Archive for February, 2010

8|52 Three Hundred and Sixty Four

February 27, 2010

This one. This little smiling, impish, playful one below? She turns one year old tomorrow. A YEAR. I just can’t believe we’re already here.

All day long, I’ve been saying to her, “last year at this time, I was…”. It’s been such an emotionally filled day. It’s so wild to think that at last year right now, we didn’t know who we were about to meet. Who was about to steal our hearts, and bring us incredible happiness. And now, it’s impossible to think of our lives without her.

Tomorrow we are having a party for her. To celebrate the past year, and to just enjoy this crazy little girl who changed our world. We’re also going to the NICU in the morning. To say thank you to the amazing people there, without who we may be telling a different story right now.

Happy Birthday, Peanut! Get ready for your first taste of cake tomorrow! If you’re anything like me, there’s no turning back. Your dad & I love, love, love you.

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DeAna & Philippe: Because

February 22, 2010

DeAna and Philippe two were brave, brave souls to meet up with me outside in February. I think the temperature I saw on a billboard on my way into the city this cold Saturday morning said 25 degrees, without the windchill. Oh yes, you read that right! Good thing we conveniently picked a location that allowed us to run inside and warm up at any moment — Faneuil Hall. Another bonus to meeting there early on a Saturday morning? No crowds! I don’t think I’ve ever see it so empty there.

We first started inside the Marketplace, to kind of ease into the frigid temps and ice waiting for us outside. The vendors were just starting to turn on their ovens and stoves, and it smelled SO good in there. People were trickling in, looking for coffee and breakfast, but it was pretty quiet for such a normally bustling area.

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And yes, we did certainly shoot outside for a bit! We just shot fast. :)
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Another fave. Here you can see that Philippe is a FOOT taller than DeAna (she’s wearing those fabulous heels you see in the pic above too!).201002_Craig_083.2WebSharpwm

And finally, you know how I save my top fave for last…oh, how I love this shot.
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DeAna and Philippe, thank you guys so much for braving a February morning in Boston with me! And DeAna, to brave the cobblestones in those heels–you are awesome.

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7|52 Foreshadowing

February 18, 2010

This week’s photo cracked me up the minute I snapped it. I had to act quickly, as she is FAST, but I was able to capture this image of Lila on her plastic play phone. She loves holding it up to her ear anytime I say “hello!” to her. I have a feeling this image is very telling of days to come…

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I can’t believe she’ll be one next weekend. SIGH.

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Surly Johnson | Boston Events Photographer

February 15, 2010

As much as I can say I don’t like change, I get so inspired when I get to switch things up a little when working. Usually, I’m outside, and very often with little kids and their parents. Which I absolutely love! I also love getting to do new things, or refresh dusty skills I haven’t used in a while. Last week, I took on something a little different: a sports bar grand opening.

My destination? Surly Johnson Sports Bar & Grill, in Raynham, MA. The owners were holding a private party for their friends to celebrate the opening of the bar, and wanted to make sure they had pictures to commemorate it.

Christian Fauria is one of said owners, some of you may remember him from his days playing tight end for the Patriots. I’d done another event he attended, a couple of years ago, and it was through the same mutual friend that I ended up here at the Grand Opening.

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These guys are a lot of fun, and I had a blast. The bar was super crowded, so it definitely was interesting maneuvering around, but the good old college days came flying back to me, and I was slipping past people before they even realized it. ;-)

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…ok, ok, a “real” one, as requested. ;-)

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If anyone lives in the Raynham area, or you’re driving through, you should definitely stop by Surly Johnson’s! The food looked awesome, and the atmosphere was so fun. I know we’ll be back.

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6|52 Generations

February 11, 2010

We were away last weekend, visiting family in VA.

Oh, yes, you read that right. We flew into the biggest storm the DC/VA/MD area HAS EVER SEEN.

We were staying in Northern VA with my husband’s mother & step-father, and they got 28″ of snow over the weekend. Over TWO FEET. We weren’t sure we would make it out in time for our flight home–I’m still not quite sure how we did it. They live up on a hill on a quiet country road, and it took 2 tractors, a lot of shoveling, and some finger crossing, but we made it to our flight home, with a whole 13 minutes to spare.

This week’s photo immediately jumped out at me when I took it. In this photo, Lila and her grandpa are listening to music on his phone. It was such a sweet thing to watch them together.

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I also HAVE to post one additional image. I would have used this for the project, but it was technically taken last week, on Friday, when we first got to VA. This is Lila with her great-grandmother, and they’re playing peekaboo. I can’t get over how much I love this photo.

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That’s about all for now! I have a couple of shoots coming up this week, I’m so excited. I took a bit of a break during and after the holidays, and can’t wait to start up again. So you will be seeing some new work shortly!

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5|52 Better Late Than Never

February 9, 2010

I know, I didn’t post last week! It was a crazy week, and we were away for a few days with no internet (I know, can you imagine??). But I’m back now, and need to post last week’s image!

I didn’t shoot much last week, because I was busy preparing for our trip. So this is a quick shot I grabbed of my daughter while we were playing one day. Her head is definitely distorted from the lens (for you non-photogs, she was super close to the lens, so I zoomed way out to fit her in the frame–she’s not normally bobble-headed!), but I still love the way she’s looking at me.

I will have this week’s post up within the next day or two also, because I already have some great images to choose from, taken while we were away this weekend.

I’d say Happy Monday, but you may throw things at me. :) Instead, I’ll just keep this short, and post!

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