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Category Archives: children

tea time no. 67: Unflappable You

Drinking: coffee from the office kitchen
Listening to: Mushaboom – Feist
I love Michelle Slatalla’s article, 10 Secrets of an Unflappable Working Mom, in the March Real Simple. For 5 years, I’ve read everything from Working Mother Magazine to self-help books on this topic and this may be the most succinct collection of tips that actually...

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tea time no. 52: Rewind of Weekends Past

Things to build:
-valentine cards- check
-fire in the fireplace- check
-fort of blankets in the living room – check
-yellow cake with chocolate icing – check
-Princess Party with DJ and photog- check

We hosted a ball for the dolls to attend. “Play the jam out music,” she told me just before she said, “and go get your camera.”  She...

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Birthday Boys

Here are some highlights from a recent Paper Boat Photography shoot. To view all of the images click here and log in.

Music is Peng! 33 covered by Iron & Wine.
I tried something new in this slideshow {a bit of HD video here and there} which slows things down, but it was too adorable to...

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Tea Time No. 5: Blessed

Drinking: Twinings camomile tea
Listening to: the sound machine set on ocean sounds and my cat snoring.
I’m actually writing this close to midnight. I’m hardly ever able to write these posts at 4 pm because I am at work then, but at least I can schedule them to post in time for tea.
I’ve been looking back...

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Sound Bites

This is not the first time I’ve turned off cable TV.
As a first year law student living alone, I knew I could not be trusted with unlimited access to TV. Thank heaven I had dial up internet as opposed to something faster or I would never have graduated. I lived alone in an antebellum house...

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First Birthday Party Bliss

Click on this image of the birthday girl to enlarge. She has the most beautiful blue eyes.

Here’s a slideshow of the highlights. Now that I’m editing, I wish I could have made portraits of every child there. So many adorable kids in one place!

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Private Collection

I spend weekdays practicing law and trying to balance being mom to my 3 year old and wife to my favorite person. Lately, the law job has required about 1,600 miles of travel per month which has put a cramp on scheduling sessions. Here are a few images from celebrations I was able to...

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A Grand Visit

Music is of course from my favorite Beatle Paul McCartney from The White Album which everyone should own.
Special thanks to this amazing family. I have so enjoyed documenting this sparkling little girl as she grows. I look forward to photographing her graduation!
Many of my shoots are kept private and I...

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Goodbye Fall

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Grand Play Dates

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