Oh what a difference a year makes | Austin Family Photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-06-21T19:14:48-05:00June 21st, 2009|Austin Photographer, My Family|

Last year, Father’s Day ’08. Teagan was 4 months old.

And oh what a year it has been. What a difference a mere 365 days makes. Father’s Day ’09….

What a chunk. I’m kind of proud of that, how much he’s grown, having nursed him for the last year. On the brink of weaning, I can look at him and say, I helped grow that. Crazy. We really had no intention of ever redoing this shot, but today, just before dinner we were bored and decided to give it a whirl just so we could compare and see how much he’s changed. I dug […]

exhale | austin children’s photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-06-05T21:36:35-05:00June 5th, 2009|Austin Photographer, My Family|

first day of summer vacation. i survived. barely. just sat down. 11:17 pm. got up running and didn’t stop. splash park early. fun friend friday. sunscreen and laughs. at least 50 baby kisses. lunch with friends. ty out of school early. loud, giggly blonde divas. playdate and playstation. books and stories. nursing and cuddling. sunkissed babies. editing, galleries, orders, albums, emails, facebook. mohawks and dinner. birthday photos and shopping. ordering cake. and balloons. sleepovers and trip to six flags tomorrow with friends. packing and dropping off and chatting. bedtime stories and kisses goodnight. prepping for sessions tomorrow and downloading and google mapping and emailing. finally sitting. summer, day one, success.

the aforementioned mohawk. for a few hours today, jase and i […]

what day is it again? | austin family photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-06-04T07:35:38-05:00June 4th, 2009|Austin Photographer, Client Work, My Family|

1. Tomorrow is Ty’s last day of elementary school ever. Yesterday we went to his end of 5th grade award ceremony and it was bittersweet. He got 5 awards including being voted as a “promise keeper” by his peers. The little kids and I went and had lunch with him before the awards and I got to meet Ty’s girlfriend. I was pleasantly surprised when she walked right up to the lunch table, put her hand out to shake mine and introduced herself. She sat across from me and we chatted, super sweet kid. I am still not ready for this phase to begin, but I like her more than I thought I would. I certainly didn’t have that confidence, […]