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first haircut

Finally took my baby girl for her very first haircut! I hated to trim her gorgeous blonde locks but it was overdue. Things were getting a little tangled. She picked out a magnifying glass toy and sat so perfectly still that her stylist even put in a braid with sparkles. I about fell over because of…

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one | march 2017

Something BIG happened just last week while we were on spring break vacation in Florida. My six year old closed his eyes, held his breath, and jumped. And I was underwater to catch it! A kid going underwater in a pool may not seem monumental. But we are still amazed, this was a really big…

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one | february 2017

Happy March! I am posting a seemingly ordinary image from February. What’s not ordinary about it? It’s February in Chicago and my kids were wearing short sleeves and no coats for much of the month! Yesterday while out on a walk, I noticed a lot of confused tulips and daffodils starting to push up through…

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  • Stacey Vukelj - Your weird warm winter is even stranger than ours. No snow in all of Jan/Feb? Crazy. Love your sweet spitfire.ReplyCancel

basic training | graduation day

Recently I traveled to Ft. Benning, GA to attend my oldest nephew’s graduation from Army basic training. It was amazing for many reasons. We come from a long line of soldiers dating back to the Continental Army and have relatives on both sides of the family that fought in the American Revolution. You might say…

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  • Kim Lane - Jess, I absolutely love this. I love that you captured that picture of him in line!! What an honor to see this. Also I’ve been looking at your photos from email and missed the new blog, love the design!ReplyCancel

  • Raif - Jess thank you so much for this! You are amazing! Jay loved this and I am so glad you were there! Love you!ReplyCancel

mama’s got a new lens

Happy 2017 and hello, neglected blog! I am going to try to pump out some more work on the blog this year, both personal and client work. I have so many lovely and fun images just sitting around on my hard drive. I’m always behind, but got insanely behind this past fall. Lots of client…

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one | november 2016

Hard to believe that 2016 is about to draw to a close! We spent a little time this month at the Magic Kingdom, the first trip for our kids and their cousins. Queen Elsa was kind enough to light up Cinderella’s castle every night with snow and ice 🙂 Now click here to follow me to…

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