Katharine Elizabeth Photography {the blog}

I would like to introduce you to the happiest 18-month-old on the block:

Seriously.  He was giving me hugs and holding my hand and just a general cutie while we walked around Hyland Lake Park Reserve.

Not to mention, he was a bit of a ham to the camera (which is incredibly awesome for this age):

What a total sweetie.

And we had a great fall day for our session.  Tons of leaves and some really nice, mild weather.

His parents didn’t even say anything when I got us semi-lost on the trail.  His dad just gently pointed us toward the exit.

I never was much of a map-reader.

Super nice family.  Super cute kid.  Kind of wish I could bottle that session up and save it!

Here are some random things I’ve been reminded of this week:

That I have a nice bottle of Chanel No. 5 perfume that I should really wear more often.

Why did that pop into my head?  Well, I’ll tell you…

I was in the kitchen, lingering over a photo of Patrick Dempsey, who was hocking his new fragrance on the front of the Avon catalog.

And my 5-year-old came in and asked me what I was doing.  And since I couldn’t say, “Drooling,” I told him I was considering buying the cologne in the ad, which led us to a conversation about perfumes and colognes, which led me to pull out the bottle of Chanel to show him what it was, which reminded me that I should really wear it more often.

And also reminded me to rip off the cover of the Avon catalog before throwing it into the recycling bin.

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Yesterday, I put on my Itsy Bitsy necklace from The Noisy Plume, which reminded me that I still really want a set of her Tiny Shiny earrings, too.

So I need to mention that to Santa.

Because cute, little earrings are not always on Santa’s radar, you know.

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And thinking about Etsy.com (again!) made me remember that I am still TOTALLY PINING for the Belle & Boo “Lola Freedom” print.

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And all of those things reminded me that my checkbook is very modest and since I do plan on sending my kids to college someday, I should probably just sit down with a bowl of ramen noodles and try to forget about all of those things.

Except Patrick Dempsey, obviously.

Well hello there, extremely cute one-month-old baby.

And how are you today?

Looks like you’re feelin’ pretty darn content in mama’s arms:

And how about you, extremely cute new big brother?:

How’s big-brother-hood treating you?

Pretty well, I think.

I’m telling you, these two brothers were cute, people.  VERY cute.

And their parents’ house was WAY too clean for people who have a new baby to take care of.  I have no idea how people manage that.  I think I forgot how to dust until my first born turned 1.

Cute kids.

Sweet kids.

Can’t really ask for more than that now, can we?

I wanted to quick share a “desktop photo display” idea with you (a great photographer out East had this idea and I thank her profusely for coming up with it!):

Let’s say you want to hang up 500 photographs of your child at the office, but you can’t do that without your co-workers thinking you’re nuts, right?  What’s a parent to do?

This desktop easel displays 5×7, textured, styrene-mounted images of your child in a simple, classic way.  You can switch to a new photo any time you are moved to, and even add more mounted photos to your collection from future photo sessions as the years go by.

You may choose 3 to 10 of your favorite photos from your child’s session to be included in the set.  Tuck the photo box in your top desk drawer and you’re all set to have a fresh image of your child’s face with you all day long.

Plus, your co-workers can rightfully ooh and ahh.  I certainly would ooh and ahh.

I also think this would work great on an end table or as a unique gift for grandma and grandpa.

P.S.  I haven’t blogged about the red-sweatered cutie in these photos yet, but I will shortly.