I’ve been dying to share some of these photos of my kids session I shot earlier this month. I seriously can’t believe how FAST they are growing up! It feel like my daughter Chloe should still be a little baby. I am in denial that she will be 2 in March and Landon will be 5 in just a few short days! Chloe is rapidly growing up before my eyes. She repeats every. single. word. anyone says. She’s putting 2 or more words together and  talking constantly. And she’s always so happy and bubbly, goofing around all day long, laughing and playing. She’s a joy to be around. Landon impresses me more and more every day. He’s insanely smart! He’s in preschool and he can already count to 100 and is starting the early stages of reading and math. The kid is a learning machine! All day long he’s constantly learning more and more. He amazes me. He LOVES to dress up as super heros and have sword fights and he can literally live outside if he could. He’s also the sweetest little boy on the planet and I love him with all my heart!

Ok enough of me rambling on and on about my kids! On to some of my favorites from their shoot!

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It’s not fair that my kids are growing up so dang fast!! I tell my 4 (almost 5!) year old every day that he can’t turn 5 on his next birthday because I want him to be my baby boy forever and ever. Then he begs me to turn 5 on his next birthday It’s so cute! I tell him all the time that when he was a baby, he was soooo tiny! He was a preemie after all and I showed his how he used to fit in my arms and now when I hold him he stretches over 3 feet long in my arms! It’s crazy how fast kids grow.  I really can’t believe that Landon will be turning 5 in just a few short months (Jan to be exact) and that he will be starting Kindergarten next year! I think I will have a heart attack when next September rolls around. Good thing I have another year to prepare! And then my sweet little Chloe, she is growing so fast herself and quickly phasing out of the baby stage and into a big girl. She wants to do everything that her big brother does. Her favorite thing to do is chase him around the house (which almost always leads to a big scraped knee or busted lip). I’ve realized that I really need to stop and enjoy my kids in this stage because they really are only this little once. This business has been so crazy busy the last several months  that my poor kids have seen our sitter more than they have seen me on most days. Which breaks my heart. I’m working hard on finding an answer to the golden question of how to balance work and family. So please bare with me during this super crazy time of the year. I’m going to continue to get everyone’s sneak peeks, galleries, orders and emails sent as fast as I possibly can.

Here is my big almost 5 year old little stud:

And Chloe at 18 months. She’s modeling my most favorite dress ever from Ivy & A and the headband is my new favorite from who else but Banner Boutique!

This  past weekend we took the kids apple picking in Julian. This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. Every year for the past 6 years our family stays in a rented house in Julian for a week during Thanksgiving and we LOVE it. Last year it even snowed! So on Saturday, we went to Peacefield Orchard. All of their apples are organic, so we could pick an apple off a tree and eat it right then and there. The kids had an absolute BLAST! Chloe, my youngest, loved to pick an apple off the tree, put it in her bag and then take it out and eat it. Even though we melted (it was at least 90 degrees out and humid) everyone still had a great time. And I’ve got enough apples to last me a lifetime!

Below are some images of Chloe sporting a darling dress from Cotton Laundry on Etsy. Go check them out! She has tons of super cute shirts and dresses for the upcoming holidays! I tried a little different style of editing the images below. What do you think??

And here is a cute pic of my kids, Landon & Chloe (the two on the right) with their buddies all sitting under a 100 year old tree!