Can you say busy?

While I am thrilled that my photography business is taking flight, it has also taken on a life of it’s own it seems. June has been pretty hectic so far with two engagement shoots alone this last week. I’m up to my ears in photos to edit for the two happy couples and an on a pretty tight deadline so they can send out initiations. It’s been crazy, but so worth it. Photography is something that completes me. I love it. I don’t know what I would do if it were not a part of my life.

One cute bride-to-be is my sweet sister Kellee who you may remember from this post last year. She and her fiance Jared came play with us this weekend and get in some engagement photos while they were out (which is another post entirely). We had a blast with them and did a bunch of the same things we did last time she visited-a day in San Francisco at Fisherman’s Wharf, a day at the beach in Carmel with Cibo, and some yummy Bay Area cuisine. We also took a bunch of non-engagement photos and played a little bit of Guitar Hero for Mark’s sanity.

Reese did AMAZING this weekend. I was a tad worried about Reese not wanting to let Kellee or Jared hold her without crying and reaching out for me every chance she got. It’s so sad when we are visiting family because she won’t let others play with her or shower her with affection. I desperately want this separation anxiety phase to be over. It’s been over 6 months now and I’m so over it! Anyways, back to this weekend-all my fears about Reese not wanting Kellee or Jared to hold her turned out to be completely unnecessary. She was fine. More than fine, she LOVES her Aunt Kellee and Jared. She also did so well without her afternoon naps both on Friday and Saturday. I was happily surprised (of course we paid for it after K&J left with 3 days of very cranky overtired baby, or maybe she just missed her favorite Aunt and Uncle-to-be?).

Brace yourselves for the remainder of this post being a very picture-heavy experience…

As I mentioned before, Kellee visited us last year almost the exact same weekend. So I thought I would compare photos. This was then:

And this is now…Can you believe how much Reese has changed?!

We spent Friday at Fisherman’s wharf eating clam chowder in sourdough breadbowls and listening to the sea lions bark. Reese kept squirming every time I propped her on the banister over the water, she wanted to dive right in. I guess that’s what we get for having a swimming pool in our backyard, this girl has no fear of the water!

Jared took over the photographer duities for part of the day so I actually got to be IN some of the photos for once! He also got some great shots of Reese including this one:

Cibo was of course thrilled ecstatic wiggling-so-hard-his-tail-nearly-fell-off happy to go to the beach. He has never been as good as the other dogs at fetching balls we throw out into the water, but after falling in love with swimming in our pool as of late, he was fetching balls from the water quite willingly.

He also had fun with his new best friend Jared, who seemed just about as thrilled to be at the beach as he was.

And this time around, instead of sleeping the day away in the stroller and the bjorn, Reese had a blast crawling in the sand and standing with her tootsies in the water. Unfortunately the water was a bit too cold to do much more than that:(.

We are so glad Uncle Jared and Aunt Kellee came to visit. Reesey misses you guys already!