tea with t | leander children’s photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-03-12T14:36:06-06:00March 12th, 2010|Austin Photographer, My Family|

I’ve been struggling with Taryn for a few weeks now. Her routine is changing and out of whack. Whining has been increasingly worse. Naps are dwindling. She’s tired. I’m tired. One word….demanding. I feel like there is always a demand, something she needs right this moment but before I can meet that need, she’s demanded something else. That’s not to say she is impolite, quite the opposite, I say demanding because there is always an urgency, I’m hungry right now, I need that right away, and then I need this and this and this. I move from one task to the next, with moments inbetween few and far between. I find myself saying “ok, let me finish this first and […]

10 on Tuesday | Austin Family Photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-03-09T14:44:08-06:00March 9th, 2010|Austin Photographer, My Family|

1. Our babies came to us easily. For that we are lucky and blessed. And, thankfully, ignorant when it comes to infertility. We were ignorant. Our friends Lee Ann and Dennis are fighting infertility. Fighting a long fight, a roller coaster of emotions at every high and low. I never truly understood….I mean I thought I knew a thing or two about what those who battle infertility go through, but I didn’t. Not really. Lee Ann and Dennis are amazing. And strong. And open. I know it must be so difficult to be so open about something so painful, but they do it. Jason and I have learned a lot from them reading their blog and I […]

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 […]