
Although I’ll admit that watching her grow up so quickly is a little gut-wrenching, and for purely selfish reasons. Ellie handed this note to me a few minutes ago.

It snowed a whole INCH in Wilmington on Tuesday! Absolutely treacherous conditions, causing schools to close and leaving us stranded in our homes to watch the snowfall and hope for the best. Ellie was THRILLED – she’s never seen snow, and I had been planning on a trip to the mountains for skiing this winter…
Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays, right behind Cinco de Mayo. So I was pretty pumped about carving a deliciously spooky jack o’ lantern with the bean this year. She had never carved a pumpkin before… so she had no idea that it was so MESSY. She opted out of the cleaning…

after a VERY long day of updating all my image galleries on my website, it was time for a break. ICE CREAM!!!!! Ellie flirted her way into a pineapple-coconut-something-something sherbet, and she picked out a scoop of pistachio for me. After all these weeks of nonstop travel, shooting, and editing… it was pretty cool to…