BOSTON CHILDREN'S PHOTOGRAPHER, BOSTON FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER, BOSTON NEWBORN PHOTOGRAPHER

Of kids. Random snapshots from the weekend. I don’t even know that I caught all the kids we saw… for instance, Saturday night kids are missing… some Friday kids… suffice to say, there were A LOT of kiddos. Not my technically best photographs, but they make me smile none-the-less.

How ’bout this for a lot of kids. Some are missing. Like my buddy C who was stuck in the car with his dad. But that’s my girl at the top with the paci jammed in her mouth on her Auntie’s hip.

Happy Birthday Alden! May you rock out in style in your Terrible Twos!

If I tried with all of my might to set up a portrait shot with this kind of rim lighting on Alden’s face, it just never would have worked. Instead, I caught it with random settings, Janey on my side and shooting from my hip.

Look at these two, seriously.  Hot Moms + Cute Dads = Gorgeous Boys.  I am trying to figure out which one would make me less nervous should he date Janey.  I think there is no lesser of two evils… well, not evil… crazies maybe?

I am not kidding.  Seriously.  Look at him.

And him.  To die for, right?

So right after this shot, Janey turned around and pushed Michael so hard he fell over.  And she just sort of stared at him.  It’s probably fine she date him, what am I worried about?  She’ll keep him in line.  She also stole his paci.  That’s my girl.  Are you guys seeing the hair clip?  Holding back all three strands of hair?  Took about 3 seconds before it ended up in her mouth.

This was the “I need my space” shot.  Seriously, that’s what he told us.

And for all you parents that tell me my kids always behave.  This is typical of what I get when I ask for a nice little shot.  Feel better?

Look at this kid! It’s like I picked up the phone and ordered me up a “creamy skinned blue eye child model with a great personalty.”

Something like that… Jen and Nick make beautiful babies. As you can see from Big Brother N… and his two new little sisters! I’ve known Jen for maybe 8 years now and so I was thrilled she let me come down and photograph her beautiful children. She, of course, looks wonderful… and is such an amazing mom, wanting to fix me a sandwich while she simultaneously fed two babies and I am sure figuring out how to get something healthier than M&Ms into my stomach. Jen has always been such a good example of all things healthy, fresh, organized and good. She’s one of those people that does make you stop and think about you can be just a little better each day. I wish we talked more often, but that’s something we can easily fix (especially since I have her cell phone now… I lost all my numbers for a while there!).

Jen and Nick, I am excited to hear about what comes next for your family. You are wonderful parents and have a lifetime of hope and love in front of you. The only bummer is that you are on the opposite shore from us. Take care!

In the yard. Who knew these were back there? Apparently Owen did. But not me. I love them. I want to transplant them to where I can see them every day!

At this moment I was driving around with my future-sister-in-law, listening to Mr Brightside by the Killers… trying to forget my sister and mother woke me up by screaming that I’d slept in the wrong bed… getting my hair done by Helen… stopping by Brighton to pick up God knows what… laughing at Owen & Doyle still napping… and heading home to get ready.

Our wedding was really fun. I know the church was a long ceremony, but we loved it. So much of a wedding flies by, so it was nice to have something be a little long and drawn out, making it last. Call us crazy, we sort of liked the little bit of tradition and history that was involved in the ceremony. But the rest of wedding was a blast. Strecker rocked the State Room, everyone danced, the open bar stayed open a bit longer than it should have, and we had a great after party (for those that pulled through until 5AM with us).

Our honeymoon to the Motherland was more than either of us ever could have imagined. The only way we can sum it up is “when can we go back?”

So in the past four years we’ve had two kids, bought a house and moved, lost some friends and family, made some wonderful new friends, started a business, lost some pets, taken some great vacations and gone no where other than our own backyard. It’s been a truly wonderful life and we are incredibly blessed with how full it is.

I am looking forward to a nice dinner, drinking some wine, and watching our life on our Apple TV. {ok, we’ll probably really watch Lost from last night… but we’ll just pretend we’re researching or next vacation}.

This is so big for me… you know how I hate posed shots of everyone looking at the camera… and how I hate them 10,000 times more when I am in them. But for the sake of my children, I need to be in a few shots with them. It’s also good for me to see how I actually look, then to liquify and clone the hell out of me and see how great I COULD look… it keeps me on track to lose the last 20 lbs that I’ve been carrying around since I got married and had Christofer (the Janey weight is finally gone). So here we are, somewhere between real and photoshopped perfection (I had to remove the nose job and highlight fix I’d given myself… and the only way I could make myself skinner was to make Christofer or Janey look fatter, and really, that’s not fair).

I had a wonderful Mother’s Day and am working on finding my zen, because I temporarily lost it… it’s somewhere with my checkbook, my other earing and 4 of Christofer’s socks. And I need to again remind myself that I have a wonderfully full and happy life and that day jobs, twenty pounds and potty training are all part of the journey.

So thanks to my family for a great day.