25/52 Big cheeses

This little girl turned 2 1/2 this last week. She's cheeky and funny. Clever. Independent. A jokester. She loves singing especially Twinkle Twinkle Traffic Light (look it up) and Bidi Bidi bom bom (yes, Selena). She loves soccer tots and swim lessons and camping and feeding chickens, picking berries, doing "tricks", watching Daniel Tiger endlessly along with singing every single song on the show. At night she likes talking about "animals and friends." She loves all her family members and always mentions how she misses them. She always asks for noodles and okasu. She says funny things like, "Hey, be nice to me." and "Should I be shy?" and "Hey mom/dad, watch this cool trick!" or two weeks after our fish died, "Hey! Where's fish?!" Marlow he is in the ocean with his friends. "I want him to come home RIGHT NOW." And things that make us melt like, "Mommy, can you snuggle me?" or "um um my dad and my mommy are my HAPPY!" OMG Mar you are our happy, too.

22/52 Raindrops & Rain boots

This little nuggeteer is just more than words can contain these days. She's pure joy. She's been adding to her comedic routine by initiating a wild, fake laugh that instantly has us in an uproar and all laughing genuine belly laughs. Sometimes she uses this tactic to get out of being in trouble. She's full of mischief and big, expressive love. She's mastered bedtime stalling. She knows how to work a deal for yogurt drops or five more minutes of Daniel Tiger. She can go from making us crazy to saying things like "I"m so happy you're here." or "I'm so proud of you mama!" and bam you're an instant pile of mush. She's become a real backyard adventurer running around barefoot and laying in the grass staring at the sky in between feeding chickens and squashing ants. We constantly look at her and marvel. Love you cheeky.

Sullivan Family | Family Photos | Downtown Spokane

Meet little mister Stone and his bigs, Drew and Tori. I am so thankful to have done this shoot. Tori and I both grew up in good ol' G-town. Our parents have actually known each other for decades. And now here we all are, married and kids and both in Spokane. This family is beyond just adorable - they are happy and smart and friendly - and just lovely to be around. Stone is a ball of joy. Truly.

You may have spotted some familiar downtown Spokane sites for this photo shoot - Barrister Winery, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, and the Masonic Center area.

Scheele Family | Maternity Photos | Liberty Lake, WA

In loveeee with this. The Scheele family. That adorable baby bump! The gorgeous Liberty Lake sun. Quinn's perfect red hair. It was a pretty great day. Ben, Katie and Quinn...I'm so happy to have met you. Baby brother is going to be so lucky to join your family. I'm so thankful that you wanted to document this pregnancy and this stage of life. Can't wait to meet baby!

“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” - Dr. Seuss

This family photo session took about an hour roaming around Liberty Lake Park for some lifestyle maternity family photos.

10/52 Lookin' for Cows

We've spent the last three weekends making trips to see grandparents and attend weddings and the good ol' crab feed (see pic of that on my insta). We're pretty worn out and happy to be home this week, but looking back on photos like this one bring back memories of the little moments we've enjoyed and rushed to and from in the last weeks.

Here's Mar looking for cows with papa. 

9/52 Dancin'

My Marlow is kind of a dancin' fool if you didn't know. She shakes it off, thinks it's no big deal, and is all about that bass. See what I did there? This week she went to a wedding. And danced. And danced. And danced. And made funny faces with her new friend. It was the first time she's attended a wedding where she wasn't already in bed by time the music started. It was awesome.  (More pics from this wedding coming tomorrow.)