Vendor Spotlight: Fit4Baby

Maternity Photography

Hi Everyone, thanks for checking out our new website and blog! We’ll be featuring vendor spotlights for awesome companies around Boise that we have personal experience with and think you should check out. If you’re a mom-to-be, have children already or are considering kids in the future this one is for you!  My friend Summer is […]

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This weekend my friend Stacy threw me a geriatric baby shower. Yep, That’s what they call it when a woman 35+ is having a baby- “Geriatric Pregnancy” I’m not sure what man came up with that but it’s pretty rude don’t you think? I don’t really feel 35 until I’m around a 22 year old and […]

Favorite Things (from a Geriatric Mother)

Maternity Photography

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Never Say “Cheese”

DIY Baby Photography, Family Photography

I’ve always loved photographing families but over the past year working with Jamie we’ve talked a lot about what kind of families we want to work with- and what kind of photos we want to take for those families. We both came to the conclusion that perfectly posed family portraiture in the park just doesn’t […]

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Whether you’re a mom or not, baby wipes are for you. Bring a pack to your wedding. Always have them in the car, and heaven forbid never go camping without them. Here are my top 10 favorite hacks for baby wipes that have nothing to do with wiping a baby’s bottom. 1. Makeup Remover Wipes […]

Top 10 Favorite Uses for Baby Wipes (that have nothing to do with cleaning a baby bottom)

Maternity Photography

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The Most Daunting Task of Pregnancy

Maternity Photography

One of the most daunting tasks on the to-do list of pregnancy is naming your kid.  Will he be one of 7 other Lukes in his class? Will she be too much of a tomboy to be a Tallulah? Maybe it’s easy for some couples but my husband and I have decidedly different taste in baby […]

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The cake smash has become more popular than ever and I couldn’t be a bigger fan. I absolutely love watching little ones grab it, poke it, put their face right down in it and get messy as can be. But not all moms are jazzed about the idea of loading up their one year olds […]

To Smash or Not to Smash: 5 Alternatives to Cake

1st Birthday Cake Smash

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First Time Mama Maternity Session

Glean & Co

It was never a question that I would be doing maternity photos once I was pregnant. I think it is a beautiful thing to document such a special time in a woman’s life, growing a baby in the womb. My wife and I tried to get pregnant for three years with the help of Idaho […]

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What’s the best gift you can possibly give a new mom? Time. Time to shower. Time to eat. Time to just sit and stare at her sweet new baby. Time to heal. So, how do you give someone the gift of time? Take something off their plate. And by that I mean, put something ON […]

The Best Gift For A New Mom

Glean & Co

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DIY Kids Photoshoot: Garage Lighting

Glean & Co

I know so many moms with nice DSLR cameras- it’s time to use them! Here’s a quick 5 step tutorial on how to take beautifully lit portraits of your kids- in your very own garage! We did this in about 15 minutes and finished up before anyone got hurt (well, almost- at one point my 2 year […]

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Feed the baby, put him down for a nap and work. Sounds easy, right? Here’s how it really goes….. 5am- feed screaming baby 5:32am- go back to bed 6am- change screaming baby who has pooped himself awake 6:27am- baby finally falls back asleep- you make coffee and “go to work” 6:45- get distracted with facebook 7:30- […]

How to successfully work from home with a newborn

Glean & Co

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