10 on Tuesday | austin photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-07-07T08:55:15-05:00July 7th, 2009|Announcements, Austin Photographer, Client Work, My Family|

1. I celebrated my 34th birthday yesterday. It was a nice day, relaxed with my family, got a ton of wonderful birthday wishes, phone calls from loved ones, fun birthday mail and a nice dinner out with my favorite people in the world. Oh, and even a few new toys for my camera! All in all, a good day.

2. When i asked Taryn how old she thought I was, I about fell over when she said “FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN”. Wow, I knew it was a loaded question but sheesh!

3. My mom’s birthday is tomorrow, Happy Birthday Eve Mom!!!

4. I think the most awesome of all the gifts I received was from Taryn. She drew me a great big picture […]

4th | austin photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-07-04T14:26:28-05:00July 4th, 2009|My Family|

This 4th of July is the first one I haven’t spent with my mom in a loooooooong time. The 4th is always a time filled with family and birthday parties and bbq’s and fireworks and we always spend it together. My birthday is on the 6th and hers is on the 8th, so it’s always a celebration. It’s hard to be away, when I really wish I was there. We distracted ourselves this morning by doing crafts with the kids, we made flags for our get together tonight…..Teagan and Jase had a little too much fun with the pipe cleaners……

I sure do miss you Mom, and thinking of you lots.

a little friday funny | austin baby, er uhm, toddler photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-07-03T10:59:35-05:00July 3rd, 2009|My Family|

I thought we’d kick this long weekend off right with a little friday funny…..

Little dude got into my basket of props, hats and blankets I use for sessions when I neglected to put it away after work this week. It landed by the front door and never made it past the foyer. Later on, after a few minutes of quiet, I went looking for him. He even managed to get one of the baby hats on his head, he loves hats, but he stretched it out with his big old head. In the second shot he’s pulling on the tassel….resulting in the 3rd shot which totally cracks me up. Funny

the last time | austin family photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-06-30T21:34:40-05:00June 30th, 2009|My Family|

Tonight, for the last time, I put my baby to sleep in his crib. I know it seems silly, but this makes me so sad. It’s the end of an era for our family. No more cribs, our baby is getting bigger, and today he reached out and fell over the edge, hitting the floor hard. Thankfully, he is fine. I wasn’t in the room when it happened, but only steps away and ran to him when I heard the thud. We both cried. It scared all of us, and we had to make some quick decisions tonight that involve removing the crib and replacing it with a toddler bed. My heart isn’t ready for the crib to be gone […]

10 on Tuesday | Austin Photographer Lyndsay Stradtner

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-06-30T06:13:15-05:00June 30th, 2009|My Family|

1. A few weeks before my Mom’s last visit, Taryn freaked out one night and insisted we take all the photos of her in her room down. She said “all the Taryn’s were staring” at her while she was trying to sleep. Part of me laughed, the other part just knows that this will come up in therapy some day filed under “it’s all my mothers fault”. So after we talked to her a bit, we decided to take all the photos in her room down. The day before my moms visit, she came and asked if Gee was going to be staying in her room. When I said yes, she asked if I would put her pictures back […]

happy place | austin child photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-06-26T16:49:42-05:00June 26th, 2009|My Family|

when someone says “find a happy place”….from now on, this is where my mind will go. hanging out with little t makes me happy. her smile, her dimples, her cuteness, her laughter, its all contagious and she keeps me smiling.