Happy (belated!) Mother’s Day to all moms, moms-to-be, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, all those who serve as a mother to someone in this world, and those we remember in our hearts!  You are the best!  And I hope you got to spend some time with those you love!

We traveled to my parents’ house to visit with my Grandma and my Uncle Mike, who traveled from Florida to spend time with his Mom!  It was so fun!  We enjoyed a delicious lunch with our family’s favorite pizza (Pizza King!), salad, breadsticks, and a carrot cake that I baked for dessert.  We took Lucy along as well, and she enjoyed playing with Uncle Mike!  I had also packed my camera to get a few snapshots of our day.  

Hasn’t the weather been just lovely lately?  We enjoyed some family time over the Easter holiday weekend, as well as tackling some projects around the house!  Well, maybe I should clarify that Reggie tackled some projects around the house – shelving in the garage!  I didn’t photograph that, however, I did take some photos while we painted Easter eggs the night before and then when we visited my parents.  Remington loved chasing Lucy around the backyard, finding Easter eggs, and smiling in the sunshine!  And I’m happy to say I’m checking off one of my goals for 2014, which is to take more photos while with family!

As many of you know, my husband Reggie is a super-talented and creative guy.  He loves working on BMWs, as well as special interest cars, like old GMC and Chevy trucks, vintage MGs, cars of all kinds.  Some of you have seen his sculptures over the years too.  We used to have a table made from an engine block that ran for the last time at the track during a driving school.  It will soon be for sale, since it’s not the most toddler-friendly coffee table around!  He’s also made a taller cocktail type table, a cat, a dog …all out of recycled BMW parts that he keeps around at his shop.  They are all so cool and so unique!  Well, this Christmas, I unwrapped a camera box, which he found in the basement, and inside was another one of his hand-crafted pieces…a camera!  I couldn’t believe it!  I was totally surprised and totally flattered by this one-of-a-kind work of art, complete with a rotating lens!

Happy Friday!  Just a quick post to share some personal photos with you, photos that are perfectly imperfect, photos that I will always cherish, photos that capture moments in time that I always want to remember.  They’re all taken with my iPhone camera, and they all happen to be in black and white!  My little guy is almost 18 months.  He walks, he runs, he chases the dog and laughs and squeals.  He loves red grapes and strawberries and bananas.  Giraffes and monkeys are two of his favorite animals, and he’s particularly talented at making sheep noises….baaa!  I love him to pieces.  And I’m so thankful to be his Mommy!

How did I forget to blog photos from Remington’s 1 year session?!  Everyone told me that once you have children, time flies by even faster…I’ve come to realize that everyone was so right about that!  We celebrated Remington’s first birthday with our family and close friends, and it was the perfect day!  We had beautiful sunshine and a nice breeze.  Remington got a highchair that he “helped” us pick out that day, and he absolutely loved sitting in it and taking in the view!  That evening he fell asleep in my arms and I cried big, happy, bittersweet tears.  Our baby was growing up.  He’d reached a big milestone.  And my how the time seemed to have zoomed by since first meeting him a year ago.  Remington, you are such a joy in our lives, we love you to the moon and back!  A few days after his party, my Mom helped me with Remington’s 1 year session.  We were quite a sight to see that day with a stroller, big balloons, a cake, toys, decorations, an overstuffed diaper bag, and camera gear!  Whew!  It was a lot of fun though!  Here are some favorites from that day!