{love.my.girl}

Ever heard of the plumber who always has a leaky faucet? that builder who never finishes the addition to his own house? the mechanic who’s car needs new muffler? Well, how about the photographer that never gets around to doing photoshoots (and NO, candids do NOT count!) of her own children?? Or how about that photographer that when she does do the shoots, never finds the time to edit those of her own kids??

Never heard of her? Hmmm, you have now! I admit it! I am have a ga-jillion pictures of my own precious babies – but have the worst time actually taking the time to do a real photoshoot with them….and you guessed it! When I do get around to a shoot, I have an even harder time getting them edited! Which is crazy if you really think about it! I love pictures, adore pictures, and I actually see the world IN pictures just about every where I go. I see locations, colors, clothing – and off my brain flies thinking of how to use this or that in a certain picture or for a particular portrait session.

So this summer (and for the rest of the year…and dare I say from here on out???), I have vowed to schedule time for my own precious ones. Time not only for the shoot, but for the editing and for putting them BIG on my walls! (oh yes, I am definitely a fan of Bigger is Better!!)

And can you believe it? I have even already done a session! Totally fly by the seat of my pants, decide at 5pm that we’re going to go for it that evening – but done, none-the-less! It was quick – no more than 30 minutes, it was HOT – still hovering around 90, and I swear taking pictures of your own kids is WAY harder than a session with any other kids in the entire universe!

I managed to get a lot that I love from that short mini-session and here is one of my sweet, funny, opinionated, strong-willed, cuddly, loving, musical, twinkle-eyed, just wanna squeeze those cheeks, love of my life Gretchen girl. We’ve had such a long road (medically) with this one but things are looking up and we are {hopefully} seeing the light at the end of the tunnel! Don’t you just want to squeeze {and smooch} those cheeks??

Stay tuned for the rest of this shoot!

Thanks for reading….comments welcomed, loved, appreciated!

~Heather