Well the first week of school for PJ didn't quite turn out the way I thought it would. Her first 2 days were great......until I picked her up after school on Tuesday and she wasn't herself. She was whiney, clingy, tired, had rosy cheeks,  etc. She fell asleep in the car, took a long nap.....and woke up with a fever :( Long story short, i've been home with her all week and she's had fevers on and off the whole time...and trust me...she thinks it's REALLY funny to yell "NUUUUUUUUURRSE!!" when she needs me. We took a trip to the doctor (after hours pediatrics) on Wednesday (which was the worse day) night....and it seems to just be a virus of some sort.....so besides keeping her hydrated, giving her Tylenol/Motrin to lower the fevers, etc....we just have to let it run it's course. Luckily she's been acting close to normal, still eating, drinking, etc...so the fevers and the teeny bit of less of an appetite are the only signs that she's not feeling well. A few snaps from her first day of school.....

 

So yeah.....while I continue to play "nuuuuuurrrse!!".......

 

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......and since a blog post is always better with a few pics.....here are a few random iPhone pics from my week......

 

 

 

  

In a few hours, i'll be dropping PJ off for her first day of Kindergarten. How did this happen? What happened to my chubby little baby? Now I have a tall and lanky almost 5 1/2 year old who is starting school! This summer has been pretty eventful for miss PJ. Losing her first two (bottom) teeth, donating more than 8" of her hair (again), not needing a nightlight anymore, starting to learn to read, writing sentences, etc, etc. Our little girl is growing up way too fast. She can be bossy and demanding at times (the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, eh? hehe), but she can also be the sweetest thing in the world. As I went to write her name in her lunchbox with a permanent marker this morning, she said "You can write "PJ loves mommy" if you want". Yes, she managed to melt my heart, yet again. I'll of course take a few photos of her when I drop her off for her first day today, but here are a few "school-ish" pics from a few weeks ago. These were just some some random shots I snapped after we had made a trip to the Children's Museum....where some kid accidentally dripped pink paint all in PJ's hair (hence the bad hair that was washed in the sink at the museum and pinned to the side LOL)......

   

When I was contacted by the folks at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center about doing a shoot for them, I was flattered, yet honestly a bit nervous. They had found me through the work I have done for The New Children's Museum and loved the shots I did for them. So what was the problem? Light. Lots and lots of light ;) I'm a natural light photographer by choice....and RHFSC is a science center....so it's pretty dark inside so that you can see all of the awesome exhibits light up and work. I love to use natural light because I love the look of it (ok...plus that extra pound on top of an already heavy camera and lens is pretty rough - haha), but yes, I can shoot with flash as well. RHFSC met with a few photographers and test shoots were done. As luck would have it, they chose me (the "natural light photographer" hehe) to do the shoot. It was a fun shoot and there were many times where I couldn't help myself and had to test out a few of the exhibits while I was shooting. Here are some of the shots for the shoot (all SOOC - UNedited) - some were with flash, but majority were without.......

There are certain people you meet and you know from the minute you meet them, that you will totally click. From the first email, to the second I walked into their home, the moment when we all realized we were chinese (or part)....and up until we were walking back to their house and smelled something.....and realized that we all thought it totally smelled like a certain chinese food (bah-tsang,  which is a sticky rice with meat, mushrooms, etc, wrapped in bamboo leaves..... basically the chinese version of a tamale ;) hehe)....I just knew. This little family was awesome to work with. We started out at their super cute home and then took a little walk around the area. Isn't Lilah a doll!??.....

 

These last shots were taken in close to darkness. The sun went down a lot faster than we thought it would, so we had to work super quick (and at high ISO) ;) .......