Amy Elizabeth

Advice for planning weddings AND shooting them-Venting about what NOT to do! @PhotographerAmy

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

In case you were wondering if I really act like that GIF I'm always using? ⠀
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(Swipe if you need a reference🤣) ⠀
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Answer is: YES. 🍷🤣 🍷⠀
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I might be at my best in a vineyard, y'all. 🤔⠀
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Wine in hand-… https://t.co/BFshQ1ozb6

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

"Mommy, your armpits smell like coffee." 😲😆🤷‍♀️⠀
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That had to be my favorite compliment this week, given by Connor of course. (Even if he didn't necessarily mean it as one😆)⠀
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Connor notices the… https://t.co/QXVzEqRPhj

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

"ALEXXXAAAAA!!!! ....... PLAYYYY MEDICATIONN MUSIC!!!!" 💊💉 🎶👀⠀
-(Connor last night at bedtime)⠀
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Apparently I've turned a real habit of playing *meditation* music before he goes to bed...⠀
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...and now… https://t.co/TsFvLKj3kz

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

"How bout this- every bite of new food you try- I'll take a sip of bubble water??"🤷‍♀️⠀
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Me, at the table, trying to get Connor to eat chicken that looked different.⠀
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He knows that "bubble" (AKA LaCroix)… https://t.co/OSfZEwvW7K

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

"Whoa mom! How does your brain know to do that?!!"⠀
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---Connor, today, during an immediate Lego building fest when I came to my mom's house to get him.◾️👌🏻 ⠀
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"I don't know, kid- your mama just has a unique… https://t.co/ZuxEtqcos9

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

LAST NIGHT Y'ALL. 🎇 SWIPE for BTS!!⠀
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Guys. I can't tell you how thankful I am for this couple... AND their friends!⠀
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They clearly ended my May wedding craziness with a bang and now I'm going to head back… https://t.co/GLPM2QRNtZ

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

Connor slept in until 10:30 this morning😱.⠀
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Because he spent last night up partying with us bc we had friends over.⠀
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So basically he's my clone.⠀
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(If we all didn't already know that)⠀
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Anyone get… https://t.co/Nzv2qGX31r

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

🎶"I just wanna dive in the waterrrr with you... baby, we can't see the bottommm"🎵⠀
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"But I can see YOUR bottom, Mama!!😆😆" ⠀
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Listening to Connor interpret lyrics is never less than… https://t.co/iDhTmtThag

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

Do you realize how much magic can happen when two amazing people give me two solid minutes or less?? ⠀
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... And I'm not just talking about the one time a month Dave and Connor combine forces to actually let me… https://t.co/HEfn8kCBzW

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

🤣 this Mama is on vacation!!! This sweet girl and I celebrate our birthdays together each year--⠀
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And TODAY is her actual birthday!⠀
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We're in Sonoma doing all the things and… https://t.co/jWcAJies8s

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

Today a mom simply took the time to say "I'm sorry that you're going through that right now, that can be so frustrating." ⠀
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... And it rocked my world.👊🏻🙌🏻⠀
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((Pun intentional,… https://t.co/7DNPPjb27g

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

🎶"I like me better when I'm with youuuuu" ..⠀
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I wish I could just leave it at a cute love song quote like that.⠀
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But Connor was singing this to me (he learned it from KidzBop) as… https://t.co/OBkkEjfJv9

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

This weekend's session *might* have induced a little vertigo for me- (anyone else feeling that seeing this waterfall??) 🙋‍♀️⠀
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...but these two are seriously worth it.🙌🏻⠀
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Also… https://t.co/zb0ZBjhqVM

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

"DAD!! I FORGOT TO EAT SOMETHING!!"⠀
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"What??? You just ate"⠀
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"NO! IN COLORADO!!"⠀
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😶 "you forgot to eat something in Colorado?? ...Last… https://t.co/Yi5O61aSiB

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

"ALEXA!!! playyyy. relaxinggg. muuusic."😴⠀
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Apparently I yell that at our "Alexa" thing enough that when Connor was getting in big trouble (gasp) ...and I was using my *extra* stern… https://t.co/WBniTnNYGP

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

The moment I actually get Connor and myself to the post office well BEFORE five...⠀
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... when he doesn't make a bad scene🙌🏻 (he always makes some sort of scene- today it was just… https://t.co/xIEFCXxA19

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

This child is my clone. 😆⠀
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...right down to how tired he is (or acts) whenever I NEED him to be awake early enough to get to school. 💤⠀
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We both walk around like this in the… https://t.co/0LIVCQwu1w

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

This is the exact amount of personal space Connor gives someone once they do so much as make eye contact with him. ⠀
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Today he asked our neighbor for a sleepover.😬⠀
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At his… https://t.co/WpcziaQ9EJ

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

How I feel right about now. ✨💃✨⠀
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Connor came home from the neighborhood park with me the FIRST time the timer went off ⠀
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And he did that leaving yesterday, too.⠀
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I'm not… https://t.co/Ff8MgFlRY5

[Amy Elizabeth @PhotographerAmy]

My Uncle sent Connor an ant farm.⠀🐜😧
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Connor has already dropped said ant farm onto his bean bag chair in the living room.⠀😶
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Oh, and did I mention I had the proud moment of… https://t.co/xseGnbZnCx