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this year’s joy…

i am cuddled up late in the night with my sweet adam boy right now…10:57 p.m.

the house is quiet…the fan hums over my bed…

and I am enjoying the soft little breaths and movements of my little guy beside me…

we are having a few concerns and so we are taking him to a pediatric surgeon in the afternoon…please don’t worry…

i know all will be well…but still…he is my baby…and there is nothing like our little ones…

i have been thinking about him…and my sweet little ones so much today…

family…

i am so redundant here on this blog of mine…

family is and will always be the most important part of life.

the same story…to different faces…same smiles…belonging to different families…

nonetheless…

the best part of life…

in a sequence of photos…

joy…captured…family

my friend alexandra introduced me to this awesome citrus grove last week…

it is a new favorite…for sure…

and was the perfect setting for capturing this year’s little chapter of her family…

you see once upon a time…she and her very handsome hubs married (i think they actually fell in love before they could actually speak the same language to each other)…

and they had 3 very very very beautiful children…

the only boy, christian, looks exactly like his dad…and is very very very loved…

the youngest a girl…energetic…beautiful…and also favors her daddy so much…

natalia…

the oldest is eve…she is a classic beauty…she reminds me of her momma…gorgeous for sure…

both of them so full of life…so radiant…so happy…

they are in a good place…so lucky to have each other…

i love images like this…every photographer knows how impossibly hard it can be to get a picture with everyone actually looking and smiling at the camera…

i got so lucky with these guys…their kids were just so good and easy…really…you guys spoiled me!

this image is totally soft, but I love the capture of this little girl’s personality…watch out alex…i think you got a feisty one here!

and every mother knows how incredible it is to have a son…there is nothing quite like it…

alex you are so blessed!

you really embrace your role and responsibility as a mother and I admire that so much!

these kiddos are so lucky to have you…

when you are having a hard day…please look at these smiles!  really…print this image out…stick it on the fridge…when you are feelin really frazzled out…just look at the joy you have been given in your life…

you and jared have been very very blessed!

you two are perfect for each other…

and i may mention…it is kinda unfair how gorgeous both you are!

you two make beautiful babies…

you should think about 4 *wink wink*

enjoy each other!

thanks for sharing your fam with me!

xoxo

Tonya

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baby clare: 2 months

i can’t believe it has been 2 1/2 years since I first started bringing my camera over to the Dunst house…

the little angels bring me there :)

every time I walk through their door, I can’t wait to see how she has changed and grown more and more beautiful as the month goes by…

tammy and brett make beautiful babies…

clare is 2 months old….

having a baby in your home is such a gift…i know life gets busy, and crazy, and the life of a momma of little ones is not easy by any means…

but truly…

having this kind of perfection in your life…even for the short amount of time that it is…

simply one of the best things we will ever know…

happy happy baby…

Kate loves to play my assistant out on these shoots…and since she was 2 1/2 here we documented her in a few of the images…

keep growing baby clare…I will see you soon…

xoxo

Tonya

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no such thing as grumpy baby :)

i first met heather at my first photography workshop…she was among an amazing group of photographers…each of whom I was just delighted to get to know and spend the day with…
a few weeks after the workshop, her sister in law thought of the raddest gift for her for her birthday…a gift cert. for a session with me!
I was elated and so excited to get her and her gorgeous family in front of my camera…

you see…she is kinda sorta…well slightly…

beautiful…

’nuff said.

heather is a fabulous photographer…head over and check her out!

ok, her little warren is just about the cutest little baby boy I have ever laid eyes on…

i have a feeling that he is very very very well taken care of in this little family!

who doesn’t end a family session and swear their child did not smile one time for the camera?

Heather…I promised you…despite the cute little baby funk he was in, his near choking, and even puking on the photographer ;)

we got lots of joy outta your little guy…

(deep sigh) he is so darling…

I am sure he feel so comfortable and confident in this world…good on you for showing him love and goodness in the world…

i could have shot you two all week and on sunday!

you are so lucky to have each other…

and this little angel too…

(i love the way he is looking at you here)

enjoy the goodness you have been blessed with Heather…

give it back to the world :)

you and mark are so blessed!

give that little guy a kiss and a hug for me!

xoxo

Tonya

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been busy ;)

we have 3 little ladies who are loving being school girls!  I love the new routine and seeing them thrive!  I am such a proud momma!   We have been a little busy..jason and I are teaming up to add another room on to the house (wowzas  talk about work!), daddy is coaching soccer, we are back and forth to soccer practice, piano lessons, pick-ups and drop-offs to juggle…it has been a full past couple weeks…

and I love it…i seem to thrive the more I have going on in my crazy life ;)

AND I did find sometime to shoot a little bit too in the mix…

here is sneak of what is coming up soon on the blog…

clare is 2 months already!

and one of my favorite gorgeous families and a new beautiful location!

be back soon…

xoxo

Tonya

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urban legends…

i now know after meeting up with Heather, her handsome man, and her adorable 15 month old little guy…for a family session in old san juan capistrano

that motherhood can…and is…one of the most amazing…beautiful….gorgeous things ever…

moms this gorgeous…thought it was an urban legend.

nope.

heather is smokin…

she and mark are  very blessed with a beautiful life…

more to come of this incredible family…

xoxo

Tonya

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