Happy Birthday, A Day Late....

To my husband, my so-called "better" half (although I think "other" half is more appropriate!), my snack monster who sneaks downstairs at 11 p.m. for cookies...

That's my hubby, one of my favorite photos of him from our wedding day ...

Paul turned 36 yesterday and we celebrated by having his parents over for dinner and dining on Caesar Salad, Garwoods Pasta (his favorite meal from our honeymoon that the chef was kind enough to send me the recipe for) and individual chocolate mascarpone cheesecakes, all made by yours truly (and as a result I was too tired last night to post this!)

I managed to surprise him with a certificate for a plane ticket to Las Vegas so that he can visit his brothers "baby-free" one more time before our little one arrives... If any man deserves a vacation it's this one- anyone who leaves for work at 5:15 a.m. and doesn't get home til 5 p.m. and then gets up on the weekends at 8 a.m. and does all the laundry deserves a break!

He's the love of my life and I'm so happy that we found each other and jumped head first into life together...

Here's to you honey and here's to at least another 80 years!

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February: What Shadow Looks Like

(Welcome if you’re coming from Suzanne O'Brien Studio in Northern California!) This month’s group photography theme was “shadow.” I’ll admit, I had a bit of a hard time with this one. We’re in the middle of the February doldrums around these parts, and while the sun does shine from time to time it’s cold and blustery and damp most days. It was tough to get motivated and creative about this, but that’s the whole point of the challenge! The kids and I were in the living room one afternoon and LP was lining his toys up on the windowsill. The (frigid) afternoon sun was pouring in and I realized that there was a sort of lightbox effect. I enlisted LP’s help in photographing some of his favorite toys (and one of Eliza’s) so he was the “stylist” for this little photo shoot. I think if we ever have a dedicated play room I might frame some of these photos for the walls! Sophie the Giraffe: Army Guys: Captain America (I never noticed how r...

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10 on 10: July

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