boys, boys, boys

This was my first official on-location shoot with kids and I must say it was great. These boys were all boy and so much fun. I just wanted to take them home with me. Their parents we so much fun, also. They even let the boys play with whipping cream at the end of the photo sho...

puppy love pics

Yay! I finally got these up. I love his sweet little face in the second picture. Today's my mom's birthday and she's gone to Mexico. They've been there for almost 2 weeks with my sister and her family. I'm sooo jealous. Wished I was with them. I can't wait for her to come back to El Paso. We haven't seen her for probably about 3 months now. I really miss her. I called her this morning to say happy birthday and it was great talking...

puppy love

I've been wanting to get some pictures of Diego in his cute little puppy towel that Tia Yaya gave him when he was born. But I always bathe him at night when there is no natural lighting. I didn't give him one last night since I was sooo tired. Yesterday was a crazy, crazy day. I dropped off Kai at pre-school, then had a 3-hour newborn photo shoot, picked up Kai, took him to a birthday party, came...

beautiful newborn

The day finally came when I got to photograph the little almost 2-week old baby I'd been looking forward to shooting all week. I went a little long (3 hours) but it was so worth the wait. At first the baby did great, so I immediately put him on my wooden antique bowl thing (I don't think it's really a bowl, but I can't remember what it is, exactly). This only lasted for the first little while, though. It took me a while to set...

my cousin's wedding

I've finally been proofing some pictures from my cousin's wedding from back in June! Weddings aren't my favorite thing to do, but this one wasn't bad, actually. They were just so grateful that I was taking their pictures, so there wasn't a whole lot of stress involved. I took their couple pictures on Rim Road overlooking El Paso and Juarez. Here are a f...

exhaustion!

Ok, how can I go from one post titled therapy to another titled exhaustion? Simply have my husband go away on a business trip for merely 5 days! Luckily, he'll be back in 11 1/2 hours (but who's counting?). This exhuastion is also due to my renewed commitment to being a better mother. Since the baby was born, Kai has had a hard time dealing with all the change that has happened in our home. It's been very obvious to me that when...

therapy

Our trip to San Antonio was great and very therapeutic. Well, only if you don't concentrate on all the fits, tears and drama that Kai made us put up with. My favorite part of the trip was walking down the River Walk. It just feels so foreign, so European. It's beautiful and relaxing. I got a few pictures of the trip, but wished I had got more. It was just hard to take pictures while constantly tending to the baby and our 3-year-old....

captivating

While we were eating at one of the cafés in Sea World, I saw the cutest little boy with the most amazing, captivating eyes. The crazy, photographer part of me started to come out and I was itching to take his picture. I asked Matt if he thought I should approach the parents and ask them if I could take a picture of their son, but he wasn't very sure about the whole thing. The parents looked Indian and we weren't sure how they'd...

off to pre-school!

We got back late last night from San Antonio and we had such a blast at Sea World, Schlitterbahn, the River Walk and the Alamo. I will post some pictures of our vacation tomorrow. Right now I'm enjoying a few hours of solitude (well, not completely, since I'm with little Diego). Today is Kai's first day at pre-school and boy, does it feel good! I'm feeling like I should be feeling a bit guilty for feeling this good, but I'm not...