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You might have noticed there’s been a little more time than usual between blog posts. While I hate being “quiet” on here…I hate the current state of our kitchen even more. So…as soon as everything gets back as it should be, we’ll get back to more frequent updates. Thanks folks!

 Hailey has fallen in love with the iPod. To tell you we enjoy sitting around with her taking turns listening to music through the headphones would be a massive understatement. It is the most precious thing to watch her hold the headphones up to her ears and bop her head around to her favorite songs. And when she got up and started dancing around the house…well that was almost too much. We love you baby girl. xoxo

 …but we pulled it off. On this shoot I was blessed with the presence of two toddlers (one of them being my own) and a 6 month old. Yay! Luckily, as  both a mom and a photographer I am always armed with juice boxes, golfish crackers and a vast array of random toys that will keep the craziest of toddlers busy. Add in grandma and we were good to go. I absolutely adore this little boy.

Cue the foreboding music…dun dun duuuuun. I’m going to write something here that is absolutely going to embarrass my daughter to no end in a few years. I’m sorry Hailey . So, let’s just say that jeans have become a big deal in our house. It’s to the point now where Justin can tell what kind of day we’ve had by whether Hailey is wearing a skirt or blue jeans. If you’ve spent any time at all with our daughter, you will be well aware of her obsession with skirts. She loves the colors, the twirliness, the comfy factor, and the girliness of skirts. I have to wrestle leggings on under the skirt when its 20 degrees outside an she just wants her skirt on. Blue jeans, on the other hand, are the devil’s clothes. I’ve never witnessed such an aversion to a single piece of clothing before in my life. It’s odd.

So. When our well potty-trained little girl started regressing and not doing so well, I implimented the worst consequence I could think of. Blue jeans. Have an accident? No more skirts. This worked like magic! We were consistent, no matter how much it broke our hearts to see her twirling spirit crushed when she put on the blue jeans. Who would have thought a simple pair of blue jeans could mean so much?!

The only downside? This child is learning reverse psychology. Seriously! Now when she has an oops, she says “nooooo skirts mommy, I like blue jeans!” with the sly-est little grin on her face. Little punk . Love you, H.

Remember this little guy? He is growing up far too quickly. Now six months old, he is sitting up like a champ and about two minutes away from his first crawl. There’s nothing like a baby to  make you realize just how fast time goes by. Love you B!

I’ve heard about these one a day or 365 projects over the last few years. I’ve always thought it would be so great to actually accomplish one of these. But. I know that’s impossible. It’s something I would start with great enthusiasm, and then let it fall to the wayside as life got busy. I didn’t want that to stop me from documenting our life though. So I’ve started my own version of one frame a day. It’s not going to happen every single day. There may even be weeks where I don’t get to take a photo (although I’m going to try to avoid that!). And I’m okay with that. I’m going to avoid the all-or-nothing thinking and document our live while we live it. Here’s January. Just everyday snaps of life at the Kragers’.

The final installment of the workshop series. She was one of my favorite models of the day. I just had to step back and watch her be…my absolute favorite way to photograph.

After being down  in Texas twice this year, I am a huge fan. We had a blast on our family vacation (pictures from that to come very soon!) and you can’t beat the weather! Especially now when we’re all dying for spring’s arrival! Here are just a few more from the workshop I attended this January.