San Francisco

Business Trip. I arrived a day early to ride the cable car and take photos. The weather was perfect, the city was filled with wonderfully crazy people and I felt only mildly guilty about leaving Kei at home on a Sunday with the boys.
Warning – many photos follow and not one of them includes my [...]

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One.

I’m not sure how this happened.
From this…

To this…

Happy birthday to my funny, sweet, dramatic, demanding, active, wriggly and adorable little boy.

 
…Little Boy. I am really not ready for this.

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Getting Closer

Since Samuel was born, I have been dreaming of the day when my two boys would become best friends, play together and … stop driving me crazy! I am happy to say that as we near Samuel’s first birthday, they are finally getting there. I know, I know, it’s hard to play with someone who [...]

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Jenny Sizzler – Portland, Oregon Event Photographer

I was recently hired to take photos of local band, Jenny Sizzler. They play once a month at the Mississippi Pizza pub in North Portland and, thanks to a daycare connection with the fiddle player, the Ishidas have often been seen rocking out to the Sizzler music – complete with toddler mosh pit up front.

When [...]

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Business Time

Kei and I enjoyed a much needed night out and a good laugh last night when we went to see Flight of the Conchords live in Portland. At one point there were tears coming down my cheeks because I was laughing so hard. Oh it felt good to let go of the cray business that [...]

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Toddler Pot Luck

It began about three years ago with six babies and six sets of new parents who decided to get together for a pot luck. It may have been the shared experiences that we mothers discussed at the baby and me group, it may have been the need for somewhere to go every couple of months [...]

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Colour and Change

After 18 months, the P365 project has finally become too much. There are only so may photos of my kids in the bath that I can take before I wonder why I am taking a photo each day.
I will continue to post here, it just wont be dated like i has been in the past. [...]

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I Look at These Photos and See Piles of Laundry – April 24th, 2009

I am grateful for happy children, a large yard for them to play in, a vegetable garden that is beginning to sprout and the fact that the weather has warmed up enough to enjoy some outdoor time.
It’s very hard for me to look past the dirt, but I’m trying. 
I am also trying to stop this [...]

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Headbut – April 23rd, 2009

One of Samuel’s favourite things to do right now is to put his forehead up to ours and giggle. It’s so adorable.
Only one downside – I now have a scratch at the top of my nose courtesy of an overly affectionate infant with two very large baby teeth.

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There’s always a rainbow – April 22nd, 2009

Kei thinks it’s weird that I take photos of rainbows reflected on our toilet paper. I think he’s just envious of my ability to see the bright side of EVERYTHING.

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