Astrid Baloun Photography

2.12.2012

1.14.2012

Faviola & Victor are 8 months pregnant!

[ maternity session ]

12.23.2011

It is heaven on earth for me right now!!! I'm absolutely blessed with the most wonderful family and I cannot wait to eat, laugh, and cry as we reminisce over years past!!! From my family to yours...we wish you a plentiful holiday!!!

11.26.2011

Bridal Shoot

So it's fall. November. Soon Christmas will be over and I'm hoping next year is a slow one. Life has been absolutely overwhelming lately. So busy, I can't even remember on a daily basis if I have showered or eaten three meals. But I'm okay with that and would not have it any other way!!! My girls and husband make me complete!!! I turned 29 this month and was enlighten on on the best parts of getting old. Like getting chin hairs that you can only see under a certain light. Since then, I keep asking my husband to PPLLLEEEASE tell me if he sees one! My mom's advice on getting old was too start lying about my age...say I'm 6 years older. She said that the compliments of how young I look will still happen if I follow her advice! I will soon start trying that one!

My four month old is quite the little chilly pepper. It makes my two year old seem sweeter than an orange on a summer day. Finding alone time with my husband where we can just have a normal conversation is non existent. We find ourselves yelling and barking orders just so that we hear each other over the two year old signing Part of Your World from the Little Mermaid at the top of her lungs in a princess outfit. Kate Plus Eight had nothing on us!!! and we only have two.

If I post on the blog on Christmas Eve I'm sure you would read about how wonderful and incredibly rewarding it is to have kids. My daughter will open her presents and I know the first thing she will do is hug me and say I love so much Momma! That right there makes me endure anything and everything and ask on the possibility of a third child...which seems like that's all everyone wants to know these days, "are you going to try for a boy?" No! Unless I can get a guarantee that it will be a boy!

So because of all the above, I almost forgot to blog this bride! Enjoy! I hope you ate lots of Turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie!!! Life is amazingly beautiful and grandiose around family! Family and food...this is why it's my best season of the year!

Coming up next will be a two family sessions and a post about my four month old!

10.24.2011

International Brides ... Socal Photog Shoot Out

Maternity leave is officially over and I'm not sure if to add an exclamation point or a sad face at the end of that statement. I'm ssssssoooo excited to have normal interactions with grown ups and have lunch all on my own. Yet, I'm absolutely sad to leave my girls and not spend mornings signing to happy tunes over breakfast and then fighting over naps. My mantra: Quality time is better than abundant time.
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I started with a little photography playtime. I had the incredible opportunity to attend the October Socal Photog Shoot Outs which was focused on International Brides. We shot a bride from India, Morocco, Paris, and China! The event took place at the, OH MY GOODNESS, gorgeous mansion, Maison Les Olivers in San Juan Capistrano. This venue is the ideal place for a wedding. I started shooting the minute I stepped out of my car. There are cobble stone pathways left and right, a gorgeous pool and lounge area with a fireplace and a well manicured courtyard, plus two amazing chickens that had no fear!
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