Grace Family

Being completely honest, half of my excitement for doing this shoot of the adorable Grace family was because it meant I would get to see inside their house! I have an obsession with seeing the insides of houses in general (Sometimes I make Shawn drive around a block twice because we passed a house with their curtains open and I want to get a better look at the hutch in their living room). But I have a specific obsession with seeing the inside of this house. We walk by the Grace family's house several times a day on our way to and from the co-op we both go to, and we've briefly been inside the front room a few times for a quick play, and every single time I swoon. Getting to see the rest of it was a fantasy fulfilled!

It's the cutest little beach bungalow ever!

And I'm trying to figure out a way for them to want to give it to me.

And the other half of my excitement for doing this shoot of the adorable Grace family was because- they are the adorable Grace family! These guys are so lovely, and down-to-earth, and adorable. I had an editing crisis trying to do this blog post because I loved too many of them! They were just so lovely, and down-to-earth, and adorable in practically every picture I took of them. So, apologies for this rather lengthy post.

My in-laws, in love.

Last time Shawn's parents were visiting they wanted me to take some "anniversary" pictures for them (it was still months away from their anniversary, but I guess when you've been married that long, it just always feels like a celebration . . . well, either that or they knew it would take me half a year to get them done so they figured it was perfect timing; that's probably the more likely scenario).

So here's a few snaps of them being extra cute when we were up in Calistoga this Spring. These two take good care of each other; they make each other laugh; and they still seem to genuinely enjoy being together every day, even after 43 years! I'm lucky to be in their family and have that example.

Janae and baby Lincoln

My friend, fellow photographer, neighbor, and babysitting-trade mom, Janae, had the fantastic idea of doing a little mini-session for our 2nd babes. Those little seconds get the shaft in so many ways, she thought it would be nice to do something special just for them! So she photographed me and Wren one morning, and I photographed her and little Lincoln one afternoon. It was a fine idea!

Linc woke up from his nap a little confused as to what I was doing in his room (love the way he kept eyeballing me!) and then, seeing as how these babies are starting to not be so baby-ish, we got a few "last-chance" breastfeeding shots in. Lincoln rode his Radio Flyer, took some hand-held steps, played blocks, and snuggled and laughed with his mom- quite please with his time for just the two of them! :)