I had a crazy August filled with so many sessions and two weddings, and two weeks without daycare. I was starting to really burn out. It was insane. And then we went away on vacation to Maine. Our first real family vacation since Lucas was born if you do not count the trips to Nashville, which were mostly business trips for my husband with us tagging along.  We went with another family of good friends who have a toddler Lucas’ age. That helped a lot. The highlight of this trip was watching the two boys play together every day! We were also very spoiled because the family we traveled with are foodies who are great cooks. I have to admit that I am a little embarrassed by my lack of amazing cooking skills… but it just means I have to learn how to cook better so I can one day take over in the kitchen and impress people with my culinary skills. It’s on my bucket list: learn how to blow someone else’s socks off with my cooking.

It took me a few days to unwind since I had what I can easily call one of the craziest Augusts on record. Once I started to relax… POOF, it was over. And now I am back in Montreal and ready to face the Fall rush towards Christmas. It will take me a few days to really get back into the swing of things as I have a number of sessions that need editing and lots of emailing but I feel almost fully rested (one can never be overly rested with a two year old) and happy to start the Fall!

Just a few photos from my quick glance at my photos from our trip. I did an experiment this trip. I used a light inexpensive 40mm pancake lens on my 5D mark III instead of a professional lens – so that I could carry the camera almost anywhere without it breaking my back (considering I was on vacation). I can already see how different it is from my usual 35mm L that I normally take with me for my everyday life. But I think it did the job. These are personal photos for myself.

It was a cool end to the summer, lots of hoodies and pants and clouds and mist and fog. But it was awfully beautiful and breathtaking. The cove in the photo below was our view every single day with crazy tides every 6 hours. It’s refreshing to be by the ocean and see the sea every single day.

If only it didn’t have to end so soon!

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What happens when I do a session with four young boys? Magic happens… these boys were seriously the best behaved foursome I’ve ever encountered. Not that I’ve done many families with 4 boys (have I?) but honestly, they were so good. I want to know their secret! How do you raise four boys who are bright and funny and who listen and who have the best smiles ever? Now if only I can figure that out for my ONE kid. How do people do it, have many kids? I ask myself that question whenever we talk about having a second. We’re still on this idea that Lucas will be an only child. And I am happy with my one and only.

I present to you some of the natural light lifestyle portraits from our back alley session. I apologize for the overload but there were so many beautiful photos of this gorgeous family! And I have to confess that family group shots of so many kids like this are virtually impossible… to get everyone looking at the camera and looking great. So this family rocked this session big time!

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Voici quelques photos d’une séance récente avec une belle famille avec leur nouvelle petite Romy et sa grande soeur Nahla. Ils sont maintenant 4! J’ai bien aimé notre séance matinale… avec deux belles petites filles sages.

 

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Today is the day my son turns 2! It also marks the 2 year anniversary of my becoming a mother. I have to admit that this journey has not been easy… from conception to now. Running a small business and raising a small child are two very huge immense tasks and to do them simultaneously is even more crazy! But the reality is that both my baby and my business are doing well so I must be doing something right!

Happy birthday to my little beautiful man who thinks his name is “Tutas” instead of Lucas, who eats “monkey balls” for breakfast (Nature’s Path corn puffs with the gorilla on the box) and drinks lots of “otter” (water), who can hear “enin tups” (fire engines trucks) and “dabad tups” (garbage trucks) before we do, who loves his little Mimi (his stuffed  bunny), who tells daddy his “tashi” (coffee) is ready, who is obsessed with ‘Tactors” (tractors) to the point where he whispers the word in his sleep but who is deathly afraid of riding on them “back door back door” (he cries to get off the tractor), who loves to play his “tar” (guitar) with his daddy, who loves to sing “tinkle tinkle” little star, whose first sentence was “I want a boobie please!” and who waves goodbye to me in the morning and says “Bye Bye Boobies”… I could go on and on but I will stop here. I know I will miss all of his little words, that he says all wrong once he says them all correctly. The twos are here and although they can be terrible as I’ve seen in the few weeks leading up to this, the twos are also quite amazing! He already has so much personality and I find him absolutely hilarious!

I am lucky to be his mommy and share my life with him! 

What I brought to the daycare today for Lucas’ 2nd birthday: President’s Choice Organic Apple Cinnamon muffins with chocolate chips. L for Lucas and 2 chocolate chips for being 2. He knew they were eyes! I can say I baked him muffins but just not totally from scratch. Thank-you President’s Choice! 

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