Please don't miss the fact that Charlotte is currently getting her finger stuck in the page from "Pat the Bunny" where you try on Mommy's ring.  And so it sort of looks like there is a real finger in that book.  Love it.

   It feels like I used to do photo shoots of my girls all the time, and I just haven't very much recently.  I mean perhaps to you, the reader, it still seems like I take lots of pictures because when I do they usually end up on here, but I feel like I don't nearly as much as I used to.

 
   When Jocelyn was little and it was only her and I during the day, I would dress her all up, grab my camera, and load her and some props into the stroller and walk down to the river for a photo shoot.  Sometimes it took me all morning but hey, I came away with pictures I loved, so it was worth it.

Now I can hardly imagine such an elaborate endeavor.

   These days, it is all about the candid shots.  The "Quick! Grab the camera, they aren't killing each other!" moments, and location is home, or wherever we happen to be together.  And each time I take photos of them, I remember pretty quickly why I don't do it more often than I do.





But then I bite the bullet.

   We throw something decent on, I run a brush through 3 tangled heads and I snap some photos in our living room.  It's not glamorous, but it's certainly better than nothing.  And years down the road, I won't remember the chaos of trying to wrangle little ones into photos, or even worse, the chaos that is self-timer so I can attempt at being in some with them.

   I will remember the stories read, the sloppy kisses given, and the giggles and grins during another rousing round of "tackle the mama" and I will ache for those days again.

It's not picture perfect, but it's oh-so-worth it. 

The custom pillows are from Tinyprints.