Our life is made up of moments. Some motherhood moments are so fleeting…the early days with a newborn, the milestones, the continuous (and rapid) growth of our children, etc.

I want to savor these moments when my children’s arms are wrapped around me.

To continue through our circle of photographers, you can begin by visiting the fabulous, Misty Setzler.

It’s time for another post in our Me & Mine series. Unfortunately, the last time around, our family was in the clutches of the stomach flu, so I had to bow out.  Thankfully, we are all better now and on to brighter days! For this month, I had my husband snap some photos of me with my littlest right before nap time. We were reading together in his big brother’s bed and sharing lots of giggles and goofiness.

To continue through our circle of wonderful photographers, you can begin by visiting the stunning blog and work of Jayme Franklin.

It’s another addition to our project 26 and this time our theme was story. I had great aspirations of photographing a story…lots of props, etc….but time got the best of me and so I settled for photographing one of my most favorite people in the world reading a story. His fake glasses crack me up; he reminds me of  Carl Fredricksen from the movie Up. Ultimately, I believe that every photograph tells a story.

To continue through our circle of photographers and view their interpretations of story, head on over to the fabulous, Heidi Adams.

So, this round for our project 26, we are taking photos with ourselves in them again, instead of behind the lens. Last month, I was photographed with my youngest, so this time around, I made sure to include the two older boys with me. Once again, I enlisted the help of my babysitter to take these photos. I set everything up and was happy to hand the camera over to her. I am hoping to try my hand at a tripod and a timer soon, but our tripod has been lent out to a friend and I am patiently awaiting its return. So, here I am with my sweet bigger boys.

To continue viewing all of the photographers in our circle, you can begin by visiting Heidi Adams. I am so excited to see what she has in store for us as she just welcomed her fifth beautiful son into the world a few weeks ago.  Congratulations, Heidi!

It is week no. 2 for our Me & Mine group. This week we were to take faceless portraits. This is such a great concept–I love that I had to think of how I wanted to communicate the important details about my children right now without showing their faces.

1.) a little guy who is new to wearing underwear, but doing a great job 2.) the same little guy wearing some converse sneakers holding a favorite stuffed animal 3.) my middle guy who is obsessed with all things WWE  4.) my oldest who is currently learning to play the recorder 5.) my sweet scruffy Maisy Daisy

Now you can enjoy viewing the other photographers in our circle, beginning with the incredibly talented Orange County Photographer,  Allison Jacobs. I can’t wait to see her faceless portrait.

It’s a new year and that means a new chance to improve my photography and grow with fellow photographers.  I have joined a new group of amazing women and this year our focus is to make sure we are in more photos with our families. This could not be a more perfect challenge for me. Because I am usually the one taking the photos, I am rarely in the photos. But, that is about to change!  This week I handed my babysitter the camera and had her photograph me with Jackson on one of the only snowy days we have had thus far this winter (just about unheard of in Buffalo).

This image is my favorite because apparently whatever I was saying was very funny. That exuberant laugh is totally him!

To continue through our blog circle, you can visit Heidi Adams and see her first post in our Me & Mine group.