I had zero clue what newborn post-partum life was like until I had my own baby. I seriously thought it was just a cute new baby you get to hold all the time and lose a little sleep for awhile. Okay that's partly true but there's SO MUCH more to this new season of life. Hormones, learning to breastfeed, how to respond to your baby in the way they want, just to name a few. And yes, all on a few hours of sleep (if you're lucky) and still needing to make meals for yourself and de

As a Portland Family Photographer, I hear this concern a lot from parents. In fact, besides the #1 question, "What do I wear?" - worrying about what will happen if your kids don't behave is a close second, and honestly, I was concerned about that myself when I booked a family photographer for my own family. What If My Toddler Doesn't Get Their Usual Nap? I must warn you - what will probably happen the day of your photoshoot will be the first day your toddler skips their nap i

When I first drove onto this property my jaw literally dropped. A wrought iron gate covered with ivy, opening up to a gravel driveway leading past the most beautiful blooming Locust tree...the most classic farm house with a big front porch, a tire swing hanging from the backyard's tree, baby chicks & goats, a field with tall grass to frolic in, a red brick stable... I could go on and on how bucolic this Brush Prairie farm was. A literal dream. AND this family!! The parents we

When you bought a lot of flowers from Trader Joes to make flower crowns, and you did do that for a Columbia River Gorge spring wildflower photography session, but then you leave the remaining flower crowns in the car for two days before remembering you accidentally forgot about them, and then find out that they survived miraculously and want to use them before they dry up completely, so you make one that fits your daughter's head perfectly and go out into a field with her aft

I've been getting raw goat milk from this farm for awhile and it is the best! This is Davinia Acres and I highly recommend them! We started out with the children and the chickens and the ponies while mama finished getting ready in the house. Then we headed over to the baby goats! Some were just a day old - did you know they come out knowing how to walk almost immediately? I learned a lot about goats while visiting their farm! We then went through the barn and over to their cr