We had to rush Taryn to the ER this morning on a moment’s notice. She got ahold of some of the gel pesticide that Terminex put onto the inside of our cabinets. Our kitchen is childproofed, but Jason was standing at the counter putting dishes away and one of the drawers was open. Taryn put her hand up on the side of the drawer, grabbed a small amount of the gel and put it in her mouth. We were both right there, and immediately tried to get it out of her mouth, but it was too late, she had already swallowed it. She’s our child who chews on everything and any little thing she finds goes straight into her mouth. […]

Look what I found, a little hidden treasure on my CF card. I snapped a few of Taryn blowing bubbles with my mom the other day after the baby bed mini shoot I posted below. But then I didn’t go back to them because I got busy with client proofing. I love the look of wonder on her face. Her world is huge, wonderful and fascinating, yet still so small in many ways. I love that about her. I love seeing something new in her eyes, the joy and wonder it brings. This is just so her right now, about 10 times a day she runs into her room and hollers “bu-bl bu-bl” and points to them up on the […]

Taryn woke up WIRED yesterday, I don’t have any idea what caused it, but she was ON allllll day long, full force. She had me cracking up most of the day, I was either laughing or trying to keep up with her LOL. I decided that if little miss personality was going to be in full force, I should capture it, so I dug out one of Taryn’s pillow case dresses to do a mini shoot. I wanted to try and catch her playing with her new baby doll bed. She loves it and keeps telling us to “ssssshhhhhhh” every time she puts her baby in the cradle. I had to convert everything to black and white because she still […]

Taryn has a sunburn, a bad one, from the park and zoo yesterday. We have guilt. If this was Basic Parenting 101, we would fail. I mean come on, sometimes we act like we haven’t done this before?! She’s coping, regular doses of Motrin and dousing her in Noxema seems to be working the best. Poor thing. Mommy guilt, it didn’t even occur to us. Ty barely got any sun, I got a little and poor Jason, his noggin is really red, sunglass outline and all. If you ever get a sunburn, put your Noxema in the fridge. She’s not quite sure what to think of this, but it caught her attention. I’d put her up on the bathroom counter […]

Meet Ethan, he’s the most cooperative almost two year old I have ever met. So easy going and super cute! His family traveled from College Station, Texas for a session and I’m so glad that they did. It was a gorgeous day and they picked a fabulous location for the shoot, we started out on St. Charles Avenue at Tulane University and then went across the street to Audubon Park. I loved the location and can’t wait to use it again. It seems like every other house on St. Charles could easily be described as a mansion, ok, maybe not, but darn close. And doors, oh the architecture and doors, I’d love to take Ty down there and just shoot […]

why I absolutely adore my husband. This proves that he will literally do anything to make his children happy! When I brought it home at first he thought I had lost my mind. At first it was just meant to be used at my Mom’s annual Easter Egg Hunt for 9 of her 11 grandchildren that are local. But then I had the idea of sending all the kids invitations this year, kids love getting mail! It took a bit of convincing but he dove in, he’s such a trooper. Ty taunted him quite a bit the little turd, but Taryn loved it. She’d laugh a big fake loud laugh and throw her hands over her mouth she was just […]