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Category Archives: Travel

Portrait a Week: 13 of 52

We are on Spring Break (hooray!), and spent the first 5 days of our holiday on bikes, exploring the stunning mountainous region of Yangshuo, China (full post coming soon). This was Isla’s first experience on a bike, and she LOVED it! She strongly protested wearing her helmet initially, but it did not take long for...

Portrait a Week: 12 of 52

We had two photo shoots last week, and per usual, Isla came along as our little assistant. She was wonderfully patient, and enjoyed observing everything going on around her. We are so thankful that she can share these little adventures with us and is able to keep herself entertained and in such good spirits while...

Isla and the Cats

It has become very clear over the past few months that our baby girl is a big-time animal lover, like her mama. And I’ll be honest- I’m totally thrilled! Isla can spot a bird flying amongst the skyscrapers of Puxi from a moving taxi, she attempts to hug every neighborhood cat we pass, and she...

Ow side?

“Ow side?” Outside? “Ow side, pees?” Outside, please? Outside, please? is a question we have been hearing in growing frequency. Our Isla LOVES to be outside. All the time. If she is not outside, she is likely trying to think of a way to convince us to go outside. The winter chill is slowly departing...

Portrait a Week: 11 of 52

Mr. Chen, the driver who brings Isla to school during my lunch break each day, showing me a photo he took of her with his phone. Isla absolutely adores Mr. Chen, and it is obvious the feeling is mutual! He turns to interact with her at nearly every red light, and just beams whenever he...