She slept like a bear, hibernating, and pretty much let me do what I needed to get these shots.  She is itty bitty, and she curled up in my bean bag like a bug in a rug - only to get ticked at me when I removed her for a sec for a position change.  Oh, and check out that head of hair - I mean WOW!

In other news, we are about to roll out our online shopping cart, so ordering will be a breeze from here on out. I am so excited about it I can hardly contain myself.

Don’t worry! I am going to go ahead and buy her parents a bag of sticks for Christmas - because they are going to need them to beat back the boys in a few years. We finally were able to go outside and shoot for this babe after a rainy day made us reschedule, but it was all worth it. And she was a real trooper with all my crazy ideas (and four outfit changes).

On other fronts, our Senior schedule is filling up. So if you have been meaning to make an appointment, you should definitely call to reserve a time as we are only doing 25 this year. It has been a baby boom around here lately, so I am looking forward to getting out there with the seniors and getting really creative (and, as always, totally crazy).

Because I am a huge Coldplay fan, in honor of them being #1 with Viva la Vida, some music for your listening pleasure:

The twins were a dream to shoot. They slept so well, let me wrap them, and snuggled - so cute.  Mom loves sepia prints so we are finishing a lot of the pics that way, and I thought I would show that technique off here for you all to see (the brownish toned one).

On another note apparently, there was an article about HiF Photography in the local Citizen weekend edition paper. I have not seen it yet but am very excited.  If anyone runs across it, please email me a link as I have not been able to track it down yet.

We are back from a great, long weekend away; and, as usual, I am trying to catch up on all that was left behind in favor of fun. I have had several great sessions lately that I want to share here, and I am going to try desperately to get to it all. Oh, I absolutely must share the twin newborns I shot right before I left - just beautiful!

We spent Father’s Day in Boston and had a great brunch with some family at an awesome restaurant on a lazy, rainy day. It was perfect. I can’t tell you how blessed I am to have such a wonderful husband who is the most amazing father. I really could not have asked for anyone better to raise my child with. -love you, sweetie

Like a gaggle of geese, that is what it sounded like at this daycare. I photographed all of the kids the other day and had a great time getting to know them all and watch them play.

We are headed out on a jet plane tomorrow morning to Boston, and Little Dude is very excited about the plane ride and seeing his Uncle Jake.

The office will be closed until next Wednesday, so if you have any pressing questions or want to schedule a shoot, please email Steph at steph@heartisfound.com, and she will get you all squared away.

a little something for your listening pleasure:

Six months already! I love watching them grow and change. It never gets old! Is she not becoming the most beautiful child? Mom is going to half to shop around for some really big sticks to beat off all the boys.

I wanted to let everyone know we are leaving the office for a few days next week. I will be returning phone calls, but email will have to go unanswered until my return (I have no idea how the internet access will be, and I am going to be very busy). We are traveling to Boston to do some shooting and some visiting and some doing of nothing. Later this year we are also going to be traveling to LA and the surrounding areas. If you are interested in a shoot, send me an email, and I will let you know if I can fit it in. If you are interested in my schedule for Boston, let me know now as my time will be limited and will go on a first-come-first-serve basis.

On a side note, I have started adding some of the music I listen to here. I spend a lot of time an my computer proofing, and I like to listen to stuff that makes me think of happiness and light ;)

I’m finally getting caught up, and now we are getting ready to go to Boston. This is just how summer goes, right? Well, here are a few from the awesome wedding at the beach. It really was great to witness love out in the wide open while life was going on all around us: kids playing on the beach, people walking their dogs… The experience really made me think about how all of the love I see and feel while doing the smallest things is the most important love of all. Thank you for sharing your special day with me. It really was an honor.