Rachel Absher Photography | Central Florida, Tampa and Orlando, Modern, Photojournalism, Child, Newborn, Family, Engagement, and Wedding Photographer

It’s newborn season. Lots of babies being born, with the boys outnumbering the girls, or so it seems. There is just something about a newborn, their smell, their new skin, their little fingers. SIGH….
A little sneak peek for the “G” family, because I just couldn’t wait to share!!

I LOVED this session! It seemed like everything was just PERFECT the day of this session. Perfect sky, perfect weather. I am so excited to post SOME of my favs. We had a LOT of time to play, so this will be a huge blog post.

Running. It’s my release. My stress reliever. My escape. My time to be ALONE with God (as there is always constant noise and chaos with a house full of boys.) I trained for last fall for my first half marathon (1st because I don’t believe it will be my last) and ran it in December. Then the holidays struck! Food, family, vacation, more food. It was all down hill from there. I decided to take a couple of weeks off from running after my race. Well a couple of weeks turned into a couple of months with sporadic runs here and there.
Well, it’s time, time to get back on track. I printed out my half marathon training schedule (because I’m one of those people who NEEDS to have a schedule to stay on track and keep me motivated). I’m starting over, short runs, increasing over the weeks. I started on Sunday and pretty much felt like I was carrying 20 lbs. of bricks in my legs. I am on day 3 and still feeling weak! Today, the first 5 minutes my ankles hurt so bad I thought I was going to have to stop. But I didn’t. I am trying not to get frustrated with myself. I have to remind myself how hard it was for me in the beginning when I initially started running and also remind myself that after a couple of weeks I will feel strong again. So, my journey begins again.
This time I am going to TRY to keep a video diary of my progress.
So, here’s day 1 (from Sunday):
“Who am I kidding?! I have definitely allowed myself to get out of running mode and I hate it. I’ve been getting in one run a week and have made excuses like it’s too cold, I have too much work, etc… So, today starts a new day. I’m starting to run again, consistently. I am going to try to video each week to track my progress and keep myself accountable. It’s amazing how a couple of months off put you back @ square 1. P.S. Any recommendations for sunglasses good for running? Totally not digging the creases in my forehead from squinting.”

No, she’s not really a model, but she could be. This girl can BRING IT! As soon as the camera was on her, she just knew how to work it.
I absolutely loved photographing her.
Jennifer, thank you for making the trip down from PA. It was awesome spending time with you!!