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downtown holiday jacket and pant giveaway!

aahh! i love this jacket & pant set from grosgrain. it looks like such a grown-up outfit. and she's giving one away!! just click on the link below.

downtown holiday jacket and pant GIVEAWAY!!!!

damien rice

this is an old song. it came up on my iPod today and i hadn't heard it in quite some time. it's the blower's daughter by damien rice, from the movie soundtrack, closer. love it!

me + my little family

the bad thing about always being behind the camera is that you never have any pictures of yourself, and even less of you and your family. fortunately, my awesome sister, keimi, was in town this weekend and took a few shots of us at the park.

phillip toledano

i loved this slideshow by phillip toledano. it's very touching and worth watching.

pricing guide for photographers

i found this great pricing guide for photographers here by stacy reeves. i thought this information would be very useful for those starting out that haven't quite figured out this whole pricing thing.

lela doll

i'm a kid at heart. a very girlie kid. i love pink. i love dolls. i love playing dress up. i love all that girlie stuff.

and ... i love this doll. can i buy it and say it's for bella?

peanut butter

these were taken the same day of the "i wish" post. after we were done playing for a while, she decided she wanted a little snack. bella loves, loves, loves peanut butter. she asks me for "bu-dda" all the time. here are a few messy photos.

now i lay me down to sleep

you have to see this video regarding now i lay me down to me sleep, a non-profit organization that captures photographs for families expecting the loss of a child.

i couldn't help but cry while watching it.

sarah brightman in concert

sarah brightman will be in concert this sunday here in tampa. (sigh) how i wish i could go. i will just settle with watching her on youtube for now.

i wish: part ii

more reasons why i wish she would stay this small forever...

those eyes

her cute baby dimples

her funny faces

how much she loves her daddy & eating peanut butter!

bath time

i wish

i wish she would stay this small forever.

lovely day

taken with my camera phone today at the park.

"a"

love this shot of "a" that i took this weekend.

"i"

just a shot i took of "i" this weekend.

etsy, i adore thee

i've recently been obsessing over etsy and have slapped myself on the wrist numerous times because i can't believe i didn't spend more time on this website before!

i had to buy this for bella.

now i'm looking through all of the handmade jewelry from ERMoriginals ...

now i want this ...

and this ...

and would happily settle for this ...

joey, my love

i always remember being told that when i found someone special, to always pay attention to the way that he treated his mother, sisters, etc. that was one thing that i always loved about joey when we first met. he was always so loving towards his sisters and his mother. i remember talking to him super late on the phone one night. he was in the car driving to the store to pick up some nail polish remover for one of his sisters. who does that? guys like joey! he is the type of person that will give you the shirt off his back.

we met on october 29, 2000 and to this day he still treats me with as much love and respect as he did when we first met. i love you, joey!





these pictures were taken with our first ever point and shoot camera on our honeymoon in barbados in october 2004.

lisa + junior: just because

here are a few that i took of my brother-in-law and sister-in-law over the weekend. these two are so in love, and it shows. i make fun of them all the time and say that they've been married for 30 years. i won't say how long they've been married, but let's say it's pretty close to that number. {don't kill me, lisa!}

keimi, you rock!

i love this photo taken by my sister, keimi, with her canon powershot.

tiziano ferro - sere nere

i know i mentioned earlier that i wanted to go to paris and listen to yael naim in a cafe. well, now i want to go to italy and drive through the countryside in a tiny rented smart car with the windows down while listening to "sere nere" by tiziano ferro.



i can dream, can't i?