it’s a long one…. the last two weeks of my pregnancy were tough for me…physically i could barely take care of mariah and i would start having contractions every few days, but they’d go away after a nap. mentally i’d get my hopes up that labor was starting and then be disappointed when it wasn’t [...]
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oh i’m so in love with this little one. i could kiss and snuggle her all day. she’s doing so well, and even gone 5 and 7 hours between feedings at night a few times. we are so blessed! headband from megan crown photography . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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she’s here! she’s finally arrived! it was a quick and relatively easy waterbirth…i mean i won’t lie, it still hurts. i’ll soon put up the birth story for those of you who like to hear them, but for today i’m just catching up on my project 52 photos. *obviously i didn’t take these [...]
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in an effort to distract myself from the fact that i’m still pregnant, i’ve been trying to get more creative with what mariah and i do in the afternoons. i decided i’d teach her how to cut. i surprised myself by not googling “how to teach a toddler to cut” and planning some sort of [...]
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i’ve said it before, and i’ll say it again….don’t let your precious photos get trapped on your computer. make sure you’re printing and displaying them so you and your family can enjoy them everyday. easier said than done, right? i’m right there with you. i want to print those photos and have them cover the [...]
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we learned this week that you can’t be a ballerina princess if you’re not wearing a tutu or dress. you can’t spin and twirl and blink your eyes like a princess if you’re only wearing pants. we’re working to convince her otherwise, reminding her that her dance teachers wear pants and that you’re always a ballerina [...]
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i was raised by a scrapbooking mother. she put little captions and cute stickers in those old sticky photo albums way back when and later began selling and hosting parties for creative memories from our home. we always took tons of photos then printed them, chose the best ones, cut them into cute shapes and [...]
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this week my hubby traveled to las vegas. he promised to be on the first flight home if our little girl decided to make an early appearance. now that he’s back she can come any day now. i’d welcome it gladly. the chances are pretty slim, and i really shouldn’t get my hopes up, but [...]
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even though the new site’s been live for a few weeks now, i wanted to take some time to tell you a little more about how the changes i’ve made came about. believe it or not, i LOVE the “business” side of my business just as much, and maybe even sometimes more, than the photography [...]
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this year i’m taking on a new photography challenge. one picture a week. project 52. last year i began 2011 with a photo every day. it went pretty well until around april when i was discouraged by only being able to take photos indoors before or after work and was beating myself up and feeling [...]
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