me & my hero

 

last month i went to mama fest with a girlfriend and managed to win a free photo shoot with an amazing photographer (also mommy of two little girls).  i’m not sure if i’ve ever won a raffle before, but this one was a jackpot!  lucky me!

well, last week was our session and i must admit it was a little crazier than i had expected.  a photo shoot with a nearly two year old is surely different than one with a stationary, unknowing, newborn.  it started here at the house, then we headed out to a nearby park.  not far from the house we realized anabelle had a dirty diaper and we had left the diaper bag at home – but of course how our bag with everyone’s outfit #2.  oh gosh!  chris had decided to let anabelle play with his phone in the car.  before we made it to the park we started to hear curse words coming from the phone.  smarty pants anabelle had found an inappropriate video to watch.  oh gosh!  can you say parenting fail?!  meanwhile, while trying to take picture anabelle really wanted nothing to do with me or my belly (this makes a maternity shoot a dash tricky).  thankfully chris was there and chrystal was super patient and understanding.  to top off the crazy, once we got home chris realized that he had left his first outfit on a park bench with his wallet in the pocket of his shorts.  we were relieved when he went back to look for them and they were right there on the bench waiting for him.  phew!

i have only seen two of the shots so far and was so happy that the crazy didn’t show through.  thank you chrystal!  it was so great to work with you and we are grateful for your gift, time, talent, and help with our anabelle.  i can’t wait to see more!

man, it’s so nice to be in love with your husband!  muggy, thanks for the extra time you spent at home this past week.  it really means a lot.

xoxo