On the other coast

I will be spending the next week of my life here, at Cannon Beach.
Have a happy Fourth of July!

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As if she didn't know...

how pretty she looks when she poses for me like this and insists I take her picture.


Even when I don't have my camera on me (I know it's a shame but it's a pain to schlep 3 kids and tons of miscellaneous gear around the city), Hannah often asks me to take her picture.
"But I don't have my camera."
"That's okay," she says. "Just pretend."
So we have pretend photo sessions on our walks.
She's even better at those, but alas, I have no proof ;)

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More mommy moments on the bed

I love it when she takes a nap. Ahh...

And this to add to the other day. Hannah is always so excited to see Claire, no matter how much time she spends with her.


Gotta love it, yes?

Mere moments...

...make memories to hold.

 I know Hannah will not remember these moments as well as I do. That's why I'm glad I can capture at least a glimpse of the magic that exists between these two.

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My Claire Lady, today

Our baby is so easy to love, as are most babies, but our baby is our baby, our Claire Lady.

Ah, my little sweetness!

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A very real dream

I had a dream last night where I had to explain, defend, excuse myself as to why I haven't been blogging very much. It was a stressful dream, but I'm laughing about it now. How funny that I am subconsciously so concerned about my lack of blog posts!

My dream reflects my reality-- I have not been blogging for various reasons, one big reason being that something is wrong with my camera. Arg!
Error 99, the only unspecified error in my Canon manual. Of course.

Anyway, I'm still shooting. It's hard though with a baby on my front 99% of the time. How do you mothers of three with babies still manage to photograph so much??? I need lessons.

Since this is a photo blog, here is one from Saturday of my contemplative two-year-old girl.


Hopefully, I'll have more to post soon, for those two of you that are still reading ;)

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When my husband gets to play

I appreciate that my husband spends so much time making us happy.
I appreciate that he always prefers to be with us.
I also appreciate that he takes the rare opportunity to play like a teenager on a four-wheeler in the mud.

He makes grit look so charming.