day 33: I do so love the 24 1.4 and I am sad to have to return it tomorrow… but I only had it for the weekend. Sigh. Maybe soon I can buy one. If anyone is looking for a ridiculously expensive birthday present idea for me (that maybe you want to give me a few months early) I won’t object… hehe… Today was sort of back to business as usual after Ben’s big day (and night) of being super-dad and watching the babies on his own. I was too tired after the wedding yesterday to drive all the way back to LA so he spent the night with them solo and was even in great spirits when I came home this morning. What a pro! I am so glad that the peanuts have such an amazing daddy (and I have a pretty swell hubby myself!)

day 32: Yesterday was my first wedding of the season (woohoo!) and I was so excited to not only get to shoot a wedding (which I love) but to also get to shoot it with some ridiculously awesome lenses. Check out this shot with the 50 1.2. Pretty much the only thing in focus is ONE of her eyes, the depth of field is that shallow. I really shouldn’t rent things I can’t afford because now I want both of them 🙂

day 31: Tomorrow is my first wedding of the season. True, I shot one a few weeks ago, but it was as a second so I don’t really think it counts. Tomorrow is my first REAL wedding with one of MY clients. And to celebrate I rented 2 fab lenses, the 50 1.2L (which I took this shot with) and the one I’m even more excited about… the 24 1.4L. I am pretty sure it’s going to be my new best friend. Too bad I don’t own one 🙂

day 30: Doing taxes stinks. Yesterday we did our taxes. And so by association yesterday stunk. Not only did we owe money (boo) but we also paid h&r block an arm, leg and two ears for having them help us. Very not cool. After getting home from the super depressing meeting with the tax guy we had no energy for cleaning up the messy kitchen. Lucky me however that Ben decided to be super dad and not wake me up this morning to feed the babies and he even cleaned the kitchen. He’s the best ever.

day 29: Today my mom watched the babies for a bit while I was in the home office working on taxes (fun stuff). Paul was asleep but Amelia woke up so she was playing with her and I could hear them in the other room. It’s incredible to me that they are getting so big and so much more interactive. They learn something new every day. Now when you hold things up for them they reach for them and grab them and look at them. I love watching my mom play with them… it makes me realize how amazing they are.

day 28: Today I went for a long walk with the babies in the evening. I love looking up through the trees in our neighborhood and seeing how the late afternoon sun lights up the leaves and makes them glow. I wish I’d stop and notice things like that more often.

day 27: dear new sample album; How do I love thee? Let me count the ways… I just got my new sample album from Forbeyon (the new company I’m using this year) and it’s my new bff, I love it to death! Here’s the sweet cover:

I can’t wait to make these for clients, they’re gonna die when they see how awesome they are!

day 26: The wedding theme continues with Nick and Emma’s engagement photos… I can’t believe I’m about to do this (it’s quite embarassing) but take a look at this post from a few years ago of the two lovebirds 🙂 They were some of my very first couples portrait subjects and now that they’re getting married how could I not say yes to being their wedding photographer?! I like the new portraits just a hair better than the old ones and can’t wait for the wedding 🙂

day 25: holy cow, I can’t believe that in a few short months Allison’s going to get married! How ridiculously exciting is that?! Today was her super fabulous bridal shower at Bonnie’s house. I was glad to have an afternoon out of the house and Ben did an A+ job of watching the babies so that I could have a worry-free outing. Everything was beautifully decorated and super delicious and it couldn’t have been any better! Here is the guest of honor and the super talented hostess 🙂

day 24: Today was not a great day. In fact it was a pretty terrible day. Paul started off the day by crying for the first 30 minutes of his morning nap. Then we went to lunch at Ben’s office. That part went ok. On the way home Paul fell asleep and I decided that instead of driving around for his nap I’d take him into the house and put him in the crib. BAD IDEA. Not only did he not go back to sleep when I took him out, he screamed at me for an hour. So did Amelia. Then they fussed at me for another hour. It was not pretty. I decided to salvage what was left of the afternoon by taking a very long walk after they ate their 3 o’clock bottles. I walked from 4 until almost 6 o’clock and felt much better afterward. I took this on the way.