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I BELIEVE IN STRIVING TO LIVE LIFE TO IT'S FULLEST. 
I BELIEVE IN FINDING JOY IN THE ORDINARY.

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A Whole New World

Sawyer really hasn’t been outside much at all. Sure, back at the end of last summer, when it was still nice enough to go outside, he was out with us now and then. But he’s never been outside during a time when he actually could observe things and look around. This morning, I was sitting […]

March 31, 2014

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This boy.

This boy pushes me every day. He keeps me on my toes. He teaches me that being a mom isn’t a walk in the park. Raising him up to be who we desire for him to be takes a lot of patience, a lot of hard decisions, and not taking the easy road. It’s not […]

March 28, 2014

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Throwback Thursday: Case Study 1 | On being courageous and watering a seed

A little over four years ago, I had a dream planted into my head.  A little seed that was planted there overnight, and quite suddenly. I was going to be a photographer. Considering I had a Masters Degree in Education and spent four years teaching middle school math, and NEVER having any prior interest in […]

March 27, 2014

Photography

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A Day in the Life of an Eight Month Old

I’m not going to lie. Some days in this household are trying. I have yet to figure out my baby–some days he kicks and plays and crawls around like a happy go lucky little guy, and other days like today, he’s crying and screaming and drooling all over everything. Since he’s been army crawling everywhere, […]

March 26, 2014

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Carolyn & Jonathan [Buffalo, NY Engagement Photographer]

I met Carolyn at two other weddings that James and I shot–she was a bridesmaid for two of our lovely brides. I was thrilled when she asked if we could shoot her own wedding later on this year. James doesn’t always come with me to engagement sessions, but he came along for our session session […]

March 25, 2014

Photography

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On Cake Walks, Swimming Parties and Twelve Loads of Laundry

Brayden’s school held it’s annual fifth grader’s carnival on Friday night. The fifth graders raise money for, actually I’m not quite sure what, and all the kids in the school run around like crazies playing games for tickets that cost $.20 each in order to win some of the cheapest prizes in America. But no […]

March 24, 2014

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Two Hundred Forty Two Days

This little boy, the one we named Sawyer, will be eight months old tomorrow. He’s been here with us for two hundred forty two days. And he lights up our world. On a typical day, he’s so chill and loves just hanging out with us. His whole face beams if you give him an attention […]

March 21, 2014

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Three reasons

Today, I am just plain and simply put . . . tired. I feel like I could just lay my head down right here on my desk and close my eyes, and it would take about three seconds before I was out cold. Three reasons . . . 1. Well, not eating right and not […]

March 20, 2014

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Lilliana [Buffalo, NY Newborn Photographer]

I always love when there is some meaning behind an image or two that I take for my clients. This little love is named after her great-grandmother. At her session, her mom wanted to use the Christening gown of her grandmother in some way . . . we brainstormed a bit. We didn’t really want […]

March 19, 2014

Photography

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Why I Write.

Truth be told, I’ve been sitting here at my desk for over an hour, with this blog post open in one of my safari tabs. This is my work time, Tuesdays, between the time I drop off Carter and the time I pick him up from school and for as long as Sawyer sees fit […]

March 18, 2014

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