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Time flies when you're having fun, right? I hope you will kindly forgive my prolonged absence. I've been a busy bee. Since we last "spoke", for lack of a better term, I've been busy. I bought a house, moved into said house, and had a portrait session at MY HOUSE!

It's been a glorious transition for me and if you know me, you know it's been a struggle and a constant series of ups and downs. There were days where I wasn't sure I'd ever wanted anything more, days when I wanted to give up and rent a house, days when I was seriously pissed at myself for even THINKING of giving up, and days when I was really excited inside but didn't want the world to know - just in case it fell through.

I've been HOME for a little over a month, and now that it's finally sunk in that no one is going to come by and say "Just kidding! Give the keys back", I can finally relax and regroup.

As with any move, it's been time consuming. It's also been exciting and monumental. I finally have a place to store all of my photography gear and props, and our back yard is lovely. I can see many a portrait session here in the future. Of course, the inside of our home is light and bright, making for a great photography space.

Matter of fact, I had a recent shoot with some awesome kiddo's in my yard over the weekend - spurring me to publish a new blog post. My lovely friend J and her kids A & K were great to work with. They were in and out on their way to Grandma's house - although they didn't have to travel over the river and through the woods to get there. Oh, there I go... turning into my mother again.

Here are some of my favorites from the shoot. Enjoy!

Tractors + Pumpkins + Children = FALL!

It starts to feel like fall when the pumpkins are on the ground at Smith Family Farm. We took our annual trip over the weekend and we had so much fun! Our boy is growing like a weed and is finally able to really run around the farm and enjoy his surroundings. He was picking up some pretty heavy pumpkins all by himself.

There were so many cool sights to see.  There were old tractors on display that, much to my surprise, were actually fully-functional and used on the farm. How cool is that?

The produce stand was overflowing with the late bounty of this Indian Summer, and this basket of gourds was lit in an extraordinary fashion by the light coming in from the window.

When Bobby came across the group of giant pumpkins, he instantly fell in love.  And that, my friends, was a perfect ending to a perfect day at the pumpkin patch.

Portrait of a Toddler

Where better to capture the fun of being a toddler than at your local community park?  I had so much fun shooting my son last week.  It was really a blast and I'm sure you will all be sick of seeing my little boy sooner rather than later.

I don't know what it is about him, but he draws people in.  People gravitate to his presence - even strangers in public places can't resist him.  I don't know if it's like that for every small child, but it certainly is for mine.  What a fortunate little boy.

At any rate, here is what is likely to be the first of the series: Portrait of  a Toddler. Happy Thursday!