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Christmas Baby {birth}

Let me tell you a story…   On Christmas morning I woke up groggy after a weekend spent in bed coughing & fighting a cold.  My teenagers slept.  My dog slept.  My husband slept.  My five-year-old danced around the Christmas tree singing, “Wake up, wake up, wake up!” I heard her thump down the stairs…

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{Family} Session & the Warmest Light, Manasquan, Sea Watch Beach, NJ

I have a soft spot for sisters. Ever since my own daughter became a big sister I’ve been sensitive to the tenderness between oldest & littlest, especially with an age gap wide enough to stall squabbles. (For now, true true. haha)  I’m the baby in my own family, lucky to have big sisters I can…

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{Family} Portraits, Manasquan Beach, NJ

Was it cold? Well, yes.  But my in-laws from Portland, Oregon were visiting & I think the coast there is always a little chilly so we bundled up babies & hit the inlet in Manasquan, NJ for pictures of a new family.  And for me, crisp air that tastes like ocean & fills my lungs with…

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The Rustarado, 2012

The Rustarado is a bad-ass little piece of machinery masterminded by my father-in-law, Craig Dolan. This is what I know: Its a 1954 Chevrolet Pick-up Truck. It is loud and built to be that way. There are “air bags” in the wheel wells that lift the body for driving purposes only.  They hiss like the…

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