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Today's the day. My 40th revolution around the sun. 14,600 days Earth side. Not old, but not young either. I've decided I'm not one for the fan fare of these things, but forty feels like it needs to be acknowledged and reflected on all the same. Ask anyone close to me how old I am, and they are bound to say eternally 25 because I joke that's when I stopped having birthdays that matter and every year beyond, I have turned 25 since. (My only glass shattering moments are when

I absolutely love it when I get to flex my creative muscles on how I will help clients achieve a theme or style they had in their mind for a child's images. AJ's parents are avid baseball players so when he made his big debut, you bet Mom and Dad wanted their little MVP to have images that included their favorite sport. We did a few setups for his newborn pictures, then to celebrate his first birthday milestone, we continued on with a take me out to the ball park theme. Mind

My oldest child just turned 5. Normally I would celebrate any age milestone she has with a photo session, but this year my little girl had something else in mind. "Mommy" she says, "Can I have a cake smash?" "Well, I see no reason why not" I replied. After all, if 30 and 40 year olds are smashing cakes and having their pictures done...who am I to say it's just for babies turning one. "Oh thank you mommy! thank you so so so much!!" she cries and covers me in kisses like I'm a