do the same with her. she makes me want to be a better mother, a better human. we talk everyday online and if we dont we call incessantly until one of us is reached. she tells me how beautiful i am. and she makes me feel good about myself in every way a woman would want to feel. she has quickly become a rock in my life.

and our little girls. ohhh, how we love to see them becoming best friends. anna puts on an ivy accent and ivy puts on an anna accent. they whisper and giggle and fight and play together, and we both get so much joy out of it. it just makes our friendship all the more special.

and its so not fair, but we havent been able to see each other since thanksgiving! we have missed each other so much. she was gone, then i was gone…and with christmas it was just too hard to get together.

our men totally tease us when we “pine away” for each other. its really rather pathetic actually, the way we carry on when we cant see each other. we whine like our girls. we need to figure out a way to live closer somehow…..but i dont know how we will ever get it to work and i am prepping myself for her having to move far far away from me. i dont know how i will bare it.

just felt like sending her some love, and showing off her very sweet adorable tiny bump! i love you gorgeous girl!

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this just might be one of the most photographed babies in history. i cant WAIT to get my hands on the little bean!

and THESE GIRLS….after buying clip on earrings and ivy ever so gently clasped them onto anna’s waiting ears.

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LOOK at how they’ve grown in one year!

hawaii

just one for now from my shoot in hawaii….there are so many fun colorful shots we got and for some reason, this one really speaks to me. i like the darkness of it, the moodiness…

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getting back into the swing of things, and started a diet with jeff this weekend. so im not a very happy person right now. :) just a tad grumpy. haha. but after gaining quite a bit of weight in the last two years, its time to do something about it. i want to feel good in clothes and be able to run around with the kids!

some stuff, and aloha!

the stuff:

i was interviewed by scrapgirls for their december newsletter-you can check it out here, just scroll down…

and jan 10 at 7pm PST, 10pm EST ill be chatting at scrappers bliss.

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we are back from hawaii and we had the BEST.TIME.EVER. cant you just tell in my eyes how relaxed and happy i am?? the family we stayed with were amazing. i feel like i have new lifetime friends.
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mahalo is thank you in hawaii….i loved this.
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we got interviewed for the channel four news, a fluff piece about the north shore waves.
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our last night, we set some self timer shots up on the beach.
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our new friends, kivalu, keenan, valu, and heather…they were the most gracious hosts and a wonderful family to shoot. thank you again so much you guys-cant wait to see you again!
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this weekend we are getting off hawaii time, which is so much more than a time zone but a feeling. a slowness you just cant keep at home with the weight of responsibility on your shoulders. its sad how fast it rushes back to you. but i just feel so happy and lucky inside that we did this. it was exactly what both of us needed.