Happy Summer! I hope everyone is enjoying all the beauty that summer brings. We have had an active few weeks around here - Norah's 1st tooth popped t

         
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Happy Summer!

I hope everyone is enjoying all the beauty that summer brings. We have had an active few weeks around here - Norah's 1st tooth popped through last week and she is now crawling in earnest....game changer for sure! We're also introducing new foods by the day - she had quite a hilarious reaction to kiwi - Part 1 and Part 2....she keeps me laughing!

We've been trying to soak in as much of this beautiful weather as possible by being outside in the garden, at the beach, at the pool and hiking up Philo - there is nothing like VT in the summer!

The busy season with work is also in full swing so I'm diving into bed at night to rest up for the next day. Read on for lots of photos and some really thought provoking and great articles.

Thanks for reading!!

Amanda

PERSONAL

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Jeff and I celebrated six years of marriage over the weekend with a yummy dinner out at Hen of the Wood in Burlington - go there immediately!!
Norah photos from May
May Instagram photos
Norah photos from April

WEDDINGS

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James & Katie were married on the perfect day at the Ponds at Bolton Valley
Sarah and Avery had a beautiful at-home wedding in the middle of a field - ahhhh!
Kami & Jeff didn't stop smiling the entire day at their Ponds at Bolton Valley wedding!
Katie & Colby's springy Greenwich wedding kicked off the busy season towards the end of May...cherry blossoms everywhere!

PORTRAITS

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I photographed this family again over July 4th - so fun to see the changes in kids from year to year
SO wonderful to see former wedding couple Chris & Emily again as they welcomed their daughter Olivia
Usually the unplanned moments are the best of all.....hung out with Fia & Holden one night as they biked and played in the mud.
Loved seeing this family again for the second summer in a row
I also loved visiting this family again - I hadn't seen them since Jack was a newborn!
These nine month old twins were as sweet as can be and so curious about their world!
Ever since the grass turned green I've been keeping very busy doing a ton of real estate photography for Landvest - a fun contrast to wedding work

PRESS

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Emily & Dave's beautiful Shelburne Farms wedding was featured in a recent issue of The Knot Magazine. You can see the online wedding feature by clicking here!
Chandler & Ryan's beachy wedding was featured on Preppy Wedding Style!

RECOMMENDATIONS

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Unfortunately I haven't been reading quite as much as usual lately but I did finish "The Goldfinch" a few weeks ago which I really enjoyed - it was a bit long in some parts but overall a great story and character development.

Over July 4th I read "The Associate" - I've always loved John Grisham books.

Now I'm a ways into "Breakfast with Buddha" - it's interesting so far! Last weekend was also the local library book sale so I picked up a stack of books to add to my shelf....too many to read too little time!

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

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ARTICLES & HAPPENINGS

"How animals eat their food" - this made me laugh out loud.....a lot
A beautiful video about the arc of life made by my Brother.
An incredible story of having a transgender son - inspirational parenting!
Norah isn't quite at this age yet but I'm intrigued by "Should you teach your kids to share?"
Funny tongue in cheek article about "how to breastfeed appropriately"
REALLY great new ad campaign from Always about how to do something "like a girl" - a good reminder of our own stereotypes and definitely worth a watch
Organic chickens anyone? We've pre-ordered ours for winter roasting!
"Useful dog tricks" - Sage & Strider have a lot to learn!
When Mother leaves baby with Dad - is this what Jeff does with Norah when I'm at weddings??!!
"What a girl hears when you tell her she's pretty" - I have to say that as the Mother of a daughter I am SO much more aware of this now not so much when they are babies but I now try to never talk to little girls about their clothes or their looks - talk to them about anything else please they are more than what they look like!!!
LOVED this article - "How to spend the first ten minutes of your day"
I've enjoyed watching some episodes of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee"
Interesting and thought provoking article :: "The day I left my son in the car"
"How children have become their parent's bullies"
Drowning doesn't look like drowning....a fascinating and scary must read for parents or really anyone!
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