the before

so since I'm behind, here is one of the cutest maternity sessions ever. and in about 10 minutes from now, i'll post about their newborn session. yeah, i'm that on top of the blog. shooting and editing and mommy-ing seem to take up all my spare time.

ok, this was so much fun, and mom was so daring. she bared her stomach for all to see on a busy street corner. let's just say drivers getting on the freeway got a little bit of a shock, as did one homeless passerby. so funny. and soo cute. can you believe she was just under 4 weeks from delivering TWINS in these pictures? nuts. when i was that far along, miles was swinging between my knees and i certainly wasn't up for any deep knee bends like this gorgeous mom. i also thought it was so cool that she didn't want me to take out her stretch marks. i like that. besides i feel that stretch marks are like a badge of honor. we are lucky enough to be able to have children and we shouldn't feel ashamed that our bodies change in th process. i know that there are so many women who would give anything to have that blessing, but that is a subject for another day. for today, let's give a hip hip hooray for a mom who loves her beautiful pregnant belly. 

A story of insanity.

This was the day my sister and I attempted the unthinkable. 

We tried to do a photo shoot of a 6 month old, outside, without a fence, with a 3 year old, a 2 year old and no fairy godmother (aka our mom- the great Yoj). 

There were pizza covered hands and fabrics exploding out of bags. There was also Miles sweetly relieving himself in the bushes behind my back and Hazel stripping down to do the same. I think the workers had quite the show.

I'm not sure if we were delusional or just gluttons for punishment. Either way, we attempted, and time-outed, wiped the sweat from our brow, and smiled because at the end of all of the insanity was this:

in the middle of things there was also this:

which led to this:

and because these two love and fight like siblings, it quickly returned to this:

At the end o

f the day it was about

 good friends taking turns stealing each other's bedding, 

wiping each others boogers,

and taking naps in the sun. 

And maybe 

it was a little about some  mothers who were ready for naps of their own. 

Bow ties and charm

Happy Easter from my handsome little dude.

for the love of balloons....