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It’s the end of my first break in a year. Going back to class will be hard. There has been plenty of work to do on the break. And plenty has been going on. We’re working on moving A&K to its own .com. I’ll keep you posted on the move.
I am working on setting pricing for shoots and events, and those will be posted with the new site.
I’m booking as far ahead as March which is pretty exciting, working on equipment, trying to iron out ordering and delivering prints and have a system in place before I head back to my real full-time job. School.
For now, keep checking back in here. And who knows. If you spread the word. And I am feeling the love. And Twitter, FB and the blog seem like they are waiting in anxious anticipation for the official .com launch, then there just might be a give-away in store… You never know. My generosity can be bribed. So have at it, infamy for the company name is the best way to win my affection!
Sweet Arrivals
The beauty of being my age is that everyone I know is having babies. Actually, everyone I know is having their second or third babies. I have a few precious friends who are either just starting to “try” or on number one. We have almost no friends who are like us who happily have a cat. This is the newest addition to some new friends’ family. We got to take them some food, they made space in their sleep free lives to visit long with us, we loved eating with them, playing legos with their oldest nugget, making faces at their middlest nugget and snapping some quick ones of this tiny. I may have snuggled him a little bit also. How could I not? Look at him! He’s a love!
Tiny Boston Bikes
We’re so eco-progressive, even our bikes are smaller. 
Baby Mine
Just a sneak peek of a family shoot I took of this guy and his parents this morning. He was a premie. And he’s so big and strong now. I’ve rarely seen two parents love a child so tenderly and beautifully. I was moved deeply. I can also say, I am not sure that I’ve ever met two people with more tender or humble hearts. I am always deeply touched by this little man’s parents, whenever I am around them. As I edited the pictures I kept humming that song from beaches, thinking of the line, “rest your head close to my heart, never to part, baby of mine.” What a fortuitous threesome. This one’s got a lifetime of love ahead of him. I look forward to watching him grow in grace and wisdom.
Sisters
So, I don’t know anything about siblings. Not. One. Thing.
Justin has two sister, which actually, kind of makes him like an only child. 1) Because they are sisters 2) Because he is the oldest 3) Because he lives in Massachusetts and they live about 90 miles from each other and their parents… Which makes him more like a satellite brother. Meaning, I can glean NO knowledge from him regarding this sibling situation. Other than to say, that I see the same love and adoration and unspeakable/inexplicable closeness between his sisters that I see between my Aunts.
Now, in my Aunts defense… They had FOUR brothers. Alice and Anna just had Justin. FOUR brothers. Bless their hearts. I don’t think they always loved each other so much. All I know now is that they love us (their kids) a lot, but once a year they go on vacation together and we are not invited. At all. Even a little. And we don’t get any “wish you were here texts.” And when I took their pictures over Christmas, even though my Aunt Lauren felt like reheated *$&% (she got taken to the hospital the next morning where, to this moment, she remains) most of the shots I took of them have these really precious looks of sweetness and affection. Unintentional. Simply captured.
Sisters.
I don’t know. I’ll never have the privilege of understanding it. But I know it when I see it, and I am moved.
Introducing Isabelle
If Stevie Wonder “Isn’t She Lovely” doesn’t play in your head then your soul is cold.
When you’re a two month old little girl, your mom and aunts should not be allowed to put a hat on you (especially over your Gigi’s objections) but when the picture turns out this cute… I think it’s worth it.
Gigi’s greatest objections were to the naked pictures. I obviously have no objection to naked pictures, but out of respect for my mother-in-law (and desire to remain a member of my family) I will not post anything more risque than this on the blog. I love the way this one turned out and there are some other ones that are make you laugh out loud funny, Bella’s face PRICELESS as she wakes up in a box, naked, wrapped in lights, under a Christmas tree… This one, turned out absolutely lovely.
She is a precious baby. She has her parents’ countenance. She is happy, easy going, and everyone adores her. We loved meeting her. I loved taking pictures of her. And despite all the good natured ribbing surrounding the event, taking her pictures was such an honor. However, we were at her liesure, and I think she might have known it.
Stacy Christmas Pond Pictures
Meet the Stacys. Mike, Kati, Licoln and Taylor. I was met with hugs and hops. They were totally up for sitting on the upside down canoe so that I could have the blue next to the water with the bright green in the back. And still, the kids managed to look this cute, just by laying down. Did I mention there were hundreds more this cute? Don’t believe me? Well this one wasn’t even taken on purpose, it was just a lucky capture …
Are you freaking kidding me? Could these kids be any cuter? Lincoln just kicking back and enjoying his Dad’s ridiculous jokes, while wearing antlers – and Taylor eating them up, as any Daddy’s girl should.
They told me Taylor wouldn’t like this – there are cuter ones of these also, but I loved the kids faces so much in this one I didn’t care… poor Kati, she’s going to kill me when she realizes how many other really great pictures there are in there and these are the ones that I am putting out there for the world to see first…
I also picked this one specifically because of the look on Lincoln’s face… hahahahahahahaha.
Here he is again – cuter in person. Sweetest, kindest soul. So proud to know him.
I love this girl. We have to be careful to be tough despite how cute she is, and just getting more lovely by day…
It helps that we’re all really cute also, so we know what it’s like!
Stace and Kati have become two of Justin’s and my most treasured friends in New England. We absolutely love them, love being with them, miss them when we don’t see them, are so proud of them and the people/parents/ridiculous “adults” that they are, and feel so loved and supported by them. Also, their family is not hard on the eyes are they?
Sarah and Emerson Dancing in the Park
I literally had to stop at four pictures. There are so many from this shoot that I love that I realized I had to stop or I would go crazy. Be warned. Friday may be dominated by photos of these incredible pictures.
You think this is gorgeous? I literally have three hundred more at least this beautiful, if not more so. Seriously.
The thing about Emerson and Sarah is not just that they are gorgeous, it’s that we love them and we love being with them. Who they are. The way they are. Who they are together, the way they are together, the friends that they are becoming to us… We love them. Sarah has been one of my dear friends for many years and for Justin and I to be able to be friends with she and Emerson is so precious. Also, who doesn’t love someone who bites? She asked him not to bite for the pictures…
This was not posed or staged, like the bite, it’s just part of it. Who they are. Loved it.
They found this tunnel. We thought we found a gazebo, but no, it was a tunnel of love. Or a love tunnel or something like that. The pictures from this tunnel are incredible. The pictures from the field are also incredible. And the field. And the wall, and the tree stump, and the road. Oh, you haven’t seen those? Guess you’ll just have to check back in Friday…
Sarah and Daniel – Engagement Photos
They’ve known each other since college.
But the timing wasn’t always right. They were friends and then they dated. They were friends who seemed like they were dating. They were on their own time at their own pace. They went their own way… Eventually even in their own places.
She was running a business in Texas, and he was living in New York. They were always friends. But she had moved on.
We all have our own story, and theirs is theirs alone to tell.
When people ask how Justin and I met we tell then our best friends are married, though it’s not quite that easy.
In the same manner, I’d like to say, Daniel needed a date to my wedding… And Sarah was willing to go with him.
And 18 months later I am taking their engagement pictures.
I will not try to convince you that I did not tear up more than once taking these pictures.
My heart was so full and so honored to be doing this.
Such beautiful love. Such beautiful friends. Such incredible patience. Such wide and gracious Providential love.
We had a great time taking these pictures. These are not even the best ones. The pictures are as it is with life…
“The best is yet to come and won’t that be fine?”
