MEXICO!

We just got back from the best trip to Mexico. It was 7 adults for 7 night and all fabulous….we rented a house on the beach in San Pancho, a small town outside of PV. The house was perfect with plenty of space, a plunge pool and a great kitchen. We dropped Parker off and picked her up at SFO with Yaya an Gpa Don. She had a fun week romping around northern California with them. Thanks to them for making our adult only get away possible!!!. Here are some pictures from our trip. One of the amazing sunsets, Shaun pondering life with marg, Gar and me, the gang, margs on the first night, our house from the beach:

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Hello! I know that there are only 7 people that read this blog but for those of you who are out there (mom!), this one is for you ). So, the last couple of weeks have been crazy. I went to NYC for work and to visit my pal Kerry—I worked all day and ate yummy food by night. It was so nice to catch up with an old pal. Back from NYC, I have been trying to find the right balance between work and momhood. Not sure I am there yet. Parker did get a haircut and I swear she looks 5 years older. It was the official good bye to the baby mullet which I am 99% happy about and 1% reminiscent and sad about! Oh, and Jess and Liz came to visit me in their annual Seattle trip. I loved every minute and have no photos of the visit. I have done a couple of photoshoots in the past couple weeks and hoping that the sun and business picks up in the coming months! We are off to Mexico in a week (kid-free) and I can’t wait to be warm in my bones and to sleep…a lot. Some shots--from a spring time shoot,parker and her pals from school (pre hair cut), new hair cut pic from my phone.

Photo Class

Ok, so I am taking a super cool online photography workshop (Bloom Workshop) right now. Our first assignment is to take a picture of someone by a window with no post processing. It is good practice in getting the right exposure etc. This is from a play date we went on the other day. Babies are so much easier to shoot than toddlers!

Here are some shots that ARE edited! So much better :)

Sweet Parker

Parker this weekend with my new logo watermark! Still loves her “unny” so….

Crafts?

I don’t fancy myself a project/crafty kind of person. But the other day in Target Parker was obsessed with the glue sticks so I thought "why not?" We have been talking a lot about the days of the weeks so we made a days of the week chain. And you can tell by the look on Parker’s face that it was met with medium enthusiasm. Maybe next time I can come up with something more exciting! A few other pictures of her since I have gone kind of dark in the blog world….Oh and PS I didnt win the contest below. There were 2000 entries!

I heart faces

I am entering this photo into a photo contest about photos with no faces. There are only 500 entries! HA. I love this photo b/c it reminds me of summer and I am ready for some sun! If you are a photographer this is a pretty cool site to check out.

Right before our very eyes.

Parker is growing up. I swear it is happening so quickly—don’t blink. It isn’t anything specific but more in the details—she goes on the big girl swing and rides the carousel alone. She loves doing things herself- “I DO IT!”. She likes to play with other kids without her mom around (not without incident might I add). She loves “hula” dresses and painting her nails. She sleeps with a comforter and can go to the bathroom without help and even washes her hands (sometimes). Here are some shots of her the other day in her skirt that she hasn’t taken off since we bought it. Literally she napped in it the other day!