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Family of Four

By beakatude
on Jul 16, 2016
in friends, photosbynina

Ranee asked me to take some photos of her and the family last weekend and wanted to re-enact their engagement photo again – this time with Avia too. Unfortunately, it was a really pretty, sunny day in SF. Why unfortunate? Well, it makes the lighting really harsh. Luckily I shoot in RAW format and was able to tweak them a bit.

This is the photo that I got of the four of them walking along The Embarcadero. I also couldn’t help stitching the three photos together. I love the progression from newlyweds to family of 3 and finally to a family of 4.

This is my favorite photo. Avia got hangry in the middle of the photoshoot and I couldn’t help capturing the moment.

We also took another photo in this pose with Avia added again and this is how it came out.

This is one cute family. Ranee always says I’m their family photographer and it’s always a pleasure to shoot for them.

Having a little fun…

By beakatude
on Jun 17, 2016
in chuckle, family, life, outings

It’s always nice to have a random workday off. It’s even nicer when your husband can join you. We left Peanut with Mirian today while we took KK to see her first movie this morning. Later in the afternoon, we went on a little pub crawl around the neighborhood. It started at the cafe downstairs and then moved over to The Yard.

We later added Peanut to the mix and still had a good time.

This is basically my version of Happy Hour lately.

Eventually, every one in the house fell asleep and I was left alone with some free time on my hands. Teresa sent me a link to the CheerioChallenge and I thought I’d give it a try with some leftover puffs.

This one was the hardest. Peanut is a SUPER LIGHT sleeper and my hands were not the steadiest tonight. I had 5 on his head at one point but two rolled off.

Then I stacked some of Jes. This one was challenging because his arm would move up and down as he breathed.

KK is probably the easiest because she is a pretty good sleeper. I just had to wait for her to get into a deeper sleep because when I tried earlier, she would wake up each time a puff rolled off her face. Heh heh.

This is what I do to amused myself nowadays.

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Chaotic Photoshoot

By beakatude
on May 22, 2016
in babies, chuckle, photosbynina

We went to Teresa’s house this morning to take some portraits of Baby Hudson. It was a lot more chaotic than I anticipated but I managed to snap a few decent photos.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the craziness that occurred with my two kids in tow.

Luckily KK was on her best behavior but it still added to the difficulty level of this photoshoot.

Baby Hudson

By beakatude
on May 13, 2016
in babies, friends

Baby Thomas Hudson Hopkins arrived on Thursday, May 12th and Teresa’s doing great. Aaron got this precious photo of Henry meeting his little brother this morning. He weighed in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces and measured 20 inches at 39 weeks gestation. Woot!

I stopped by after work today to meet him and I was treated to a wide-awake little guy all bundled up like a burrito.

He just hung out with me while I got caught up with Teresa and Aaron.

Congratulations to the Hopkins Family!!

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Just Mamas Mother’s Day Celebration

By beakatude
on May 07, 2016
in chuckle, family, friends, holidays, outings, yum

This year, Ranee and I decided to plan our own day of fun. We made arrangements to have the husbands watch the kids and invited Ishya too. The three of us met up at Rockridge BART Station and headed out for a morning and early afternoon of girl time. We called it our First Annual Just Mamas Mother’s Day Celebration. First stop was Bourbon and Beef where we bought a Groupon that gave us $40 worth of food and drinks for only $16!!! Ranee’s superpower is finding the best deals on booze (and food)!

I already had breakfast in the morning so I had two glasses of prosecco and so did Ranee. Cousin had a massive french toast.

Look at this bill! It was $40 even!! Totally unplanned but worked out perfectly!

The next stop was Southie for lunch. We shared a carafe of wine and I had a tasty pork belly sandwich packed with a jalapeno slaw.

It was so nice to walk into a tiny restaurant and not have to ask for a highchair or worry about what to order for the kids. I also didn’t have to share any of my food today. The best part was having an uninterrupted conversation with my girls.

Next stop was Philz Coffee for Ishya and Safeway for something tasty to drink for Ranee and I.

We took our roadies to the nail spa across the street and had a great time.

This bubbly pear and apple drink was perfect for the occasion.

There were plenty of giggles between the three of us.

We had so much fun that we were already making plans for our next outing together.

What a fun Mother’s Day Eve outing! Thanks to Jes, Jamie, and Billy’s parents for giving us these precious 4 hours of fun!!

Family Fun Weekend

By beakatude
on Apr 26, 2016
in family, holidays, outings, yum

This past weekend, the family came up from Cerritos to celebrate KK’s birthday. They flew in just in time for the party on Saturday.

On Sunday, we met up for lunch at Hog Island Oyster Co. and had quite a feast. I love this photo of Peanut photobombing Brother withe the oysters.

No trip would be complete without a stop at Humphry’s Slocombe too.

It was a warm day and perfect for going to the playground to burn off the sugar.KK and Alice had a good time playing together.

For dinner, we met at Little Sheep Hot Pot, which was super close to their hotel.

The rest of the evening was spent in their rooms. The girls played Octonauts in the bedside table that had a fake drawer and enough head room for both of them to fit inside.