Archive for March, 2011

Mar 14, 2011

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On a stay-cation with the family. Will return e-mails, etc. when we’ve had enough of each other ;-).

[Note: Nobody panic. The blog is not broken. As part of a personal journey/experiment, comments have been disabled. Come hang out if you feel like it, take what you will from the posts, and don’t feel obligated to say a single word. I’ll certainly post more on this journey later, but let’s just say I’ve come to several realizations about myself…one of those being that I have developed an addiction to communication. Kind of funny coming from someone who majored in Communications, dontcha think? Wait. Don’t answer that.]

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Up until this point, I had never seen anything like this little hoodie made just for her by her grandmother. I loved the way this looked and the sentimental value behind it. Of course, this baby girl can totally carry this style. Actually, with those chubby cheeks and beautiful skin, she can pull off any look…

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Mar 13, 2011
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Gosh. Looking back through these images to blog, this really does seem like a LONG time ago. They sure make family sessions look really easy, too! Big brother was a hoot…be sure to go all the way to the end to see one of my most favorite family portraits ever 😉

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She was perfection today. Absolute perfection.

Mar 11, 2011
cowgirl_austin_child_photographer.jpgIt’s rodeo time in Austin. Yall.

Mar 09, 2011
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Last year, I was blown away by the spring wildflowers. It was the best season I had ever seen in the 14 years I had lived in TX. It lasted from March all the way through OCTOBER!! The only reason I hesitate to post wildflower pics is because I know everyone wants them and the sad thing is, it’s totally unpredictable when/where/if they’ll even pop up again. But I have hope. And proof that it does happen…even in the fall.

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We’ve had those alphabet cards since I think my 7-yr-old was a baby. Neither of the boys ever really did much with them but perhaps use them as weapons. But she LOVES them…she could do this all day by herself.

painting_austin_lifestyle_family_photographer.jpgSomething else both of these two could do all day is paint. Back when the weather first hit a warm spell (which I think was just a few days after it SNOWED), we dragged out her play table into the yard to let them paint. Gosh it was precious…

Mar 09, 2011

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…and I’ll eat my balloon if I want to.

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the artist. the romantic. the friendly dude. the sentimental one. when will my sweet little guy realize that he’s got it all?

Mar 08, 2011

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Maybe I should have been an anthropologist because I absolutely LOVE to observe families being a family. Fascinating, really. These are my favorite kind of sessions…these snapshots of life. (If you haven’t watched Babies, yet, you should.)