Anne DeCamp Photography

I’ve been really lucky to have had quite a few newborn shoots lately.  I love them, but they make me a little sad because they really show just how fast my baby is growing.  June 30th marked seven months.  Oh Claire, how can you already be seven months old?   You’re such a sweet love, baby.  I’m so blessed.

I love newborn sessions.  I just can’t say that enough!  Today I got to meet the lovely Miss Lea.  She has the most beautiful little face, just absolutely adorable.  Congratulations to your family!  I can’t wait to watch her grow up and I can’t wait for the next, even more challenging, family photo!

First off, I thought I’d update you on where I’m at with my March resolutions.

Blogging more.  Well, not really. 
365-day picture project.  The one that I was going to start on April 1st.  Then May 1st.  It’s just not going to happen.
But, I actually finished week 8 of the couch to 5k today and have one week left!  I even signed up for my first 5k race.  May 30th!  Woohoo!  Still not addicted to exercise, but I have to admit I do feel better since I started.

One out of three’s not bad.  And hey, I’m blogging.

For a while our family had a VW Eurovan.  1993, pop-top, the large white squeaky box on wheels.  We used to hop in and then cross our fingers that we’d get where we wanted to go.   As fun(ky) as the van was, we decided to sell it.  We went almost a year as a family of six, then seven, driving two cars every time we all wanted to go do something - not very convenient!  So, for my birthday this year my husband sold his Xterra and we bought a 2005 Honda Odyssey.  And now to the point - this past weekend we were finally able to go do something as a family!  We went up to Dunsmuir, hiked to Mossbrae Falls and had a picnic.  Lovely!

A few snaps from that trip:

And because you can never have too much Claire - especially showing off her new sitting skills:

And Madeline.  For some reason, messy room and all, I just love this one:

Claire will be five months old tomorrow.  She’s almost sitting on her own (she’ll do it, until she realizes that she’s sitting and then she flops over), trying so hard to crawl, waking up a million times a night (hopefully a short-lived phase), and finally, smiling.  And what a beautiful smile it is.  I love you, Claire-bear. 

when you come and visit me.  You’ll get in the shower and leave your child in my care (first mistake, haha!) to get out and find me happily taking pictures of your baby. 

 This weekend my best friend came up with her son to visit.  First off, it was soooooooo great to see her.  I hate that she lives in San Francisco - partly because I’m jealous, but mostly because it’s just far enough away that we don’t get to see each other very often.  We quickly learned though that two babies without a nap schedule plus a very, ummm, helpful three year old is so exhausting!  Totally totally worth it, but man.  Zzzzzzzzzzzzz.  I had all of these plans and I knew I wanted to get pictures of Matthew but of course it didn’t at all turn out like I thought!  He and Claire just liked to make each other cry!  But I did get some really cute shots, at least I think.  I miss you already, Melissa! 

This one cracks me up!  Matty and Maddie.

Here’s Claire in her new outfit from Auntie Melissa: