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Posted on January 17, 2010
It’s been quiet on the blog! And I have to admit that instead of reporting that I’ve spent the past weeks working feverishly on assorted projects, the reality is that instead I’ve been enjoying the quiet winter season to spend as much time playing with my boys as I can. It’s now Sunday morning, and I remember that I did do a load of laundry yesterday and take out the garbage, but other than that… I spent the whole day playing. Our basement is filled with Geotrax trains, and the boys and I are getting a little obsessed with track-building. (I expect there will be a post about that in the near future as I really should document my mania.) After playing with trains for much of the morning, and then taking a little nap with Jonas, Leo and I went to the rink at PPG Plaza downtown for a little ice skating. Fun!
But the highlight of the weekend was not just one, but two visits from our very good friends, the Winters family. We’ve been friends for years, and were neighbors, too, until the Winters relocated to State College over a year ago.
Their visit reminded me that in last fall’s rush, I neglected to share photos from a November session with them at Mellon Park.
Jack, the oldest.
Neva just turned two. Doesn’t she look so sweet and quiet and mellow? Well – she may be sweet – but forget about the rest! This little girl finds trouble like no one I’ve ever seen. During a visit when she was about 18 months, her mother had gone upstairs to change Neva’s little sister’s diaper, leaving her under my supervision. I went into another room to get something and when I returned I found her in the kitchen with a box of Bisquick. Feeding handfuls of said Bisquick to my dog. On Friday night as they prepared to leave our house for their hotel, Neva managed to completely undress (except for one sock). And last night, while we were all in the basement with the trains, Neva disappeared. I went upstairs and found her on the dining room table, scurrying away from a plate of butter with an “I didn’t do it!” expression topped with a bit of “and you can’t catch me!”
And here’s Paige, who will be turn one in March.
We miss you, Winterseses!
Posted on September 8, 2009
I recently had the pleasure of photographing a lifestyle session for this adorable almost-7-month-old little guy. He was one serious baby! His parents and I pulled out every trick in the book in an attempt to get him to smile.
His unimpressed response:
Finally, we wore him down…
And he gave in to some good old giggles.
Posted on June 22, 2009
I’d completely forgotten about this shot of Jonas from some time in the past week or two. How completely adorable is he?!?!
Posted on June 21, 2009
Our adventure began with a beach umbrella – or, to be more accurate, our lack of a beach umbrella. Since Matt and I both prefer shade to sun, I wanted to be sure we had a nice, big beach umbrella for our trip to the beach. True, we’re not going until August, but I’ve had bad luck with seasonal items being out of stock toward the end of the season. So, one evening last week while Matt was out golfing, I suggested to Leo that we head over to Target to look for a beach umbrella.
I did have another motive. I wanted to do some location scouting around the Waterfront as I thought it had some potential as an engagement shoot location. So, before we arrived at Target, I pulled into the parking lot near the site I had in mind. I planned to grab a couple wide-angle shots from the car, but Leo expressed an interest in getting out. We wandered around for a little while, and ventured down toward the railroad bridge, when I saw a sign: HOMESTEAD LABYRINTH.
I’d never seen a labyrinth around there, and intrigued, continued down the path, until sure enough, we found the just-completed Homestead Labyrinth. By chance, artist Lorraine Vullo was there, and we were able to briefly talk to her and learn that it had just opened a few days earlier.
We spent so much time enjoying the labyrinth and the area around it… we never made it to Target for that beach umbrella.
Leo couldn’t wait to tell Matt all about it. “It’s so neat, you can’t even imagine it!” So, two nights later, we all returned together for another visit.
A “put the camera on the ground self-timer” family portrait:
Matt wanted a turn with the camera. The rest of the photos are his. And so I make a few rare appearances here! Jonas mostly wanted to sit on my lap and snuggle. Such a sweet little guy.
