Baby Jack

The Perreault's added a new addition to their family and I was so excited to meet the new little guy. Jack is the most easy going guy, that did not want to fall asleep and miss anything during his first shoot.

This family is one of my favorites to shoot, and Ren their daughter, is always an easy subject, she's so darn cute! Add the newest addition Jack to the mix and I'm in Heaven.

Ren is so in love with her baby brother. Congrats to the happy family!

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Brayden

I've been waiting for Brayden to arrive for some time.

I was able to see him grow over time in his mama's belly.

Plain and simple, he is perfect.

He's such a good boy, he loves to eat and sleep, and is very content hanging out naked on his changing table. All these things I found out during my visit.

Here is Brayden just 3 weeks old. I'm looking forward to taking more pictures of this little guy and watching him grow.

Congrats to the proud parents Toby and Erika. You may remember them from my favorite engagement sessions.

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I've been away...

Working on my new project. It's taking so long, but I will share the details soon. Until then, I wanted to share my new and improved website with you.

Michelle Greene Photography

Thanks!!

Aidan

This past Sunday I spent the afternoon with Aidan, who just turned 1! With Mom and Dad in tow, we headed to the nearby park to have some fun. Aidan had so much fun he wore himself out! Playing on the jungle gym, swinging on the swings, pushing his wagon around, and on the verge of walking would tire any 1 year old out!

Happy Birthday Aidan!

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Ren and Finn

My favorite little gal Ren asked me to come over and take some pictures of her now since she is turning into such a big girl. Well, her mom called me, but I was happy to oblige. This marks our third shoot and I love watching her grow! She is so fun, happy, and playful.

While I was shooting Ren's session, her pal Finn came over and took some pictures too. Talk about a sweet and calm baby! He was a dream to shoot, I wanted to gobble him up!

Ren and Finn, I had so much fun on our play date and I hope we can do it again soon!

Pretty little girl in her pretty little bow

My favorite shot of the day

Who doesn't like to run through the trees naked?

Best Buddies

Tiny toes

These kids are too cute, so here's two slideshows. One for each of them!

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Dear Blog,

It's been a while since we last wrote. I'm sorry for the lag in posts. It's summer and we have been very busy enjoying it. The kids and I have been very busy with swimming, summer camps, a San Francisco trip, the list goes on and on. It's somewhat bitter sweet that it's coming to an end, but my favorite time of the year is fall, so I'm looking forward to all the fun stuff that brings.

I've also been cheating on you. I have been diligently working on creating a new blog. This has nothing to do with photography, but a side project that I have been really focusing on. I hope to unveil the project soon, but until then I will keep it under wraps.

Don't be upset, I have a photo session to post with one of my favorite little subjects. In the meantime, I will leave you with this.

This little gal is sitting patiently, waiting for Emma to get home. Emma has been expecting her, but I'm not sure she will expect her all dressed up in her tutu. Not sure what Emma will name her, but she will accompany her to the hospital tomorrow while she gets her third set of tubes in her ears. It breaks my heart to see my little girl get prepped for surgery, even though it's minor. I'm hoping her new gal pal will bring her some comfort. Can you believe I made her with my own two hands?!

Don't ask...

I love how the Scooby Doo underoos are peeking out of Owen's skirt

Stupid idea #191

Not sure what part of my brain thought it was a good idea to put flowers in the garbage disposal...

Luckily it wasn't anything a bottle of Draino and some good plunges from my husband couldn't fix.

Birthdays are cool!


As of yesterday I am another year older. It really doesn't bother me though, why should it? It's something that is going to happen anyway. I never understood people making such a big deal because they turned a certain age, like the world is coming to an end.

If anything, I've learned to appreciate birthdays, no matter what age. How lucky am I to be on this earth another year, spending time with my family and friends. Happy Birthday to me!

So having a birthday a day after the 4th has always been alot of fun. It's like a long birthday celebration, with BBQ's, and fireworks.

Emma started it out right with a super sassy new outfit.

Then dinner at Matsu's, my favorite restaurant!

We took in an Angels game and stayed for the fireworks.

The 4th of July had plenty of swimming, food and fireworks

On the big day, I received a ding dong ditch from my BFF Drew who left me these

I also received a CD I've been wanting for some time from my husband

And the best present came from Owen, my own one of a kind monster bank

Amelia

I walked through the door and she stared at me with those huge brown eyes. She wasn't sure who I was, or what I was doing in her house. Her mommy put her down so the two of us could get acquainted, but that wasn't happening. She clung to her mom very tightly, eyes tearing up and her little bottom lip quivering if I would get too near.

Amelia just celebrated her first birthday, and although she is very shy, she did very well on her photo shoot. She kept her mommy close for comfort, but I managed not to make her cry. She was on the verge of it, but she contained herself.

I know all to well what it's like having shy children. Emma gives the death stare anytime someone she doesn't know even looks at her. I thought the older my child got the easier it would be, but I am still the occasional hiding place when a stranger says hi.

Amelia is a very lucky little girl and has such an amazing and loving family.

Happy Birthday Amelia!!

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It makes me happy when...

I was watering the plants the other day, and thought, it makes me happy when the flowers I plant are still alive.

So I was going to take a picture of my beautiful labor of love and post it. Then I was going to try to post weekly the things that make me happy. A nice gloomy day, a dinner where the kids don't get half of their food on the floor, you get the idea.

So well I was in my happy moment, I loaded my plant picture onto my computer and...nothing. My 5 year old laptop fizzled off into cyber heaven. Oh dear.

That should have prompted me into starting the "It makes me mad when..." post. Or maybe it was a sign, who knows.

I know have a beautiful new IMac sitting on my desk at home. I love it, can stare at it in awe for hours. But I do miss my laptop and the portability of it.




So then I got back into my "It makes me happy when..." mood. So well I have yet to upload any photos to my beautiful new computer, I will hopefully share my happy moments with you soon.

Oh, and with all the computer drama among other things, my plants died.

My Artist

Last week Owen's school celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week. Owen is lucky enough to have two amazing teachers in his Kindergarten class. One of their assignments was to draw a picture for each teacher, which would be collected from each student and put in a book.

At the beginning of the school year Owen would just rush through things, not paying much attention to detail. I've noticed his progress throughout the year. Instead of quickly drawing a stick figure and throw in the towel, he is now drawing books with such titles as "The Imagination Land" and "On the Farm".

Here, Owen drew a portrait of Mrs. Giles




Mrs. Rodney was lucky enough to get a scenery picture. Owen calls it "Life on the Himalayas"