Happy Halloween!

Halloween 2008 will be especially memorable! We had incredibly beautiful weather, and we had the Phillies parade!! Unfortunately we didn't make it to the parade but we had fun at our parent + tot morning at Waldorf and then went to visit with Gran Ann, El Papa Woo, Papi, Uncle Craig and many others at MPI. Carver opted for an early bedtime rather than and afternoon nap, so he missed trick or treating (I don't think he minded).

Composting Is Cool...and Cute.

Carver loves fresh apple juice in the morning. Apples are pretty much all that goes through my juicer lately and we're left with fabulous apple pulp for our compost pile. Walking to the compost pile has been one of Carver's daily 'chores' with me. I adore watching him proudly walk with his little blue bucket full of compost goodness...especially in the bright knit hat I made him :)

Morning Nature Walks

Per Kyle's suggestion we've been going on morning nature walks for the past 2 weekends. They are so much fun and we live so close to the fabulous Wissahickon Park we would be fools not to take advantage! However..these photos are from our walk in a little section of the Fort Washington State Park near Flourtown. It was a crisp morning and we made sure to bundle little Carver up.

Back Yard Fun!

This afternoon we ran around in the yard chasing Cappy and his blue ball. We also spotted what's eating our very first homegrown pumpkin, and also a g-hog.





Just wanted to post this shot of Carver, not just because I think he's the cutest little boy in Philly, but because I wanted to share the handmade craftiness of his tie-dye onsie. I picked this bright cheery number at Julie Foster's table while checking out the Skippack Days on Sunday afternoon. Thanks Julie we love it!

Day Tripping to the Jersey Shore!

I just wanted to quickly post about today's little adventure to Stone Harbor, NJ today. Summer is almost over and Carver hadn't been to the shore yet and I didn't want him to miss out, especially now that he can walk! We had a great time and met up with our friends Christel and Izzie. Carver didn't waste anytime making friends with the 'big' kids and enjoyed playing in the huge hole they had made in the sand. When I asked Carver if he wanted to walk down to the water he ran to the ocean and didn't hesitate at all, he loved the waves and laughed every time they hit him. Izzie was a trooper and played hard as well, despite her teething pain and short nap. I didn't get any photos of it but, she had a little boogie board in her baby pool and loved 'riding' it! She is totally too cute!
Thanks for meeting us down there Christel + Izzie! We hope to see you again soon.







I hope to post about the great wedding I shot last Friday, by the end of this week!

SuperStar Numero Dos!

It just so happens that I know THREE women who have the exact same due date!! Crazy! And each of their bellies looks completely different. One of those women is my BFF Erin, and her belly is biggyful ;) Sometime this September she will be birthing a beautiful baby boy. I am so excited to meet him and I hope I can be there when he's born. A few weeks ago we had a little impromptu photo shoot and we had a blast! Seriously, they were so fun and energetic, every minute was a riot. Enough jabbering... here are my favorites! Oh and Stella is a true Super Star!











Congratulations to you Loca!! I love you Mama!

A Joy To Play With!

It was so great to hang out with Joy yesterday! She took the day off and came over to our place. Lunch, fun at the playground and while Carver took his nap we lazed around kibitzed a little and watched a reality show called Rich Bride, Poor Bride. This episodes bride & groom rented an ATM for their reception, not that they had a cash bar, but so that guests could take out cash to fill their envelopes for the bride & groom's gift!!! Terrible.
Joy didn't bring her camera along yesterday, but I had mine. During our playground adventure she couldn't resist herself and swiped my camera! No complaints here though... she always gets great shots of me and Carver and I just couldn't say no. Thanks Joy!

photo•Joy Moody




photo•Joy Moody



I love love love this shot of Carver on the slide! This is his favorite thing to do at the playground.
photo•Joy Moody

Vacation Getaway!

It's been a few weeks since returning from our fabulous and very warm vacation to Naples, FL. We spent the week with my in-laws and were living life! The first day of our vacation was a bit of a travel nightmare. I forgot my luggage in the car at the Philadelphia airport (not going to explain the details of that) AND forgot my camera bag and Carver's coat in the overhead compartment on the plane! Luckily and thankfully I received ALL items a few days later! Whew!
It was hard to edit down to a few photos to post on the blog, so here are a lot of my most favorites...

Swinging at the community center playground...

Having the time of his life cruising in his 'moving seatzee'!


We took a drive to the Shell Factory, and it was like walking into a David Lynch film. This place sold EVERYTHING and anything! They displayed various stuffed animals under fluorescent lighting...

Who needs to travel to the middle east to ride a camel? Not William and Bailey!!


Ben and Will play a game of air hockey..

You could purchase an unlimited amount of yapping toy doggies...

I can't believe I had the opportunity to obtain Angelina Jolie's driver's license!

Ok, back at home now... dying Easter eggs.

Carver and I take our first dip at the beach club's pool.

Kyle and Carver at the Naples Zoo..

Carver with what Kyle calls his 'hard eyes'..

I have the habit of photographing people I don't know when I'm out and about in public places. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to capture this sweet moment between a mother and her daughter, however, I think the mother was giving me her 'hard eyes'!

During one of Carver's afternoon naps, Kyle and I lived it up in the sun..and shade.

I wish we had more photos of all of us together, in ONE photo! It seems it's always me with Carver or Kyle with Carver, but I loved this little shoot we did nonetheless.

Love, love, love this photo of Carver with his El Woo in the pool!

Here's two fun shots to end the blog, from L-R: Bailey, El Woo, Carver, William, Brad and Ben, in the hot tub.

Looking forward to hopefully doing it again next March!