Headshots with Richie

Richie is a neighbor of mine, and when he asked for a few headshots for his portfolio I couldn't say no cause he's such a nice and friendly guy :) Just look at his contagious smile! For the location, we just went around the complex of our condo building.

Newborn Session with Mia!

Baby Mia was born prematurely at 28 weeks on November 25, 2009 and she was just under 3 lbs at birth...but you wouldn't know it by just looking at her because she currently weighs 12+ lbs! I love all her chubs, fat cheeks, and chunky thighs :) And when she drinks from a bottle, she makes this cute clicking noise! I'm glad she's out of NICU and is finally home with her mama and papa where she belongs :) Congrats again!



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Newborn Session with Sean Henry Phelps

The past week I did a double newborn session on the same day for both Karina and Erica, my friends from work. You might remember a previous post from their joint baby shower here. Well, I finally had the opportunity to meet Karina's son for the very first time! Baby Sean Henry Phelps was born at midnight on February 24th and he weighed 7 lbs 3oz :) After a little juggling with my hectic schedule, we were able to do the session when Sean was exactly one month old and 2 lbs heavier! Babies grow so fast, and the best time to do newborn photography is really within 2 weeks of birth when they usually sleep a LOT! Sean is such a mellow baby, and I had a easy time photographing him. Happy belated birthday young man!

Stay tuned for a separate post for Erica's girl, baby Mia :)



Thank you Claudia for this beautiful double crocheted baby cocoon prop!




I heart his juicy lips!


Baby Sean sporting the turquoise beanie with ears that I crocheted :)

Baby Ty is 9.5 months!

My baby boo went for his 9 month check up this week and it was time for his vaccinations again :( He cried for the first few minutes, and then he was his happy self again :) Here are his battle scars, he got 2 injections in each thigh...ouch! But he's as happy as a clam and already back to his mischievous ways!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Boudoir Session with Winnie

Winnie had absolutely no idea that she would be posing semi-nude in front of the camera until an hour before the photoshoot. Her two good friends surprised her with a boudoir session when she made a trip to visit family in SF. The only hints her friends told her was that lingerie and another women would be involved! lol....Winnie's husband thought, "could it be mud wrestling?" and he even wanted to extend his trip longer in SF so he could see his wife mud wrestle with another woman in lingerie...ha ha ha

I have to say, Winnie was a complete sport about the whole surprise! She was even gracious enough to let me post some of my favorites from the day :) You are so beautiful and awesome, I know your husband will enjoy these photos because he wouldn't have been invited to watch the mud wrestling anyway!













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Family Session with the Su's

My sister and her family visited us in San Francisco this past week. It's been almost 2 years ago since I photographed their first session here. My niece and nephew are such well behaved kids, and I love spending time whenever we see them :) They also had fun playing with their younger cousin baby Ty Ty!

We went to Chrissy Fields and it was a beautiful but chilly afternoon...Enjoy the photos!



Lauren and Marcus

Family Vacation

Randy, Tyler and I enjoyed our first family trip to San Diego, LA, and Palm Springs! I was amazed at how good of a traveller lil Ty was on our 8 hour drive from SF to San Diego, our first destination :) It helped that we started our drive at midnight when he was sleepy and tired. Note to all new parents traveling with their young ones: bring your playpen!! We're so glad we did!

I'm kinda lazy to type about all the details of our trip, but in all, we spent good quality time together as a family in weather that could have been warmer! lol....now here are some photos worth showing :)

In San Diego at Balboa Park




San Diego Zoo!








At the Marriott Villa we stayed in Palm Springs




I love my mini tripod!

Out of Office

In celebration of my birthday next week, Randy, Tyler and I will be taking a week long road trip to LA, San Diego and Palm Springs starting tonight! But before that, my good friends are taking me out to Broadway Prime later this evening....YUUUMM, I can't wait to eat the mouth watering prime rib...it's definitely on the top list of my most favorite things :) :) :)

We will be back on March 11, just in time for my niece and nephew to come visit from Vancouver! This will be a great month! As always, a blog is better with a picture....so I will leave you a recent photo of baby Ty Ty...I can't believe he will be 9 months already in just one more week!!

Karina and Erica's Joint Baby Shower

Karina and Erica's joint baby shower was earlier this month and I'm a little behind on my blog post because both have delivered already! Thank you Erin for allowing us to host the shower at your family's restuarant at the Bechelli's Flower Mart Cafe in San Francisco. We had a delicious three course lunch menu, and everything was near perfection! Congratulations on the babies!

Bay Area Discovery Museum

A few weeks ago I had a mommy's play date with a couple of my friends from work and their kids. After lunch at The Cheesecake Factory, we headed out to the Bay Area Discovery Museum, a neat place for babies/kids 6 months and up to play and let their imagination run wild. Here are a few snapshots from our day!

Here's Ty Ty, you can see his first tooth :) As of now, he's got his two bottom teeth already!




It's baby Collin! What a cutie :)


Little Miss Evie


Getting down and dirty in purple paint :)


Evie and her cousin Gavin

Girly Tutus

If Tyler was born a girl, he would have a cute tutu to twirl around in and pretend that he was a fairy or princess! Unfortunately, this is not the case and I am in love with all his boyish ways :) In just the past few weeks, I got in touch with my other crafty side and now I have been crocheting beanies (aka "toque" for my Canadian friends) and making frilly tutus with the little spare time that I have.

Here's a tutu I made for my niece Zoe in Vancouver!

Happy Chinese New Year and Valentine's day!

Tyler turned 8 months 2 days ago and this will be his first chinese new years with his grandparents from Randy's side of the family!

Gong Hei Fat Choy to all :)



This is the year of the tiger! May all be blessed with happiness and prosperity!!

Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010 Finally Here!

So exciting, today is the opening for the winter Olympics in my hometown in Vancouver, Canada! We want to thank our good friends Ed and Mel for sending us Tyler's Olympic apparel in the mail :)

Here he is representing Canada :)

Lee Family Session

On Sunday, I had the chance to do a quick family session for our good friends Robyn and Jon. I can't believe baby Alana is already 2 weeks old! Enjoy the sneak previews :)