My three forever Valentines💛
Caught her like a cat, cozying up in the sunny spot. 💛
She’s allllll about having her picture taken lately💛
To any new mamas who feel the pressure to have professional newborn images taken in those first few sleepless, blurry eyes, days of life... Do not stress! The images that can be made when those first smirks and inquisitive eye contact start to happen are equally (if not more so) heart melting! Truth... this little man flat out killed me💛
It’s finally happened... this week Clementine started calling her sister Penny, instead of Bobby. I have a lot of feelings about this. 💛😭💛 #film
We’re getting to the age where naps are getting shorter and shorter. We’re currently at about 40 mins now. I can’t decide if I’ll be glad when naps aren’t part of our routine, or silently be weeping in a corner somewhere. Check in with me later... #film
Last week was a tough one, but Friday evening I got my scans back from @indiefilmlab and it was like Christmas all over again! #portra400 #trix400 #film
What are the odds that she’s not plotting my death right now. 😬 Squirrel update: After the excitement of finding her, we noticed that she had a rather large abscess on her belly. A trip to the emergency vet informed us that she must have been in a fight with another cat, and she was not the victor. Poor girl has had a rough week. She’s getting stronger every day though and we’re still just so happy to have her home. 💛
For nearly 4 days our little Squirrel was missing. We walked the neighborhood searching for her, passed out flyers, checked animal control, and cried... a lot. And now that we’ve finally found her I feel like I have a part of my brain back that completely shut down for those days. Squirrel is a kitty like no other, and I’m beyond thankful to have her back in our lives. 💛
Winter months always bring a severe dip in inspiration/motivation for me to shoot personal work. Yesterday though, I played around with a bit of freelensing and felt my heart skip a few beats with the complete lack of control. The light, the movement, that sliver of focus... man it feels good to get shooting for me again.
The fact that we know she’s our last kiddo makes me think all the time about how sad I’ll be to never have a two year old again. Two gets a bad rap. Sure there are new epic tantrums, but man it’s totally worth it for the gems like this. She was just so proud of putting this look together💛
And just like that, now she is 7! Happy Birthday Penelope June!!!
There’s the family you’re given at birth, and then the one you build throughout your life. Here’s to another year ringing it in with the best crew around💛 (📷: @mattxmiller)
2018 was a roller coaster of a ride. We lost some dear loved ones. We began a sudden homeschool journey. We had some days that tested every bit of our abilities as parents. Through it all we’ve held tight to each other and you bet we’ll be kicking off 2019 doing exactly the same!
Still the first one up. Even on vacation.
Learning to trust that she’ll tell me when she’s cold. Spoiler... she never is. #mamaswearingasweatshirt #andacoat
The #infinitymirrors exhibit is incredible. I would 100% recommend going if you get a chance to see it. I would also 100% recommend not taking a toddler at nap time, but you do you!
One thing I love about homeschooling is that our days are often filled with just seeing what happens if... Penny wondered what would happen if she tried to sprout the seeds in her apple. So we picked them out and tried. Now we have that little apple tree sprout above that we’re measuring each week to track its progress. One day on a walk she wondered if it was possible to get an acorn to root in our house. So we tried. After nothing happened on the counter we wondered why. We thought maybe it needs the cold weather of winter to sprout, so we put it in the fridge. Now we have a little acorn growing a promising root right there on our window sill. It may not seem like much, but if I can teach her to keep wondering what happens if... That some experiments will succeed and others will fail, but all are worth trying, well I think that’s actually teaching her a whole lot.
A sixty degree afternoon was exactly what we all needed! 💛💛💛 #turkeyandthelittlebug
One stray piece of playdoh hit Penn in the face and she busts out the protective eyewear. #safetyfirst 🤓