sigh…

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-02-27T21:12:50-06:00February 27th, 2010|My Family|

You ever have one of those days where things just don’t go right. Nothing bad happened, but nothing goes as planned? Today was that day.

My session first thing this morning didn’t go as planned, so bummed about that. Then I got a call from my husband on my way home that the repair place called about my Explorer and the repairs would be more than the stupid thing is worth. Sigh….we planned on replacing it with a minivan this year but we weren’t ready yet. Much less on short notice. With our work schedules and kids activities, 2 of the 3 need carpool and pre-k drop offs / pickups….we are sooo not a one car family. So we found ourselves […]

snow day

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-02-23T22:16:45-06:00February 23rd, 2010|Austin Photographer, My Family|

Be warned, this is a marathon post filled with snapshots, color casts, out of focus images and just everyday stuff. But it’s also filled with love, so I can overlook the rest, hope you can too.

Today was good. Today I put work down. I let the house go. I enjoyed the most simple of pleasures with my kids and….it was good. Really good. My husband was grouchy today (what is there to be grouchy about dude?). The kids were crazy. Excited. Wired. Fun. And even though the house got trashed, there are piles of wet clothes and sneakers and socks and mittens by the front door, the stack of dishes and crap piled up on the counters in the kitchen […]

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Lyndsay Stradtner2010-02-20T16:35:05-06:00February 20th, 2010|Announcements, Austin Photographer, My Family|

1. Yesterday on the way home from preschool Taryn chatted in the backseat about the clouds and the sky. Then all of a sudden I hear…..”Mommy, I bet God is old, you know, reaaaallllly oooooooooold.” So I asked her how old she thinks God is and she said “thirty“. Awesome. I’m older than God. And I thought older than dirt was bad. That’s ok, its not quite as bad as the time when Ty was about her age and asked my Mom what it was like to live when the dinosaurs roamed the earth….bwahahaha!

2. Another car thing….when we leave our house we have a choice of two entrances to our neighborhood to leave through, one to the right, one to […]

the birthday party that wasn’t

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-02-18T00:45:31-06:00February 18th, 2010|Austin Photographer, My Family|

Teagan hasn’t been feeling well and while we had his birthday party all planned, the cake and balloons ordered and the house all cleaned and ready….it just didn’t happen. Poor little guy, it is not fun to be sickly on your birthday! And while we had to forgo the party on the day of with all his friends, Jason’s parents still made the trip up from Corpus to help us celebrate our dude turning two (thanks Grandma & Grandpa!). And even though the house wasn’t filled with fun toddlers like we’d planned, we still had cake made by the fabulous Humble Pie Desserts in Round Rock (so yummy!), opened gifts and just enjoyed our little dude.

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Lyndsay Stradtner2010-02-14T23:45:03-06:00February 14th, 2010|Client Work, My Family|

I coerced my dear friend Michele into doing a session at night awhile back. She and I found babysitters, got all dolled up and took our hubbies out on the town. It was so much fun for Jase and I to go do something just for us, to get dressed up, and have a real meal without cutting up little pieces, to go cuddle in the dark and be together for while. We had a blast and the end result just has my heart jumping for joy. Photos of me and Jase, with the focus on us (NOT the kids)….just us. Love that.

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Lyndsay Stradtner2010-02-13T02:15:15-06:00February 13th, 2010|Austin Photographer, My Family|

1. I have come to the realization that I’m never going to catch up. If it didn’t happen in January, it’s probably not going to. I have sessions that are 2 months old that I haven’t blogged yet, not to mention a few births and a stack of personal photos. I haven’t been taking very many photos at home though this month….thankfully the iphone is never far away….

2. This week was the first time since Teagan was around 6 weeks old that I cried before getting out of bed at the mere thought of my husband leaving me alone with the children for the day. It was rough. The […]