Category Archives: OUR KID

personal photos of violet Ideus

feeding my soul and what I’m saving for…

Life is moving SO fast! Is it really the middle of March already?! Here’s what life looks like for us right now… M-W-F Violet and I are together. She’s 5 1/2 and starts Kindergarten this fall. (seriously cannot wait! I’m excited for her and she will totally love having somewhere to go and kids to…

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coping with a meltdown

Chances are you’ve been around a toddler during a meltdown before. And hey! It’s SO HARD to be a two-three-four-five year old. Communication skills are still development and just plain learning to be an adult human is a journey. Tantrums, meltdowns, breakdowns happen. They ain’t pretty. And it’s tempting to loose your sh** and let…

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do you pay an allowance?

It’s annoyingly cute that Violet keeps asking for us to pay her for doing her chores…. she says she’s saving up to buy a camera so she can be a photographer like me. (LOVE this girl). Growing up, I only got paid for mowing our lawn but I was also an only child who got…

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a birthday in the studio

Violet turned the big F I V E and here’s how it went down… Cheap and easy was our theme… decorations: streamers and balloons from the dollar store food: spaghetti with 3 sauces, garlic bread and salad craft: a unicorn on a paper plate! Violet had a wonderful time with her friends… parents BYOB’d and…

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My baby is five (gasp!)

Violet turned 5 today. Seems like only yesterday she was born on that sunny fall afternoon (read her birth story here). She is smart, funny, doesn’t forget ANYTHING EVER, and is so thoughtful. We are raising her to be super independent (I think it’s working…) and to be her own confident person. My main wish…

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what (not) to wear

The struggle is for REEEAAAAL. We just went through it! If you’re ahead of the game and actually have a date on the calendar for a family session, yay MOM! You’re winning at life! But then it’s, like, 48 hours before your appointment and you still don’t know what everyone should wear. Plus you feel…

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October is on fire

well…. soon anyway. And not literally. But in leiu of this special month (one of my busiest months because of fall shoots and Violet’s b day) I thought I’d share a Mom hack of sorts. But first, a couple quick questions for you: Where do you keep your printed photos and albums? Your house is…

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Violet at four

Our kid. Cannot believe she is four years old. Motherhood is a journey and this girl challenges me daily. But the amount of joy she brings to our lives is something that words just can’t describe. Read her birth story here.

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