My favorite thing to do.

All right. I will admit it. There are times in my life where I get burned out...or just plain grumpy and I kind of blow photography to the side. I tell myself "Eh, it's fun, but whatever." and I push it out of my mind for a while. And then I have shoots like these.

I have shoots like these and I suddenly remember why picking up that camera really is my favorite thing to do. Brooke emailed me a few weeks ago wondering if I could take her seniors and I was of course thrilled to do so. Not only is she an absolute babe, but hanging out with her and her boy for a couple hours was a total blast. This girl is so much more real and down to earth than I ever even dreamed of being when I was graduating high school! Loved her [and her boy's] laid back personality. Hope you like em, lady. Choosing just a few of these shots to post was one of THE hardest things I have EVER had to do.

[That wasn't a joke. I think the only thing harder than narrowing this shoot down to a few "favorites" was trying to get into these freshly washed jeggings this morning - and come on. We all know there is nothing more difficult than that.]

Her boy came along and we all know how hard it is for me to resist taking mushy gushy ooey gooey lovey dovey pictures like this one.

They're just so dang hot! How could I resist?

Hope you're having a great Halloween weekend! I won't lie, Levi and I have been just a wee bit boring this year. [Yes, I just said "wee bit". I'm awesome.] We're going over to my grandparents to help pass out candy tomorrow night which actually is my favorite way to spend the holiday anyway. I'm not even sure we'll dress up. If we do though - you can bet there will be pictures! Be safe y'all. Love and candy comin' you're way.

A welcome.

Meet my lovely sister.

This was actually taken about a month ago and when we took them she was already ready to pop. Thank the Heavens above the little lady inside of her finally decided to greet the world yesterday. I honestly consider myself THE luckiest girl in the world today to get to be an Aunt three times over as of eight thirty last night.

Is there anything so refreshing as holding such an innocent little beating heart so close to you like that? 

Welcome, Cosette. You are already so loved!

Here's lately.

Levi says his head is too big for that outfit down there and that I have to update this thing so that you're not looking at solo pictures of him every time you log in anymore.

As much as I disagree... I guess a push is a push is a push, huh? And Heaven only knows, this girl needed a push. Dear fellow bloggers, How DO you keep up?? Love, me.

It's really not that I don't LOVE blogging - because honestly I do. It's not even that I'm too busyyyy to post - because let's be real here, I'm just not. And it's definitely not that I forget about this little inch of cyber space I've claimed as my own - I think about it every single day. It's just that I'm still learning how to keep up the inspiration. I'm still learning how to not let it overwhelm me. I'm still learning how to juggle. How to find the balance. How to make it a steady routine. As opposed to bursts of on and the ever unfortunate [but seemingly inevitable] bursts of off.

I'm not sure I'll ever learn.

Here's lately.

I am so crazy about this boy. Last night we went to a party with some of our friends and when we went to head home afterward, our truck had died a little bit. We had to have a friend drive us home to get the other truck so we could tow big blackie [the dead truck] on home. I won't lie, I had never towed anything before and let me be the first to tell ya - that is NOT easy work. I was in the back truck - the dead one - and it took pretty much all of my weight just to break that sucker. Luckily. I have an amazing boyfriend. Every single time I did it right, that boy would pop his head out of the window and applaud me.

That kind of sums him up, to me. Always applauding me on. Always lifting me up. Just being there. Every step of the way. I will never be able to express how much it means in my life to have that. That constant. That light. Him.

I love him.

I do have things to share. I'll be better.
Goodnight.

What HE wore.

In love with this boy. 

How super FLY does he look?

Seriously.

The whole outfit is from H&M and I'm pretty much swooning in my seat over here.

It was all I could do to get these things edited without drooling all over the keyboard.

Want a little insight into our daily lives? 

Friday Sept 30, 2011 Text List

Amalie 3:25: I'm bored.

Amalie 3:57: I'm hungry.

Amalie 4:44: I'm sleepy.

Levi 5:03: I'm lonely.

Amalie 5:04: I'm coming.

Levi 5:04: I'm excited.

Amalie 5:16: I'm close!

Levi 5:17: I'm impatient!

Amalie 5:20: I'm home!

To which Levi proceeds to swing the door open and swallow me up in a sweet rib crushing squeeze.

He is seriously, THE best.

While cuddling in California...

I wore this.

Dress, Belt, Scarf: Target

Shoes: Steve Madden

[Realizing I could stand to learn how to accessorize.]

Every piece in this outfit is a new favorite. The dress? I love that I can dress it up with heels - or - I could throw on Toms with it and make it a little more casual. The scarf? I love the colors in it - and - I love that the pattern is perfect for mixing with stripes. The belt? Well, who doesn't love a good skinny belt? I was super excited about adding a few little versatile pieces to my [slowly growing] wardrobe. 

Want in on a nerdy little secret about me? I have this section in my closet. The back section. It's not huge, but it's got two or three pieces of clothing that Levi has never seen. I keep them there for special date nights or you know, trips to California and I spring them on him when he least expects it. It may be a vain little streak in me, but I LOVE hearing his "Ooh! Where'd you get that?? I haven't seen that yet, have I??" reactions. There's really very little that that boy doesn't know about me so I suppose I just itch occasionally to throw that little element of mystery into our relationship. I mean really, the CIA should hire me.