Alex & Tyler

i imagine one of the coolest things about having a family member or good friend that is a photographer is free impromptu photo sessions.... the drawback? waiting an indefinite amount of time to see any of the images.

while trying to get home from mexico amidst one of our many january storms, i was stuck in arizona for a day. at first this seemed annoying, until i realized my good friend fawn lived right near where i was going to be stuck. i hadn't seen fawn in a few years and never actually got to meet her first son alex, let alone her newborn, tyler.... so i was stoked to find out she was on her last week of maternity leave and could meet me at the airport and i could spend the night at her house!

i've mentioned before how it is a neat thing to meet a friend you've know since childhood's kid. what is even weirder here is that i met fawn's husband when i was in kindergarten and knew each of them before they knew the other existed. so even stranger to see children created from two people you've know since childhood!

you've seen the one year old smashing the cake sessions, but have you seen the three year old eating doritos session?

i didn't think so....

world...meet alex!

i wish i looked this cute eating doritos...

also, i wish i looked cute stuffing my face with anything...

through the years, i'd seen pictures of alex, but i never got to experience his personality firsthand and let me tell you... he is one of the sweetest little boys i ever met!

and now for alex's new brother, tyler....

at just over 2 months, babies don't do much on their own except make faces...and flash the occasional gang sign...

tyler has his brother's amazing blue eyes!

the progression of the smile...

there it is!

i've never been so happy to have a flight cancelled....

if you can't tell... i really love animals

so my sister and i had always talked about starting an animal rescue, and last year we were finally able to do it. we didn't expect things to take off so quickly and so we are still putting together our official website and organizing some fundraising events for the year... but we are featured today on the best friends website as the top story!

read here

this is me and my doggy kimbo at 16 years old (him, not me, hahahah)! he came to me from best friends last august... click to read my original post about kimbo and our trip to best friends...

and my awesome big sister with kimbo back at best friends in 2009....

click if you want to learn more about our organization or see some awesome kitties that are available for adoption, or look at some cutie pies that have found their forever homes...

karma cat + zen dog rescue society

stay tuned for an announcement of our official website and fundraising events!

kristin & juan

sometimes i blog slow...sometimes i blog quick...

this is a throwback blog. going all the way back to november when i shot with my friend todd laffler at the heldrich in new brunswick...

lady in red...

i really enjoy this image. i also find it ironic because i really have this thing against twitter. twitter conjures up visions of a trip to creepy town in my mind. before you twitter fans get your panties all up in a bunch, remember, i also find ketchup completely horrific and will avoid touching a bottle of it at all expenses...but the world would be a boring place if we all loved twitter and ketchup, wouldn't it?

total fave...

so sweet...

i wonder where they ended up?

i like this image because it has a whole 'lotta stuff going on...

signature dance move...

fist pump...jersey signature dance move

ta-dah...

i can't tell if juan is singing, or just scared...