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Listless Shopping

I decided that I haven’t been taking enough pictures of my kids and our everyday lives.  Lately, I’ve only been taking pictures of them about once a week.  Last year, for about six months, the camera was out every day.  Perhaps being pregnant is taking it’s toll.  For example, right now, about 90% of me […]

April 29, 2013

Project 365

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The Beginnings of the Nursery

Last month, I spent some time working on the room that our little bundle will claim as his own once he makes his way into the world in July.  We rearranged so many rooms in the house in order to free up this room–things got switched this way and that.  Office, family room, playroom . […]

April 25, 2013

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We Love You, Conrad.

When I was in high school I played the French Horn.  I loved playing–I loved being part of a wind ensemble.  Once, in eighth grade, I made the All County Band and we had a concert which we could purchase the recording of on a cassette.  I still have it, in my keepsake box.  I […]

April 24, 2013

Photography

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Guys, Guys, Everywhere

Our new toy room is getting used daily.  There are all sorts of bins holding our toy treasures–tinkertoys, legos, trio blocks, trains and tracks and balls, among other things.  But the one bin that gets taken out every single day is the super hero bin.  Carter really doesn’t take anything else out but the superheroes. […]

April 23, 2013

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Ollie [Rochester, NY Baby Photographer]

Oliver is remarkable adorable.  And happy.  Coming into the world as a fifth child–and the fifth boy at that, he thankfully for his momma’s sake has a happy disposition–all smiles, happy to get a ten minute nap here and a half hour nap there.  He tells baby stories, breaks into a smile if you just […]

April 22, 2013

Photography

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Bargain Shopping

I used to use coupons while shopping for food.  I rarely do that anymore–we stopped getting the newspaper on Sundays and I was finding that we were doing a whole lot of clipping and not using many of the coupons.  Plus, if we stick with store brand stuff at Wegmans, you can’t use coupons anyways. […]

April 19, 2013

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Making Things Work: The Laundry

I will be the first to admit that I’m terrible at certain things when it comes to keeping up with our family’s needs.  One–I am awful at cooking dinner.  Like, not only am I not very good at it, but I’m also a very lazy cooker.  I don’t want to spend a ton of time […]

April 18, 2013

Project 365

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The Welkleys [Rochester, NY Mini Session Family Photographer]

The Welkleys were a fun group–and I especially love that they brought along something that was important to them.  A little piece of their family history–a milk crate from the family dairy farm from way back.  It shows they are proud of their history, and it was just such a nice personal touch for an […]

April 16, 2013

Photography

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Adventures of a [semi] normal day

We’re getting over the longest winter ever, it seems, and today it finally broke sixty degrees.  Nothing is more confusing than spring weather though–as I just looked at the forecast for the next week and on Friday there is a high of seventy-one and on Saturday we will be lucky to hit forty-five.  It’s even worse […]

April 15, 2013

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A Year Later [Rochester, NY Children’s Photographer]

I just realized I never blogged this session!  Sometimes a few get by here and there.  Once I realized it though, I wanted to get it up on the blog. Last year, I did a fun session for a family–they wanted to decorate a tree for some Christmas pictures.  Here’s the blog post.  The kids […]

April 11, 2013

Photography

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