Category archives: family

.christmas is coming. lisa maksoudian-central coast kids photographerhearthebas

as hard as it is to believe, santa clause is coming to town!  that’s right.  and i’ve got LOADS to do to prepare the chimney for his arrival.  cookies to bake.  a tree to decorate…well, actually, we haven’t picked out tree yet and will probably be left with a ‘charlie brown’.   gifts to be wrapped.  and, oh yes, final orders to finish up!

holiday orders must be placed by wednesday, december 10th to guarantee arrival for christmas.  (prints and session albums)

don’t forget, gift certificates make AMAZING gifts and stocking stuffers!  (plus they’re just oh so cute!)

 

(can’t forget to include my little friends, K & A!  irresistibly darling and oh so full of personality.)

.so thankful. lisa maksoudian-california children’s photographer

happy thanksgiving everyone!  i truly have a heart bursting with love and thanksgiving today!  

for the rainy days that i’ve so longed for…

for cozying up with my boys on the couch during the storm…

for the amazing *little people* and sweet parents i’ve met this past week…

for getting a few minutes to stroll down the streets of Los Gatos (note…it’s not the same as Los Altos even though the it sounds similar and might *possibly* have been entered into the GPS as such…)

for my new iPhone (which i’m trying so hard to embrace)…

the bottle of wine from my sweet clients Jill & Mark…who probably took one look at me and could see i really need a night to chill!

for the coolest dog on the planet, miss Zelda Lucile, who chases her tail and does the coolest sumersaults!

for my amazing husband who i adore and really really like to be with…

for my incredible massage at the Four Seasons Biltmore (followed by an intense Steam Room experience)…oh and also for the cucumber water and lemongrass infused ice towels!

and for the sweetest time with my little family this morning!

 

all that said, we have the stomach flu in this household!!!  i’m so sad that our dear friends Jen & Brad couldn’t be here with us…though i don’t blame them at all.  we’re talking sickness…first the boys and now us!  still, there’s something to be thankful for in the middle of the bugs and the mess that it brings…like having your 5 year old want you to sit and hold them all day.  i can’t complain and not-so-secretly i’m  reveling in the moments because i know they will pass so quickly!

i feel like i’ve completely neglected my poor blog, but in the crazy madness of the final sessions of the season…the crazy travel schedule i’m on…and the flu i’m going to let myself off the hook!  🙂

but, here are a few images to make up for lost time.  really, miss E is the definition of ‘delicious’! 

filed under:  children, kids, baby, san luis obispo baby photographer, kids photographer in san luis obispo, california children’s photographer, baby photography, long beach babies

.little miss N. lisa maksoudian-kids photographer

remember this teaser picture…well here’s a few more to fill in the blanks!  

in case you have just joined my blog, let me fill you in on a not so secret secret:  i adore brown eyes.  they are my weakness.  and miss N’s  big brown eyes just make my heart swell!  and the cheeks…’just like butta!’

couldn’t resist the curls…aren’t they just delicious??!!

mom planned the wardrobes SOOO well…it was a veritable fashion show.

love the shirt on this one…sugar and spice!

 

this is probably one of my favorite family shots this year….

 

 

and of course, i couldn’t resist posting this guy!

 

filed under:  children’s photographer, san luis obispo kids photographer, commercial children’s photographer, santa monica baby photographer, san luis obispo dog photographer

.brotherly love. lisa maksoudian-modern kids portraits

once upon a time, there was a sweet little family…

with three…

amazing…

and gorgeous…

little brothers.  

and one adoring mommy.

and one playful daddy.

 

and they ate together…

and they played together…

and at the end of the day they just loved eachother!

and i loved them, too!

 

filed under:  modern kids portraits, children’s photographer, commercial kids photographer, san luis obispo children’s photographer, kids photographer in santa barbara,  santa barbara baby photographer

.mister S. lisa maksoudian-california children’s photographer

it was so fun to visit northern california (really…it was central cal, but from this vantage point it was north of here) to meet mister S.  in all of my days, i’ve only heard one other voice that equals this guys:  sweet and oh so soothing!  i nearly gasped when he first started ‘talking’…that’s how amazingly wonderful it was!

as fate would have it, i actually got to see little ‘S’ two days in a row!   unfortunately, he and his mommy & daddy spent the better part of the evening in the ER…with a double ear infection.  but lucky for me we finished up our pictures the next morning…with a trip to the airport.  yes it’s true, this little munchkin has his own plane already!  

along the way, we found this truck…aren’t his little dimpled arms delicious!?!

and while this blog is a ‘political free zone’, i can’t help but love this t-shirt.  at least he’s got a cool name that rhymes with ‘mama’!

i know what you’re thinking, ‘get outa town!’.   that’s what i’m thinking, too!

 

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