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our trip to jamaica
Ok, so this should give you some indication of how really, really far behind I am on editing personal pictures. We went to Jamaica in May. 5 months ago. Well, here they are nonetheless.
We were in Jamaica because of the wedding of Tim & Caren, I was there to photograph their fantastic wedding weekend. Brought the boys and John with me and we made a little vacation out of it. We stayed at Beaches Sandy Bay which was nice (but next time- if there ever is a next time we’d stay at the other bigger Beaches. It was definitely way nicer).
Some various shots from the trip.
Patrick star. For reals.
The water was so warm and calm and we spent hours in the ocean.
The lazy river at the other Beaches.
And waterslides. By the way- do you know how hard it is to get this shot with the point and shoot camera? I’m so used to the speed of the 5d and so uncoordinated with the lag on the p&s. Frustrating!! But I did get it. Sorta. 
Can you see the pouring rain in the photo on the right? It rained every single day we were there. Except one. Poor Caren & Tim even had to wait a few extra hrs for their wedding to get started because of a storm. 
We went kayaking in the ocean every single day. That was SO fun!! Even with Timmy at the front of the boat turning around to me and yelling- ROW, SLAVE. NO BREAKS!
So the boys and I got a lift back from the big Sandals to our Sandals via Jet Ski. We all loved that too. 
Timmy used to LOVE Sesame Street but now won’t have one thing to do with them. But the boys were good sports, posing with Elmo and Cookie. Elmo would be found walking by our room every now and then. 
The view from our balcony. It didn’t suck.
Back to client sessions tomorrow. Have a great Sunday! We’re booked with birthday parties and a backyard BBQ. I’m sure there will be pictures to follow- but maybe not until February or so…. -
the kelli family
A repeat bsquared family, and a friend too. Travelled up to Rhode Island for this shoot as that’s where the whole family spends most of their summer. We made a long weekend out of it and stayed up in Boston for a few days beforehand and then drove down to RI to do the shoot. It was so well worth it!!
My friend, Lois, is due with her 4th baby this fall and I’m already booked for the newborn session! Can’t wait for that one. And I got to meet her inlaws for this shoot, with her father in law being my boys wonderful oral surgeon!!
Gorgeous families. The couple on the right are both professors at Harvard. Smart much?
I think she loves being a grandma. 
The kids were all of a sudden on the floor. No one was sure what happened. 
The baby was so cute and funny. I swear he was making that face on purpose for the picture!
We lost the men after the first batch of pictures and they absolutely refused to be in anymore. So I figured I’d just catch them all on the couch watching the world cup- which is exactly where they stayed. 
Thanks for a great shoot (even if it was a little begrudgingly attended by some) and fun in a whole new state! -
adventures in Connecticut
As my blog stalkers know, we went to Connecticut this week to get 8 teeth from Jack and Patrick pulled. In Connecticut. Completely worth the 1.5 hour drive. The oral surgeon was awesome, so great with the boys, and a real pro at his job. He put them under with a little nitrous oxide (they were out for no more than 3 minutes each) and pulled out 4 teeth from each of them. No novicaine, no problems.
Here they are looking drugged, with their little bags of gauze pads each.
And a little over one hour later with several gauze changes…Seeing Eoin and Aunt Robin perked them right up and they were their own happy selves again, just less a few teeth!
As an added bonus, I got to take some MORE pictures of Eoin (twice in a week, it’s a record for us for sure!) and visit with Robin. He’s just yum!!
We bought Eoin a wagon for his birthday (a little belatedly) and Timmy really ‘helped’ us put it together while the big boys watched/played with Eoin and then played Call of Duty on Aunt Robin and Uncle Joe’s playstation. They were in heaven. 
Told you he was yum! Oh, I have to get back there again to do some more cheek squeeeeeeeeeeezing. 
Eoin went in for a nap, and after 2+ hours Robin and I (and Timmy) finished the wagon, after a little sushi break of course. It’s like the Mercedes of wagons…
And Jack snapped one of us too. Thanks, dude! (ok, I know my hair is a little frizzy but it was like 1000% humidity and we were sweating from wagon assembly). Love you Rob!!
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like pulling teeth & a miracle update
We’re heading on up to Connecticut today to pay a visit to an oral surgeon (who happens to be the father in law of a favorite bsquared client) who will be yanking 8 baby teeth out of 2 boys this morning. Wish us luck on that- hopefully it will all go well and smoothly with minimal drama. Why go all the way to Connecticut you ask…well, when I saw the oral surgeon here in NY he let me know that it would be $2160.00 to have those same 8 teeth removed that apparently ‘pop right out’. Well, dude– if they ‘pop right out’ then why are you charging $2000??? So to Connecticut we go…
Then after that fun, we are heading over to see this little guy and Aunt Robin for some sympathy and lunch and playtime (hopefully the boys will be up for some playtime with Eoin as this is the first time they will be meeting him!!). For those of you who blog stalk, you may remember Eoin’s story (found here if you’d like to read his miraculous story of being born at 2 lbs at 24 weeks). Can you even believe the little man is now 14 months old (so 11 months adjusted age) and is doing totally and absolutely phenomenal!! He’s perfect. And so, so smiley! And quite the porker too. And the best part? No real delays, no medications, just all perfect. You know you want to just sqeeeeeeeeze him thru the computer.
I quickly snapped these last week when I visited Robin on the way home from shooting my first gay wedding in CT. Hope to take some better ones (with good light this time) up there today. The boys are so excited to meet Eoin- they’ve waited a year + to get to do it (walking petri dishes and all that- we had to be really careful about not exposing Eoin to anything germy. Like boys). Be on the lookout for some new Eoin pictures again soon.
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boston trip
A friend and client of mine booked an extended family photoshoot up at her summer house in Rhode Island, which was great all on it’s own. But John decided that we should make a weekend out of it and go to Boston for a few days before the shoot. Good decision, JohnnyB. Well, except for maybe the baseball part of it.
So, going in order:
1. John pointed out my two least favorite things together in one place. Baseball and newspapers.
2. Love the old and new right next to eachother.
3. carousel rides by boston harbor
4. taking a break along a pier.
5. patrick on the duck boat
6. sunset over the green monstah
7. mommy and timmy at the redsox game
8. on the duck tour
9. pier on rhode island
10. the ‘real’ twins
11. jack
12. boys at redsox (we sat on the bud porch which was pretty great, but it was still baseball)
13. us at fenway
14. patrick and his mad dance moves
15. timmy was a total crack up wild man at the game yelling “YEAH” at the top of his lungs and dancing. Kept all of us entertained.
Love this one!
We started calling him FlatHatPat after this. I loathe the flat hat. 
Our duck boat commander- Capt. DuckTape
All the boys had a chance to drive the boat on the Charles river. It was too squishy for me to get up there with the camera, so this was the best I got. 
Timmy getting high-5’s and pats on the back from fellow duck boat passengers after driving. 
Love this one too. All my favorite boys enjoying their favorite pasttime. Came out so good considering it was with the little point n shoot. Didn’t feel like hauling the big guns to the park. Besides, I had to carry the kindle so I could read during the game!