We spent Thanksgiving with Myles’s family this year. Grandma and Grandpa Brown have been visiting and we along with Myles’s Aunt, Uncle and Cousins had dinner at his Grandparents house. We had a very relaxing day – me especially since I didn’t have to do...

Since today was Thanksgiving I didn’t have much time to attempt a photo session and then when I did Talia was having none of it. I think she is long over the sleepy newborn phase and that the other day was just a fluke. She is awake more and more and loves to stare into people faces. So...

Grandpa and Grandma Brown arrived last yesterday and they brought goodies! Like a homemade quilt, and toy tractors, and this actual antique barn wood floor. (Technically I think it was part of the wall of a barn but it works great as a floor). My mother-in-law help me get these shots of Talia....

This is not an original idea, I copied it from my friend Brooke but it’s a good one so it’s worth sharing.  This is just a simple way to help us focus on the many blessing in our lives. All you do is cut out a tree trunk from brown construction paper , stick it to a window, and then...

Well I got my snow. Not much by Alaska standards but it’s enough to shut the entire city of Seattle down. Don’t worry I only took her outside for about 60 seconds to take this photo and she was dressed in 3 layers. And Tonight Simon read Talia a bedtime story.  Here he is...

I think she is saying “this is getting boring mom!” and Myles has been asking me to do a side by side photo of Simon and Talia as newborns. So here is one of Talia (left) and Simon (right). Talia is a lot bigger than Simon was. She was a pound and a half bigger than him at...