Redlands Portrait Photographer

Orange Grove Portraits

The two littlest loves of my life.. days before leaving California there was one thing that absolutely needed to happen. A photo shoot with my daughter and niece, the cutest best friends you ever did see. Something about watching them together is amazing. The bond they share is like they're twins. Even with Zoe not talking full words, Laela understands her perfectly. 

They play. They fight. They share. They laugh. They cry. And they cuddle. Seeing them together is an out of body experience. Its like watching my sister and myself playing when we were younger.
 If Laela does it, you know Zoe is going to attempt it. If Zoe has it, you know Laela is going to want it. 

The game plan was to take the girls out and let them play.. to capture exactly how they are together.. minus the messy playroom and play clothes. 

I think we captured it spot on. 

A few bloopers... I crack up at Zoes protective face. She absolutely adores her big cousin. 

A rare moment of yours truly and my little girl.. 

XOXO

Personal-18 Months

What I've learned in 18 months... 

I cant believe she is a year and a half. When did this happen?! When did she stop being a newborn and turn into this talking, walking little diva? Theres so much I've learned over the last 18 months that I could only learn from one person. My little girl. 

When I think of the word Mentor, I think of someone older and much wiser than myself. Someone with experience and hard learned lessons they can share with me. Though if you look the word up in the dictionary it reads this. Mentor - An Adviser or a Teacher. So now the word has changed for me. Mentor doesn't have an age limit. And I fully believe she has taught me more in the last 18 months, than I have learned in a lifetime. She has taught me the importance of life.

 I have a toddler mentoring me in happiness.

And here is a few other things she is teaching me along the way....

1. Going to the store in 2 different shoes is completely normal for a one year old. And she insists on that. 

2. I will forever sound better than Norah Jones.. or at least Zoe and I think so. 

3. One year olds can SMELL sugar from a mile away. 

4. Sometimes you just have to let go. 

5. In .5 seconds she can make every bone in her little body turn to jello. (This is especially fun in public..) 

6. Love comes in so many forms. 

Happy 18 Month- Half Birthday my Sweet Little. 

xoxo