the moment I have been waiting for...

not very patiently

I must add...

here is the link to our slide show

of the pictures we had done

by the amazing Tara Whitney

during our California trip last month.

Go here: http://tarawhitney.com/clients/chibry/
Password: newport

as well... she posted a picture on her blog (click here)

these photos are all that I hoped for and

so SO much more

she captured my family in a way

that no one has...

in print

and 100% percent who we are

and for someone who cherishes

the ability to capture moments of time

with the creative medium of photography

these pictures mean so very much to me

I have no favourites as I love

every single photo

there is one of me that I love

which I truly thought would never happen

having pictures of Scott and me

and ones that we both love

is wonderful

and the kids,

wow

did she capture them,

Shelby's beauty and

Kaeden's craziness

as we viewed the pictures

Kaeden kept saying

"wow, I am so adorable

I could just squeeze me"

as well, the last picture in the slide show

may not mean much when you look at it

but to us

it is so perfect as

we will often gather together

put our fists together

and say "Chibry's ROCK"

109/365 a countdown and a dose of Kaeden

when did he start to look so grown up?

a Kaeden and me conversation:

Me: What colour do you want your Disneyland journal to be? ( I am making him a journal to document our trip, collect autographs from the characters and have a place to put his pictures)

K: Red, yellow, blue, green, black, orange

Me: so all of them except pink and purple

K: that's not what I said

Me: ok, so red, yellow, blue, orange...the primary colours

K: (a big sigh) mom, orange is not a primary colour, it is a secondary colour

Me: ummm, yeah, right.

the countdown:

3 weeks until...

Kaeden is counting down the days until Disneyland/Legoland

Shelby is counting down the days until we go to "Cali"

Scott is counting down the days until he is on "vacation"

and me?

definitely our photo shoot with Tara Whitney

and seeing Scott "skip" when we enter the happiest place on earth!

I am trying really hard to not "over think"

our photo shoot but anyone who knows me

understands this is a losing battle!

I am trying to just go with the moment

and let Tara do her thing and see us

in her unique way

and not control the session

with pre-conceived ideas

of what this shoot should look like

this is the whole reason I chose her

her style. her unique view. her ability to capture personality.

my only contribution?

trying to match our clothes in

a way that screams

"we just threw these old things on"

when in reality I made Kaeden wear

his shorts & the colour of the shirt

that he will be wearing for the shoot

to the mall today

and Shelby and I would choose something

then stand beside him to see how it looks

oh boy...we are truly crazy

AND

I am buying all 4 of us

all star converse shoes

(in complimentary colours)

for our "feet"picture

(I got mine and Scott's tonight and

I think most people will be shocked with

what colour I chose for mine as 98% of you

would have guessed black - which they are not!)

now the last one I don't feel so bad about

as Tara DID ask us to bring something from

home to incorporate into our shoot

that is special to us

and as space in our suitcases

are reserved for TARGET shopping

and as we are all obsessed with shoes

and Tara is the queen of feet pictures

it seemed like a perfect fit!