Nolan.

This is Nolan Part 1 really.  I have more to blog, but I only have a minute here and there while I am on vacation.  I wanted to post at least one because I simply loved spending my Sunday morning with Nolan’s parents.  They are really awesome, amazing first time parents, and they live in my favorite town.   Their little baby is really, really cute and was really, really awake!  I am sure he zonked the minute he heard my car pull away!

Thanks for such a nice morning!  More when I can get a quiet minute to myself!

Expecting & Waiting

We are all so excited to meet this baby.  I can’t even put into words how much we love these guys and how happy we are that they will be parents in just a few short [and they will be short!] weeks!  I’ve been thinking about this maternity session for a while, knowing how beautiful Lisa is, and what a great area they live in, with easy access to the beach.  I was a little nervous since everywhere I looked on the weather map, it said rain… but Mother Nature really got it together for Sunday and pulled out a winner.

I have so much more to say about this, but I can’t because I have a 20 month cyclone destroying my office… too sick for school, too well for home and into Sharpies & Post-its.  And I have to pack us up for our trip tomorrow.  And do about 10,000 things.  Like post nursery contest updates, and all that jazz.

So these can pretty much speak for themselves.  Love.

Taylor Made Sweets – Part 1

Last year, and I really mean last year like December 2008, I stopped into Taylor Made Sweets in Hamilton for some coffee [after shopping at Red Wagon and I am still not OK that this store didn't stay].  I stared and stared at the blank walls and thought, I would love for my work to be on these walls.  Working full time at IBM, two kids under 2.5, and just finishing up my first photographer seasonal rush, I thought I’ll just call the owner and see if we can make it happen.  So I emailed Sheila [because I couldn't find my phone, of course] and was so impressed when we met to talk.  Her background in both teaching and Culinary Arts [in France no less], corporate finance in technology, and now, living her dream with her own Bakery named after her daughter Taylor.  And she was open to displaying my work.

As things happen, things happened.  Time passed.  Dates slipped.  With tail between legs [yes, I just looked over my shoulder to see if there was a tail], I emailed her back in January and said “so, I’ve finally gotten it together… am I too late to get together?”  And happily, I was not.

I did round one of shooting last Tuesday with amazing Taylor and her two supercool friends.  I gotta tell you, I am liking shooting the older girls!  THEY LISTEN TO ME!  And once we started chatting, and they started making Sundaes, things got good!  And none of it would have happened without Rachael making sure everything was sparkling, cookies were ready and organized to a T!

I am heading back this week to tackle and ice cream party with some smaller kiddos.  It should be energizing to say the least and I am so excited!  Stay tuned!

Houston, We Have Power.

At 6AM this morning, after 36 hours in the cold and dark, power came back on.  Owen got up, took the kids to the gym for swimming, and happily I am lying in bed with my laptop, in a silent and warm (and messy) house.  If I had coffee, I would have everything in the world I have ever dreamed for.  I also sort of started panicking that I have a lot to do as I’ve only been able to use my iPhone since Thursday night (and Thursday was a wash.. so really, no work since Wednesday)… but shockingly, there isn’t that much I can do as I am really waiting for orders to come in so I can ship out!  So here are a few things going on:

Canvases! My dining room is covered in canvases… they are slowly making their way back out the door.  If you are waiting on a canvas from me, except for Lisa, they are all in!  What a huge success!  I ordered about 30 canvases in January and February and was so impressed and inspired by them, I created more canvas packages that give you a great discount and are fabulous add-ons to my digital packages.  Those will all be announced and released March 1.

[Note that I STILL have out those upholstery samples... I hope I am not being charged!]

ISIS Display! I finally made my way back into ISIS Maternity to hang up more for my display.  It has been a million mile road for me to get back there when you combine trying to find a day when I don’t have my kids and they don’t have a class in session… then add in that Owen, inadvertently, drove over a FedEx delivery of canvases that was leaning against the garage door… so there was a re-order… and finally (with kids in tow), I was able to make it into the Prudential Center yesterday.  My display is in the Charlestown Room, go check it out!  I also left some cards for the Nursery Contest, so you can pick up hard copy details!

[Just to give you an idea of Go Big or Go Home... I have EIGHT 16X20 canvases in this room and it still feels naked.]

Taylor Made Sweets: I am working on a display for the big orange wall at this fabulous Bakery in South Hamilton (in the shopping center with Viola and Crosby’s Market].  I shot one session with Taylor herself and her two beautiful friends.  I am so excited to head back there on Wednesday and work with the little kiddos.  I think I have enough kids, but if you are local to the North Shore and have kids between 3-6 and want to come in for some photos and ice cream at 10:45AM on Wednesday, please email me (using the contact form on the blog), and we can see if we can squeeze you in!

More to come from this session when I get my act in gear!

The Nursery Contest. Still going on, send in your entries.  I might extend the date simply because when the initial round of judging is meant to be happening, I will be shooting a Newborn, a Maternity and  Family session (with possibly an infant session squeezed in as well) + packing up the kiddos so we can head to Naples.  So I am not sure I can get it together during those dates and would love to give people more time to enter!  Details are over on the sidebar tab!

And to end, just one quick snapshot of the Boy and his grandmother from our visit last weekend.  There are a bunch of cute ones, but you know I get to proofing the family last and so this might be the only one that ever sees the light of day!  He had such a good time!

Jack & Will – 3.5 Months

I absolutely love heading down the street for these sessions.  I have so many ideas for the warm weather, and for when these guys can sit up!  I am thinking my May session is going to be off the hook… and hopefully for the June session we’ll shoot the entire family!  I am hoping we can do one full session just in the barn.   It is so fun watching Jack & Will grow each month… they are out of the newborn stage where you have to carefully hold up their heads and worry endlessly about them.  They are really strong and sturdy and push up so well!  They are getting the hang of holding their feet and I bet it’s so soon before they are really rolling over… then a whole new set of worries!

Can’t wait for next month!

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