iPhone love

hello again.  life has changed quite a bit.  i somehow finished residency.  i still can't believe it.  and today is day 28 of 35 - the days i have off before i step into an operating room as the real "boss."  words can't express how happy i am to be able to spend quality time with my little gal - it has been absolutely lovely.  here are a few snapshots i posted on instagram of our time together.

1. park giggles with her new "purse." 

2. dress to impress day at school.

3. all about the tutu.

4. dotty day, the day she wouldn't touch the visiting animals at school -  it was not fun watching it. 

5. this is how much she loves froyo.

6. breakfast is served! i could eat breakfast foods all day any day.

7. day 13 i got sick. these are the eyes that healed me.

8. enjoying mommy's first vintage finds from an estate sale.

9. discovering our neighborhood. 

10. princess kaila - off to disneyworld tomorrow!! 

photo frame love

i hope you don't mind me sharing our christmas card with you in . . . february.  i was so happy to hear wonderful things about our mini fashion shoot with kaila.  who knew a photo frame could make pictures so fun?  i highly recommend it!

k was definitely working it in a crewcuts dress & belt - zoolander pout and all!  [minted card]  

photoshop 101.

ok. maybe it should be photoshop -001.
i always fancy all the work my hubby does with his photos so i decided to give photoshop a real try.
but why are there a million options??? and a hundred little tools that all look the same? fairy duster, tear drop, lasso?
thanks to sydney from the daybook, i followed her mini tutorial with a photo of my K.

K is giving the "paparazzi" in LA the STANK eye.

what do you think?
maybe i should use my free time dabbling in something else...
yep!  FREE time.  the chicago snowstorm might give me a snow day from the hospital tomorrow.
how crazy is that?! yippee!!
snuggling with kaila watching a movie and munching on popcorn sounds like the perfect plan, don't you think? 

mailing happy holidays

our very first family holiday card!

what do you think?

fell in love with this minted design! - only photo that would fit was this one! how can you resist that smile of hers? :)

the back: a special note from K herself

holiday hugs & kisses from kaila!

holiday card in making...

our family is the BEST procrastinator.
we can win any competition on who will wait til the last minute to do something.
so when it came to making our holiday card this year, we definitely waited until it was almost too late.
of course we missed the opportunity to ask a professional photographer to take our family photos.
so what do we do in a time crunch?  use a self-timer!!
this was NO easy task.
here are our outtakes... enjoy!

monster daddy stole all the blanket.

daddy just looks silly. and daddy would be jealous of the mother-daughter moment going on here. ;)

kaila following daddy's craziness...

the theme of our outtakes: daddy ruining the pics. 

yep.  now daddy looks creepy.

we tried attacking kaila with kisses...

kaila got tired of daddy's "chandler" poses.

so kaila kept trying to escape.

the photo that should have made the final cut, but didn't... 

will show you what photos we used for our minted holiday card from our limited selection tomorrow!  :)

after 12 years...

we still have it.

we carry each other when we are down... or at least try.

we have the romance...

we know our roles...

we don't let each other fall...

we love wifey even if she's crazy...

because we are equally crazy...

we look good together... ;)

but most importantly, we LOVE each other.

i love you hubby!

thank you for 12 amazing years together...

 we still have it.

Photos by Bob & Dawn Davis Photography & Design taken in 2008

the brilliant hubby

besides being a loving stay-at-home daddy to kaila, a loving hubby to lucky me, he is a spectacularly amazing artist (words from sesame street - ha!).

the art of photography is his passion & talent.

i want to share a few of his photos from a family photo shoot.

with chilly winds & tired kiddies, the "perfect" photo that most people desire was no where to be found.

but who wants that perfect photo anyway, right?

i am more in love with these...

hubby's love for photography + complex mind = awesomeness :)

shhh... pictures borrowed from Frenzi Visuals fb.

who's the better model?

as you all may already know, hubby is a super talented photographer - he has that artistic eye that i will never have.... and he always wanted a "model" to help him practice different techniques. unfortunately, he has a wifey who is a little bit more insecure post-baby & can get really awkward and shy in front of the camera. since no one was around, i tried to loosen up for an impromptu shoot in the meat packing district.  

model mistake: too big of smiles.  outfit: Tucker for Target dress, Zara cardigan, Hue tights, BCBG boots, & Vale "K" initial necklace

then i took the camera in my own hands and was surprised & thoroughly entertained by how hubby came up with some really good model poses right off the bat! he is a natural in front of the camera! but only if it doesn't require smiling. otherwise, he turns into Chandler from Friends - sad ugly smiles.  don't worry hubby model, you are all man to me. i <3 you.

the model lesson: use legs for comfy body language & look cool like hubby. haha.  outfit: A/X skull cap, project e vintage button down, Fidelity jeans, Adidas Stan Smiths

hubby wins the model contest, huh?

baby model?

after walking into our nearby baby Gap multiple times & hearing people say kaila should be in a catalogue, it got to... daddy's head. haha. but how do photographers out there take pictures of toddlers? baby K was not a happy camper - but it was fun watching daddy struggle.

here's the mini photoshoot with our little diva taken from kaila's blog.

all photos taken by hubby :: frenzi visuals ::

vote for our baby K!!

http://www.gapcastingcall.com/GapCastingCall/EntryDetail.html?id=985975

iPhone lover

like most of the population, i upgraded to the iPhone 4 this year & i am loving it!
my hubby is the BIGGEST mac fan, and he was finally able to upgrade so no more days making him jealous.

the features i love are the camera, the HD videocam, the neverending apps &  now facetime - all so i can capture my baby girl & family/friends.

here's us a few weeks ago at a wedding playing around with the camera.

sorry for the random post - the operating room was not my friend yesterday... 

love how you can easily take photos of yourself when no one's around! 

hubby's take on editing

my take on editing... that's why i'm not the photographer in the family...

any fun iPhone apps you want to share?? 

photo fx is the app we used to edit these photos. 

will share a video of kaila taken from my iPhone tomorrow.

iPhone love...

more than a decade

our 12 year anniversary of the day we started dating is approaching...
yep!  hubby and i are high school sweethearts.
and it's perfect timing since our wedding album is finally here!

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let me just tell you, bob and dawn davis are the BEST photographers/designers (other than my hubby, of course) that you can find! 

the moment we met them, they became family.

besides having the greatest talent and experience from capturing Oprah's private events to Eva Longoria's wedding, they are the warmest, MOST loving people you will ever meet. 

to say they are the finest talent out there is an understatement.

we are so lucky to have befriended the davis family and even luckier that they took the most beautiful photos of our engagement and wedding. 

i cannot wait to see our album!

thank you a thousand times! we love you!

here's the teaser they sent us.

here's the lovely duo...

how sweet are they?!

you can find their amazing work here (and see a few of our photos!)