if you’re a long-time follower, you’ll remember samantha and michael from their very fun st. augustine portrait shoot back in 2009. mike, our cousin on eileen’s side, and sam were married during our family’s “wedding rush,” when all the cousins who grew up together seemed to be getting married off within a few months of […]

meet mr. fitzgerald, the bouncing baby boy born to our wonderful friends./ (we tested the “bouncing,” which i don’t recommend.) soon before birth, his name still was not founded./ but at his shower, suggestions abounded: “f. scott,” “ehudil,” i think “ella,” too./ “gerald” and “maximus.” after the dog, “banjo II.”/ i favored “thisdiaperwontfitmebutit.” nothing would […]

mark my words. this little girl is trouble. sure, she looks innocent enough; but i have a feeling that, together, aurora joy and our own little jasmine marie (birthdays just six weeks apart) are gonna end up making a lot of mischief together. aurora, or “rory,” is our most filipina-looking niece. whereas jasmine has earned […]

they  say good things come in fives. (don’t ask me who said it. just go with me on this.) five fingers on a hand. five toes on a foot. five days in a week (if you don’t count the weekend). five dollars in.. errr.. a five-dollar bill. and now, five alejandros in the pascual line! […]