Week 5! I decided to get one of the three of them together similar to one I did of them together when my little destroyer was only a few months old. 
Also, I have some very exciting news! We are moving and the new place we will be has a fabulous, large room perfect for a studio!! I am so excited to be able to have this as an option, especially for my newborn client’s. Stay tuned for pics in the next few months!
xoxo,
Kristin
Those of you who follow my blog, know I lovingly refer to my almost 2 year old as “The Destroyer”. He’s into EVERYTHING you could possibly imagine (and more!) and he LOVES to keep me up at night. So we decided he needed to go in the big boy bed and maybe, just maybe, that would fix all of his sleep issues.
First night he falls asleep swimmingly (isn’t that word awesome?!?!) without a ba-ba, which was another goal of ours. . .don’t judge. We are jumping up and down with excitement. But alas, 2:30 am comes much too quickly and he’s up and at ‘em with a VENGEANCE. Hysterical wailing. So instead of bringing him into our bed like usual. . .don’t judge, and after repeatedly attempting to lay him down and him not having any part of that, I sit lovingly (HA!) at his door. He flops down like a fish and after a looooooooooooooooooong 45 minutes, falls back into a sleep slumber. SWEEEEEEEEET!
I’ll try and shorten the story. The second night he wails at bedtime, wakes up twice in the night and makes me sit by his door for over an hour. Good times people, good times. I’m EXHAUSTED and kind of a not-so-nice person in the daytime (aka monster mom/wife). I was scared for what the third night would bring. BUT alas ladies and gentlemen, the destroyer (never one to be predictable), goes to sleep without a peep and sleeps allllllllllllllllll through the night. I woke up after 7.5 hours of sleep bouncing from the walls and singing “The Hills are alive with the sound of sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeping”. Yea, I don’t get me either.
I leave you with an image of my angel snuggled up like a bug in a rug with his favorite blankie and in his new big boy bed. Let’s hope tonight was as good as the last!
P.S. This is not my 2/52 week picture. . .I have another one in mind for later this week!
xoxo
Kristin
Sooooooooooooooo, I’ve decided to start a new project because I just have so much extra time on my hands. < ----------insert sarcastic cackle here. I do want to take more personal pictures though. Not necessarily portraits of the kiddos all the time, but I want to keep capturing the real life moments that go on as they grow. Which led me to agreeing to do the 52 week project. There was NO way I could keep up with a 365 project, so don't ever suggest that one to me. 
I will post a picture a week (not that bad right?) and I won't promise it will always be fantastic, but it will make me slow down and remember to take pictures for the very reason I started taking pictures. Whew, talk about a run-on mumble-jumble sentence. So I hope you all will come along in this journey with me and help keep me accountable!
1/52
My Bray-Bray with his buddy Cameron. Cameron's mommy and I met through flickr back when I was pregnant with Cayson. We both were pretty new to photography and ecstatic to find another person all-consumed by this passion for taking pictures. We like to torture our kids and try to get them to kiss for pictures (shhh don't tell their daddy's), and I just loved this one out of the bunch I took.
Little Sophie is one year old already! You may remember her from earlier posts when she was just a wee newborn and then an adorable 6 month old. I think I only had a few shots where she wasn’t smiling from this session. I love seeing my newborn client’s grow!!!
Stay tuned for sweet, yummy baby goodness tomorrow on the blog!
xoxo
Kristin
I had the great pleasure of doing baby Dane’s newborn pictures and now he is almost one year old! Here he is back when he was brand new. I can’t believe how fast time flies. It was amazing to see how much he’s grown and he is still just as adorable as ever. I know I say it all the time, but I get the most gorgeous families!!! And I have to brag just a little (sorry Kevin!), but Kevin is a very talented pitcher for the San Diego Padres. . .or so I’ve heard (I don’t follow sports very much if at all but I do love my Padres) 
. Onto the pics!
This basket is becoming a must have for babies on the beach. Little Dane was anti-sand at first and loved hangin’ out in the basket.
xoxo
Kristin
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