3 Green Things

Once upon a time I spent St. Patrick's Day with Katie and Jess in Dublin, Ireland

where there were lots of leprechauns frolicking about.

We caught a $30 flight over from Paris the night before, 

stayed in the creepiest hotel in the world, toured the snowy city, tasted a Guinness, 

cheered on the parade, ate some corned beef, and hopped back on a plane.

This year Veda Jane is the cutest leprechaun I see.

But next year, just you wait,

we will be living where the real leprechaun lives.

Jealous?

Impulse Buying and Working from Home

A couple of random thoughts and then I'm buckling down to edit the rest of these wedding pictures.

1. If I had purchased everything I wanted to when I went on my Target Run,

I would have spent around $370 dollars on items I didn't need. 

For those of you who wanted to know,

I only spent an extra $7 on something I didn't go to the store for!

Because Veda Jane outgrew her skinny jeans and needed something to wear her cute tops with, I had to get the baby jeggings. 

So technically they needed to be on my list in the first place. 

2. I should probably reward that kind of self control by finding and purchasing 

 these Essie colors I've been eyeing:

Anyways, back to work.

When I look up from editing pictures, this is what I see. 

Working from home, I like you.

Walker Turns 1!

I can't believe that this time last year, 

I sat, 6 months pregnant, beside Melissa in the hospital, eagerly meeting Walker for the first time. 

Melissa, please don't kill me for posting this picture :)

To say one year went by way too fast is an understatement,

but it still seems like Walker has been a part of our lives forever. 

I adore my friends' babies. 

There is just something about the anticipation of their arrival, the discovery of their quirks, and the celebration of their "firsts", 

that makes them feel like family.  

That, and the fact that arrangements have already been made to solidify Walker's position as my son-in-law one day.

Just wait until you see the wedding Mel and I have planned. 

In the meantime, here are a few shots of Walker's fabulous 1st birthday party.

I had to leave early to shoot a wedding but I still snagged a few shots of the swoon-worthy red and blue theme and some babies for ya. 

V I promise Walker is excited to see you, he's just playing it cool.

Sweet Miss Charlotte

SR, Melissa, Me, Emily

Frances, Veda Jane, Walker, Charlotte, Elodie

Our failed attempt at getting these three to pose. 

It was so easy back in the day when they all just laid there. 

Anatomy of a Target Run

Vlogging with V

Kind of. 

This random footage that I didn't intend to share while shooting,

 and can't help but show off since little miss cooperated so well,

might be as close as I ever get to vlogging.

This is totally going down in the books as her first words.

She may not know what it means,
and it may just be part of her babbling repertoire along with the "babas" and "dadas"
that I have selectively chosen to ignore until she was able to articulate her "m's" and say "mama",
but I'll take it.
And I will continue to reward her for her pronunciation of the word with chocolate snack packs until I am positive it is her favorite.