baby bumps...so very cute!

I had privilege of shooting Rachel & Tyler's wedding
a couple of summers ago...
and it was so much fun.
They are seriously adorable and
so easy-going and down to earth.
I was thrilled when they asked me
if I would do their maternity photos for them!
OF COURSE I WOULD!!
:)

Here are some of my favorites from that day...

can't wait to meet this little bundle!  :)

Why I loved friday...

I had work-lunch yesterday with a best friend. ..

came home at 3:30 & went for a walk...everything was so pretty...green grass, flowers, brilliant blue sky...it was like seeing the world through a view-master...
sharp and crisp and utterly vivid.

As I walked, I realized the "olde-fashioned carnival" was today..but I was dressed for walking and so I went home.

I jokingly said to my 15 year old son and his friend 
"we should go to the olde fashioned carnival"
expecting them to say "not likely".
It was Friday night after all...and they are 15 after all...

but they said yes.
and even when I said "we might have to walk cause I don't know where to park"...
15 said..."it's nice out anyway...why would we take the car".

so we took the pug and went to the olde fashioned carnival
where it was a nickel a game
and we got our fill of hotdogs, lemonade and caramel dipped apples.
(and can i just say, i never thought of using caramel sundae sauce to dip apple slices...so good!)

we ran into some friends and family...
pugsley was a total star
(and he also managed to eat popcorn, apple slices and a RANDOM HARD BOILED EGG...including the shell)

the funny thing is...i don't think they have any idea
how much it meant to me
that they so easily said yes to hanging out with me on a friday night...
but...every time i think about it, i have to smile.
it's a good feeling.
 


i feel pretty lucky...

i don't know what else i can say about my dad
that i have not said before...
funny and sweet, smart and creative...

i absolutely adore this man.

and then there is the man that i married...
the man that makes me laugh even on the days
when i don't think i can...
the guy that convinced my somewhat hardened heart
that we should get a dog again,
even though after putting Hobbes down,
my heart didn't know if it could stand it.
the sweetest, funniest, smartest dad to our two offspring...
he jokes, he roars, he teases, he listens...he loves.

and i love him with a love that cannot be explained in words...