Tonight was one of those nights where I didn’t realize I could love having a little girl any more than I already do. My heart is just BURSTING.
We got together with some of our favorite friends tonight, for our annual holiday Thanksgiving-slash-Christmas get together. I’ve been friends with these girls since college, and we do this every year. And while things have changed a bit (from late-night debauchery to late afternoon/early dinners so the kids can get to bed at a decent hour), it still feels like home, every time we get together. These are the “Easy Friendships” we all look for, that we all love and cherish. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate these people in my life. And for my daughter to somehow get this, and to be herself around them? Kills me dead. She was SO fresh, the fresh she is at home, and they didn’t hesitate to tell her who was in charge. And I love that, so much. We left for the night, with Lila pissed that we were leaving, and blowing kisses left and right at everyone.
I couldn’t be happier.
I took a lot of terrible photos tonight, at a park near our friends’ house. The light was ridiculously bad for photos, and for what I brought for camera gear. And these are some of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken. Can you see it? Can you see the joy? The Magic? Lila LOVES Christmas. I don’t think she *REALLY* gets it, but I don’t care. She loves talking about looking at lights, and “Sansa”, how he says “ho, ho, HO”, and “MORE LIGHTS, MAMA!”. She tears into the presents people have given her. And we dragged her YELLING from the park tonight, oblivious to the cold, because all she could see were magic twinkle lights and Santa.
So. Week 49.
Adore. <3 I love your words.
So lovely. She will cherish this 🙂
awww megan. love what you wrote and so know what you mean. i see it! 🙂
I love her! I can’t wait to meet her one day soon. She is beautiful, like her mama <3 I love the light in these. Amazing.
MISS YOU SO FRICKEN MAS!
It’s what you manage to do with the ridiculous light that makes you fantabulous!
Lila is a doll. ? I love that you are doing this project about her and she will love looking at these pictures when she is older.
THIS, this is what photography is ALL about. Isn’t it. *sniffle* You have me a little emotional right now, Megan. They are BEAUTIFUL images. perfect. beautiful. memories. This is exactly why I got into photography in the first place. It’s so easy to get caught up in the perfect ‘portrait’. One that follows all the rules. One that passes harsh CC. I think these are some of the best you have taken. LOVE. You have me inspired.
Gorgeous Megan! Seriously. I love her expression.
So inspiring, Meg…your beautiful words and your gorgeous photos – photos that totally reminded me of why I fell in love with photography in the first place.