Don’t you just love his shoes?!  They are too cute!

Lucas exploring his surroundings.  He’s not too crazy about grass yet…he started crying right after we took this.

I think Lucas has the cutest smile!

I also put together this little video of our trip.  Jeremy and I don’t usually exchange gifts for Christmas.  Instead, we usually decide on something to get for the both of us.  This year we picked up a Contour Roam video camera and brought it along for the trip.  It’s been a fun little camera to use and it added some cool perspectives to the video.  Enjoy!

Stopped by the Parker Palm Springs for brunch.

Lounged around the pool in the loveliest SoCal winter weather.

Hiked around Joshua Tree National Park and caught a beautiful sunset!

Before heading home, we had to stop by and see the Cabazon Dinosaurs.

Thanks so much for having me along, April!

Venue:  St. Regish Monarch Beach

Wedding Coordinator:  Laurie Davis of Five Star Weddings

Live Band:  The Social Club from Essence Entertainment

Videographer:  Mission Visual

Books and albums are a great way to showcase photos from your wedding or portrait session and are included in some of my packages or available as add-ons. Let me know if you have any questions about them. =)

He was so teeny tiny at first, and then before I knew it he was smiling and sitting up, and then crawling all over the place.  At his 1 year portrait session, he had just started walking and he loved it!  He literally would not sit still.  I got a good workout chasing him around!

Here are a few selections from each session. I also designed an album for his first year which I’ll post a few pics of soon.  Enjoy!

NEWBORN

3 MONTHS

6 MONTHS

9 MONTHS

1 YEAR

There are quite a few shoots I still have yet to blog.  You can see some of them previewed below, and full blog posts are coming soon…I promise!

xoxo,
Serena

We headed out to Palm Springs with some friends for NYE.  We rented an awesome house together and had such a great time hanging out poolside in lovely 80° weather.  It was a great way to ring in the new year!

Here’s a collection of iPhone pics from our weekend.  These were taken on Instagram and Hipstamatic Disposable.  Hipstamatic Disposable is a fun app where you can share a “disposable” camera with friends. Everyone that you invite can take pictures on the shared camera from their own phone, and you can only see the images once all 24 frames have been shot.  It’s fun to see everyone’s pictures once it’s done!

Here’s to a wonderful 2012!

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After Karen & Greg’s wedding, we spent a few extra days in Maui enjoying the sun and the food!  Last year when we went to Hawaii, I really wanted to find a turtle sunbathing on the beach (we found one!).  This time, I was on a mission to snorkel with one.  I’m happy to say that I can now check that off my list!

One of the first things we always do when we arrive in Hawaii is stop by Foodland and pick up some essentials.  And by essentials I mean portuguese sausage, fruit, POG juice, and POKE!  I seriously LOVE the food in Hawaii!

We took another trip up to Haleakala.  Seeing the sunrise up there is pretty spectacular, but it’s also FREEZING and you have to wake up super duper early.  So we prefer to go up during the day when it’s not quite so cold and when we don’t have to wake up before the crack of dawn.  You should still bring a jacket though as it’s still a little chilly up there.

Saw the Cirque Polynesia show at the Hyatt.

Ululani’s shave ice….can’t go to Hawaii and not enjoy some shave ice!

Ahihi Kinau reserve

Took a short hike to check out the Olowalu Petroglyphs.

Iao Valley is so lush and green!

Star Noodle in Lahaina is always packed!

Enjoyed watching the sunset on the Lahaina waterfront.

Until next time, Hawaii….

In the midst of the busyness, enjoy this sweet After Session taken at Kapalua Bay in Hawaii.