Apple Bottom Jeans boots with the BRR...

This is " baby " Boston. It's hard for me to believe that this little guy was born a year ago.
 I was there when he was born ( on my Birthday ;) and he was the most beautiful Newborn I have ever seen.
 He was born alert and ready to tackle the World, and I can't say much has changed in the last year! hehe

Mom had a great idea to do " Cake Smash" photos. I hadn't heard much about them, but turns out they are the new " In thing!" 

She got all the ideas together and I must say she did a great job!

I did some cake smash research, added some of my own ideas and Voila - Here they are!

Cake was made by Tracy Cakes in Abbotsford

Tie was made by: Loula

Happy Birthday " Brrs" Auntie loves you very much and I have enjoyed watching you grow this year.
Looking forward to photographing your Birthday this weekend:)

Mommy + Daddy = ME!

I photographed this wonderful family on the weekend. Mom came well prepared with outfit changes and a duffel bag full of props and things to entertain the little Miss.

 Speaking of the little one, she won my heart with a infectious smile and eyelashes that would make any girl jealous. She is so darn cute I just wanted to take her home with me!

Happy first birthday Baby N!

Here are ( a lot ) of our shoot together:

Reimer sneak peak

Here is just a sneak peak of a beautiful family I photographed this weekend.

They're kinda a big deal to me, so I will do a bigger post once I have them all edited :)

These are the good OL days...

Five months. Thats how long its been since my little Dion entered the World. 5 months means he's not brand new and really little anymore, it means he's going to be entering new stages that this Mommy just ain't ready for yet!

I have a problem with change, always have. Those who know me well, know this about me.  And although I know I also wouldn't want time to stand still, I think what I don't like about change - or time moving forward, is that you can never go back. Whats done is done. I will never see either of my babies at this age. Ever. Again.

 I know we have heard it... " It seems like yesterday... " But when I look at Dion and the stage he is at now, I remember my Levi when he was this age, which -

 

 yes, really does seem like yesterday....

 

 I finally got the photo album I ordered today. Its from 2010 and I couldn't believe how much Levi has  grown up! I felt almost guilty because I feel like - maybe I was too preoccupied with being pregnant that I didn't really realize how little he still was. It's funny because as they grow older you think they're " so big!" Its not until you look back that you remember,  just how little they really were.

 I ran into a elderly woman not long ago at the supermarket. And like most elderly Gramma types she wanted to see the baby. She said one thing to me that I think about all the time.
 she said;

" You know back in the day we had a lot of kids, 5 - 7,  it was really busy and now I always  think - Did I hold them enough? Did I look at their little feet?  and touch their little hands? " It was a reminder to me to treasure every moment, savour every mile stone.

  look at their little feet 

and touch their little hands. 

 So that when I'm older I can feel confident knowing; Yes I held them as much as I could, 

I put each little piece of them into the memory bank 

but mostly I gave them every ounce of  Love I had.

 What wonderful words of wisdom...

Why is that whenever you look back on life its always seems better than when you lived it? Maybe its just me, I don't know, but I think this all the time.
But really, THESE are the good ol days! Because I know now when I look back,  I won't remember the crying, the whining, the hard work, the exhaustion...

I'll just remember THEM.

hands, feet and all....

MP

Shine on....

I have had the privilege of photographing this family three times now. I cannot believe their little man is 6 months old already!  Seriously where does the time go!? 

We scheduled the shoot for the weekend and it was beautiful, the light streaming through the park was magical. But the most perfect part?  This family. 

So get ready- long post, because there was so many beautiful, captured shots - it was hard to choose.

Little "B" as always, was the perfect model.

 I just love it when you catch those magic moments.

 These next few are just that.

Un-posed, not thought out, just simply a Mama interacting with her most precious creation

 Her baby.

 Check out that dimple

Thank-you again, you guys are a beautiful family, inside and out :)

M.P