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This newborn session though. Seriously. It's not often that you get the perfect combination of sleepy baby with alert content baby all in an hour in home photography session. I love photographing babies at home, everyone can be a bit more comfortable and relaxed.
This baby girl. How adorable is she. Her hair, her FACE, her amazing big sister. TOO much sweet.
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Here's the thing, I'm a moment junkie. Have been for a long, long time. Love being witness to moments, noticing them, seeking them out. Capturing them, looking at them. Studying them long after the moment has passed. Lately, I've been pretty swept up with the in between moments. The ones that are easy to miss. So easy to miss.
Racing around in the morning. I stop. I look around, the kids... their sweet little tv coma faces... staring at whatever show they've decided on this morning. Ignoring me. That moment. Getting Maisie her waffle... finding a matching sock for Elliot, for Maisie for me. Grabbing their clothes, my keys... those moments. To me lately, these are the most beautiful. To me, they mean we are all ok. We are going on with daily life. The magic in it is actually miraculous to me. Waking up to Maisie's flashlight too early as she sneaks around in the morning. "mommy..." Magic. Going into get my almost 3 year old out of his crib that he is still in and loves. It doesn't even occur to him that he can easily get out of it. Magic. Cleaning up their toys that mean they are happily engaged in playing. Making a mess, being wild. Being alive. So f'ing grateful. Today, everyday moments are the ones that have my heart. The regular day moments. The simple, the messy, the laundry piled up means we got up and wore clothes, and got them dirty. The big pile of stuff beside my computer means I took Elliot to feed the birds instead. I'm ok with me. I'm ok with us. I'm freaking grateful to be able to drive Maisie to school in the morning, the same way... every day. It means we're ok, and that is a massive blessing.
I'm a moment junkie. The big, the obscure, and the hidden gems. It makes my heart peaceful to take deep breaths into the mundane. The every day. The every day moments are how we spend our lives. There is no finish line. Not the weekend, not the birthdays, not Christmas...
This, is everything.
and I just felt like sharing that with you.
xo
Our chosen honey moon was a "family-moon" in Maui, with grandparents.
If you've travelled at all with kids, you know it's very possible that you will be "those parents" on the plane with the wild kids. Maisie was a dream, Elliot... Elliot turned us into "those people" on a few occasions. He was WILD. (in his defence also only 1.5 years old and fully supposed to be nuts) The most wild. Hilarious, wild, running, yelling, WILD baby. I'm pretty sure the title of this post could very well be "Chasing Elliot" because that is all any of us really did... however, it was awesome. Maisie was in her swimming pool loving glory, convincing someone to always go to the pool with her. We had mini adventures and even a couple nights with just Bryce and I. All in all pretty freaking great. Without my parents, impossible! (or possible but FAR less enjoyable) Thank you mom and dad for joining us on our family-moon!!! The thing about Maui that I'm addicted to is the sunsets. The sunsets alone are worth everything to me. That light, is just something so magical. To walk out after dinner, into a serious warm and magical paradise? What is not to love??? To feel that warm breeze, be swallowed up in those orangey, reddy, purplish, golden sunsets.... I'm in. All day long. My dear friend Lucy used to always say "lets sit somewhere with good food, company... fresh air and a fabulous view" and, our family vacation in Maui was all of those things. Sweet memories with our kids and my parents. Doesn't get much better. Lucky. xo
There's nothing perfect about us. These photos might be misleading to you. But, not to me. I know us. We have moments where we just flat out don't like each other. Where Maisie is hysterically yelling "I'M NOT TIRED" in the back yard as she's tripping all over herself "tired". Where Elliot has giant blowouts up to his armpits. Where I'm yelling at Frank for barking at everything. Where our upstairs bathroom plumbing smells seriously not right. We have moments when Bryce and I choose not to talk to each other to avoid a blow out of our own. We have moments where we let Maisie watch too many movies or play on the iPad for too long because we both need to get a bit of work done. But, we have moments of big love. I choose to see the beauty in everything, the big love. Every. Single. Thing. So, my photos are no different. This is what I choose to focus on. This is how we feel to me. This is why we all will continue to celebrate and cherish us, as a family. Because we see the good light in each other. And, I just thought that you should know. xo
It's almost been a year since I was preparing to fly out to Cody and Karly's amazing Drumheller wedding. I was thinking about the wedding, their photos (which all still haven't been blogged) INSANE!
I can't actually handle all of the work that I have that hasn't been shared. Part of the fun for me is being able to share all of these images that I love, with you! So, here is Karly, Cody and their gorgeous baby boy Cash (who looks SO much older now). In any case, it is about time I shared something other than photos of my babies!
Loved everything about our session.
Hope you do too. ox
