Warm thoughts

Hudson and I went on a major adventure last week - we flew to California to visit my sister for a few days! Thank goodness my mom came with us, or I don't think I would have survived the flight out there. Luckily, once we arrived, everything was perfect. The weather, the food, the company...it was the kind of vacation that makes you never want to go back to "real life"!

My kiddos

I just got back from a wonderful trip to California, where I enjoyed sunshine, relaxation, family, and (of course) tons of photo ops! I will be editing and posting my faves in the next day or so, but in the meantime I want to share this pic of my two babies. I snapped it at a park and loved it so much that it is now a canvas gallery wrap above my fireplace! If you've never heard of a gallery wrap, it is a large photo (this one is 10x24) printed on stretched canvas. I'm now offering them to clients, so I figured I should order one myself to see how nice they look. I'm so in love that I want to bring it everywhere I go!

Give it 20 minutes...

As we all know, the weather in New England is rather unpredictable. Although the forecast called for a nice, warm, fall day, we were greeted at the park with wet leaves and a heavy mist/drizzle. Luckily, we decided to wait it out for a bit and were rewarded with perfect photo weather - bright but cloudy. Big bro was VERY excited to be able to ride his trike during the shoot, and little bro was very excited...well...I don't know what he was excited about, but he certainly was full of smiles!

View from the top

Remember this little cutie from last spring?


Well she's grown into a beautiful 6-month-old already! I was happy to join her and her parents on an evening hike to a gorgeous tower overlooking all of Boston. What a way to enjoy fall in New England!

Aren't these eyes incredible??









I'm usually more of a color photography kind of girl, but I found so many of these images to be striking in black and white.


















This was the view from the top!

Did you have your sugar this morning?

As the mom of a 16 month old, I know how tiring it can be to run after a toddler. But when you add trying to get some beautiful photos at the same time, it's downright exhausting! Luckily, this little one was full of smiles and happy to make a game out of anything we did together. I'm pretty sure we both took good naps right after the shoot was done, though!


One of my favorite images from the shoot. I just love how proud and tough he looks :)


Of course, the giggles soon followed!

A lesson learned

After looking at the pics from this shoot, you might think that everyone was in a great mood and highly cooperative. Well, you'd be a little wrong :) See, mom and I decided to go ahead with the photo shoot despite the fact that little C had her 6 month shots just minutes before the start of the shoot. What can I say...it seemed like a good idea at the time! We did manage to get some great photos, but we all worked very hard for them!



Big bro loved playing in the leaves! Talk about action shots!