Meet Olivier! He is such a healthy and smiley growing boy! He is just two weeks or so older than our Colt, born on Halloween. I was supposed to do his newborn photos but with Olivier arriving late and Colt arriving early, that didn’t happen – so here we are for his three-month photos with Mom, Dad and his pup (soon-to-be bff) Nola. I was able to photograph his parents’ engagement photos and wedding… it is such a neat thing to watch young happy couples turn into happy little families!

Images photographed on a Nikon F100 with Kodak Portra 400 film.

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It was such a pleasure to photograph this gorgeous momma-to-be. I knew her hubby Jon from high school – and he scored big time when he married Shannel. :) She is so sweet and so beautiful – I can’t wait to meet their handsome (and presumably athletic) baby boy Tavin! Congratulations, you two! Just a few more weeks! :)

Images photographed on a Contax 645 with Kodak Portra 160 film. Hair + makeup by Shelby MUA.

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We took Colt on his first camping trip a couple weeks ago! It was so fun and I cannot wait until he’s able to actually enjoy it! As a trial run, we rented a little one-room cabin (it’s more like a shed – plywood bunk beds and a wood burning stove and that’s it) up at Paso Picacho campground in the Cuyamacas. My only concern about taking him at 7 weeks was being able to keep him warm – that stove kept us toasty all night long! It really wasn’t that much work taking a newborn camping. When you forget about all the chores and work you have to do at home, you realize you actually have a lot of time on your hands! I love being out of the house and hanging out with him because I’m able to put all my attention on him and stop being a busy-body that’s always trying to accomplish more.

Colt with his auntie Heather!

We love taking him hiking in the Ergo carrier – it’s got great back support and is really comfortable. I love that it’s one-size so Deven and I can both wear him. Colt loves it too!

How cute is this little baby Patagonia?! He’s already outgrown this one so I need to find a larger one. We would keep him in this (with some cotton pjs underneath) around the campfire at night and in the brisk mornings – he was snug as a bug!

Colter’s first camping experience and we got to stay in the “Coulter” cabin! How perfect. :)

This past weekend we tent camped at the desert with him for the first time. He snuggled up right in between us in our REI double sleeping bag! He woke up a few times in the night, which he usually doesn’t do at home – but overall it went well! Gotta get him used to it early! This boy has a lot of camping in his future. :)

Images shot on Fuji Neopan 400 film with my Nikon F100.

I’m pleased to bring you our first shoot of 2014! And if this is any indicator, 2014 is going to be awesome! We were so happy to meet Necole and Brishen in the local mountains a few weeks ago for their maternity session. Their little girl Olive surprised everyone and arrived 4 weeks early over the weekend! Congratulations, guys! :)

Images photographed on a Contax 645 with Kodak Portra 160.

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Our big boy is two months old today! He is already up to 14 lbs and wearing 6-month clothes and size 2 diapers! He’s still rocking both chins and the chunky little rolls on his legs just keep getting cuter and cuter. :) He’s started smiling so much more (mostly after he eats) and he is sleeping through the night! What a gift. He loves bath time and would be happy sitting in his little baby-cuzzi for twenty minutes or more. He’s shot 2 weddings, a newborn shoot and a maternity session with us – starting him young! haha. We took him on his first camping trip up to Paso Picacho campground in the Cuyamacas a few weekends ago and he did so great! I’ll post those pictures next. :)

There are days (like yesterday) when I just wanted to get so much work done and get caught up on housework, chores, etc. – it’s hard for me to be okay with just not getting as much done as I used to! How do you working mommas do it? And how do you mommas of more than one do it?! I guess it’s all relative and you learn to adapt as time goes on.

We’ve enjoyed taking him on hikes on almost a weekly basis – up to the Lagunas or here locally at Mission Trails. The photos below are from a 3-mile hike we did through Laguna Meadow. It’s a torturous 85 degrees here in San Diego today (where is our winter?!) so we love escaping up to the mountains for some cooler weather as well.

One of my resolutions this year is to take more personal photos – I am surprisingly terrible at it! I have this notion that if I’m going to take pictures of Colt that it has to be a formal photo shoot – that he has to be bathed and dressed cute with a cute backdrop or my bed made (HA) – and that just doesn’t happen often. So my solution is to take one film photo every single day this year (starting now) of our regular life. At home, in the bath, sleeping in his crib, smiling after I feed him. If we make it out of the house and we’re dressed and actually doing something fun – even better!

Happy two months of life, my precious Colt!

Images photographed on my Nikon F100 with Kodak Portra 400 film.

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