• babies,  children & families

    the fitz family

    February 13, 2012 /

    My second time photographing this great little (but growing quickly) family. Last time there was only their little boy and mom & dad, this time there were two brand new additions.

    And my ongoing love of this guy and his curls continues…

    The whole new family! How cute are those babies?We tried pulling out the pacifiers for this one to not so good results (read: screaming babies) so instead of ditching the shot, we kept those babies calm and unscreaming. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
    Ran outside for a few last ones when the babies were DONE. He such a good smiler! So good to see you all and to meet the twins!

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  • birthdays,  personal

    …and the rest of Timmy’s birthday vegetable

    February 10, 2012 /

    It’s a family tradition to have a candle in every meal of the day on your birthday.

    In the Carvel on the night of his party:

    At breakfast in his Cheerios on his actual birthday:Picked him up for lunch for a date and he had Subway. With a candle.And his dinner request was sushi. The waitresses were pretty confused when I asked for a lighter for the candle for the dinner. They thought it should go in dessert. Wrong. Nothing says happy 7th birthday like a yellowtail roll with a candle in it.

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    the start of Timmy’s birthday vegetable

    February 9, 2012 /

    Timmy celebrated his 7th birthday this week, and we kicked it off with a BounceU party in Oceanside on Saturday morning. (for those of you new to the blog, it’s called a birthday vegetable because when Timmy was little he couldn’t say birthday festival. All the boys birthday’s have always been a week long event, hence the festival/vegetable).

    The three amigos.Crazyboys.They broke out the gladiator ring and Jayson and Jack went head to head. It did not end well for Jack.Timmy and Jack N. best of friends and fierce competitors.Patrick vs. Brendan (Patrick in Giants jersey, Brendan in Patriots. Kinda went the same way the superbowl did.) And twin vs. twin on the right. Jack kept getting knocked down so after the 2nd time he decided that everytime he fell he’d just take Patrick down with him. Inseperable. They were no more than a foot apart the whole party.Checkin out the loot.

    BounceU puts on a great party. Timmy had a great time with all his friends (we went boys only this year). And somehow I didn’t get a single picture of TimTom (Timmy and his cousin Tommy) together even though they were at the party together, they came over the house after the party and we all went out to dinner together. Sometimes I’m just off my game. Back tomorrow with more of the birthday vegetable.

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  • babies,  children & families,  personal

    robin & her littles

    February 6, 2012 /

    Came by last week for a visit. It was the kids’ first time at our house and after a bit of settling in, they seemed to like it here just fine. Especially after the boys all came home from school and they were fully entertained!

    I cannot believe Robin has 3 under 3 years old. Eoin will be 3 in a few months and is doing so wonderfully. He truly is the miracle baby. Evelyn & Elizabeth are now 6 months old and growing so fast. And teething a bunch too. But very happy babies and pretty identical!!

    Elizabeth (I think).Evelyn. The best shot I could manage of all 3. Robin and her total day to day chaos. Twins and twins. I always KNEW Robin would have twins. And Eoin. Laughing at the big boys. Took all the pictures in my new office. Great light in there and the couch is just the right size for small people.

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