happy friday

It's Friday and we have a fun, busy weekend planned. Tonight we are having some friends over for dinner which I'm excited about. And then tomorrow is my birthday! Dude, I'm turning 28. 28! Two more years until 30. Very crazy.

As I was driving home from book club last night I was pondering on this fact and realizing that 28 is adult land. I was trying to really embrace the reality that I am an adult. It still feels weird. I think I'm starting to get there though. For years I felt like I was 17. That was my age in my head. Then after I graduated from college and got married it was 23. I think I'm on a 5-6 year cycle or something because I think I might be able to embrace 28. I'll probably hold on to this age for awhile now. :-) Am I making any sense? Does anyone else do this?

I'm not sure what all we are doing tomorrow. Jared has some surprises for me. Sunday night we are having some family over for dinner and cake. I think it is going to be a good birthday weekend.

And that colorful rug Miriam is laying on in the photo is my present from my parents. I love it! I'll post pictures of it soon.

Happy weekend everyone!

miriam and the pea

Miriam hasn't been too interested in food. She acts like she wants it, but she gags if an actual edible bite of food gets in her mouth. She really likes chewing on cold snap peas. I think they feel good on her gums. She also likes sucking on apples and pears... as long as she doesn't actually get a real piece in her mouth! After Asher refused to eat baby food I decided it wasn't worth the trouble trying to get Miriam to eat it. She'll get to point in the next few months where she can eat soft foods. For now breast milk is all she really needs!

the one spot of consistently good light in my house

...Is by the dining room table. So occasionally after meals, I get out the camera to snap a few photos. These are from after breakfast the other day. I just had to capture Miriam's blue, blue eyes.

I love this face of hers. She makes it when she's concentrating.

And here's my brown-eyed boy!

7 months old

my nurturing boy

I love this picture for two reasons. 

1) I love that Asher is nursing a baby doll. 

2) I love that he holding his truck while doing so.

I've seen quite a few pictures of kids pretending to nurse their baby dolls, but Asher just barely started doing it. Usually he asks me to nurse his toys. I've nursed dolls, dinosaurs, puppies, sharks, fish, pandas, etc. It's pretty adorable. And now he's started nursing too. I love how nurturing he is. But still has that car! Cars are his favorite toy by far. At least he hasn't asked me nurse them!

Which reminds me that I never posted this picture of him from November with his tractor wrapped up in a blanket like a baby! Oh this kid cracks me up. 

adorable

And this one... taken by Asher actually. He did well, no?

crazy bath hair

He thought it was funny too. Love this kid's sense of humor so much.

He really has always had a great sense of humor, but I love seeing it develop even more. One of his favorite games is to point to people in a picture and say it is someone it's not. 

For example, he'll point at everyone but Miriam and say "Is this Mimi?" 

"No."

[point at someone else] "Is this Mimi?"

"No."

[Laughs, points to someone else] "Is this Mimi?"

And on it goes.... he think its hilarious.

the city library

I photographed a family on New Year's Eve at the downtown City Library. These are a couple shots of the interior I took that day. I love this building. One of the coolest architecturally I've ever been in.

"i'm a baby guh"

This actually happened about a month ago but I never posted about it before all the Christmas crazy happened. One day the kids (instigated by Olivia of course) all dressed up as the opposite gender. Olivia was carrying Asher around like a baby and telling him he was a baby girl. I think we was confused for a few days after that. He kept insisting that he was "a baby guh"... not that he even gets what that means. It was pretty funny.

Utah Birth Photography by Red Bean Photography

A baby's birth only happens once and nothing compares to those first moments of newness as a child comes into this world.  I will forever treasure the images I have of the births of my two children. I would love to capture the journey of your baby's birth and document the magic as you meet your baby for the first time. 

Now that Miriam is getting older, I am really excited to announce that I am going to start photographing births! My first one is scheduled for next month, and I can't wait. I am super passionate about birth and am honored to be able to capture such an intimate life moment in beautiful photographs. 

I am currently working out several birth photography packages in my new pricing sheet coming soon. Watch my photography blog and site for info. 

If you or someone you know is having a baby this year and would like to have it documented, please contact me at redbeanphoto@gmail.com.  Because my children are so young, I will only be able to schedule one birth a month, so please contact me early to save your spot!