Personality Plus

On Monday I did two h.s. senior photo sessions at one time with Christine and Arielle and had a lot of fun. We went downtown and took advantage of all the great buildings and random backgrounds, and the free parking because of President's Day! :)
I spent Tuesday evening editing Christine's photos (Arielle's to come later this week) and had trouble narrowing down just a few to share, so here are a bunch I like. Christine has really beautiful, striking features, doesn't she?!

One month old already?!

Ah, I got to see the adorable Isaac again today! He came by to make his baby announcements with his mom. :) Only, he pretty much slept the whole time and left all the work up to us ladies.
He was looking so super cuddly-cute in this outfit that I couldn't resist snapping a couple shots of him curled up in Sheri's arms before they walked out the door.

. a few babies on the way .

Today was a really special day. I had the privilege of throwing a baby shower for my dear friend Mauria and it was a lot of fun to hang out with so many sweet gals!
Mauria has many wonderful friends and it was a treat to get to laugh and "be girls" together and shower her with cute baby boy things. It was also special when we, as a group, got to vocalize what an exceptional woman and friend Mauria is to us. She is an encourager, a thoughtful and caring person, and a friend you can always call. She also has a memory of steel and a fantastic sense of humor! :) We've all been so blessed by her friendship!
This b/w photo is a pregnancy time line of those of us from the shower that are expecting! There were a lot of us! (Thanks for snapping this photo, Annie!)
This next photo is of Mauria (on right) with friend Erin. Aren't they just so beautiful? I thought they looked so radiant in this picture and had to share their "glow" with you. :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Jude got a really cute Valentine from his good friend Ania yesterday. It said, (with stickers and red pen) "Dream guy. Be Mine. Sending you love and sweetness. Happy Valentine's Day! Love, Ania." And there was a little sucker inside.
When Jude opened it and saw her picture inside he smiled and said, "Ania!" And then he got extra excited when the sucker fell out. :)
He spent a good chunk of time last night making Valentine's for his friends too, and loved getting to fill their cards with stickers. My mom was up visiting and it was fun for us to get to do a craft with him. Hope you had a wonderful day with your Sweeties!

A Walk in the Park

The cold+cough bug hit our house this week (and I'm seeing it's been the same for many of you! I'm so sorry. We can empathize with you.) It's been a rough few nights of bad sleep and days spent indoors around here.
This evening we all went to a nearby park to get some fresh air, which felt soooo nice, and Jude soaked up every minute of it! He ran and jumped (while saying "hot cocoa" - one of his favorite random things to say) and went down the slide and got to swing and even "climb" (pose) in a tree. :)
I hope your family is staying well!!

"Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful... Beautiful boy"

As promised, here are more shots of baby Isaac who is 2 weeks old now.
I had so, so much fun doing this newborn shoot in his home and getting to edit these!
Isaac's dad has a music room in their house and a lot of great guitars. So I was looking forward to photographing this little guy in one of his dad's guitar cases. We used a mini case that held Isaac's great grandpa's guitar. Also, the antique scale you'll see below is the vintage find that I was so excited to use and told you about in a past blog. :) The walls in Isaac's bedroom went great with the color of the scale. Oh, and the final photo (at the bottom of this post) is just for fun and I was originally going to delete it, but right after I took it Sheri and I were laughing and I said it was the kind of photo that needed a caption, so it snuck in. :)

This is for you, Nathan.

A friend of mine went to college in Idaho about 10 years ago and never moved back to Oregon. And I'm beginning to think he's going to stay there! :) He made a comment the other day about how "we" (over here in Oregon) can "have the rain" and how he has great snow over there during the winter months to ski and do all that stuff. And I basically said, "hey, we Oregonians love our cabin-fever, seasonal depression months of January and February!" :) So here's a photo I snapped that conveys a moment of that I had last week. hee, hee. Yes, this is for Porky (his old nick-name... he's not over-weight... I'm not really sure where he got that nick-name. In fact, I'm not sure where I got mine... I'm not sharing mine. It's silly.)