I Don't Know How You Do It

I've heard the phrase "I don't know how you do it all" too many times to count. Four kids+ Corporate Management job + side photography business that is exceeding my initial expectations... Yep, I've been called a SuperMom more than once.

Let me let you in on a secret. I'm not really all that put together.  You'll have to forgive me if things like this happen on our shoot.

Driving my Suburban at the speed of light to a shoot because I was already running late. I called Jesse on the way to rattle off a list of things I wanted him to accomplish while I was gone (he just loves it when I do that).

Him: Where are you?
Me: On my way to my shoot. You knew that.
Him: You DO know Emily is in the car right? She was pretending to be asleep and I couldn't get her out, so I left her in there.
Me: UM. NOOOOOOOOO. Didn't know that.

Sure enough, my little stowaway was in the back seat. Still pretending to be asleep. Had I checked my rear view mirror as I peeled my SUV out of my driveway backwards, I may have noticed.

That's how this shoot started. How did it end? Oh, with me leaving my green phone and keys in the green grass somewhere along the half mile we covered while shooting. And my clients helping me search as the sun was rapidly setting. How I found them still remains a mystery.

Oh but the shots in between- the glorious shots of this wee one and his big blue eyes. MMMMM.

My shoots certainly aren't boring... but that means my pix aren't either!