Libz Photography

Libz Photography Creating your legacy of your real, messy, but beautiful life with you in pictures

Here is the promised toddler trip ideas in ! 1. Peppa Pig Land- no explanation needed, just imagine the heaven your tod...
07/03/2023

Here is the promised toddler trip ideas in !

1. Peppa Pig Land- no explanation needed, just imagine the heaven your toddler will be in.
2. - another heavenly place for the kids obsessed with lego.
3. Monkey Joes- is an inflatable indoor playground. Every possible inflatable bounce house/slide option is there.
4. Butterfly Encounter -Lukas Nursery and Butterfly Encounter is such a beautiful place with insane amounts of beautiful flowers to look at and buy, chickens, tons of rocking chairs, bench swings and best of all, you can feed butterflies and feel them tickle you as they lick Gatorade off your fingers or nose.
5. My Little Town Kids Orlando -an indoor playground with pretend play and mini rides.

"What does a documentary family session actually look like?" is a pretty typical question I get. I love to have a zoom m...
06/26/2023

"What does a documentary family session actually look like?" is a pretty typical question I get.

I love to have a zoom meet-and-greet with your family so I can get to know the kids before the day of the session & answer any last minute questions. By the time I come, you guys already know my name and my vibe which makes it really relaxing and comfortable.

The day arrives and we will finally get to hang out! I’ll document what makes your family unique while I schmooze with you and play with the kids and we talk about everything under the sun (but honestly probably mostly about parenting).

One of my favorite things about this job is getting to know your family in real life.

Happy Father's day! Thank you for learning and growing so you can meet your family's needs. You are transforming generat...
06/18/2023

Happy Father's day! Thank you for learning and growing so you can meet your family's needs. You are transforming generations to recognize and accept their feelings, respect each other and take care of themselves. Have the most wonderful day!

School is almost over or done already and you might be traveling to the happiest place on earth or maybe you're like me ...
06/12/2023

School is almost over or done already and you might be traveling to the happiest place on earth or maybe you're like me and prefer less touristy trips and activities to do with the kids in Orlando?

Here are some ideas for older kids:

1. West Orange trail-you can rent bikes or bring your own rollerblades/scooters (they have the wagon for little kids to rent too) along this beautiful paved trail and even stop in town to eat in the cute cafes or walk around the boutiques.

2. : you get to go on an obstacle course, climb trees, and zip line through the forest.

3. Orlando Watersports Complex : you can do wakeboarding, wake skating, or knee boarding on the cable park, or hand at surfing on the Flowrider.

4. Kelly Park: you can tube down the river (you must rent the tubes outside the park. If you see a stand selling, stop and buy because they don't sell them in the park). And then after, eat a picnic in the beautiful park.

5. Ripley's Believe it or not-you might be ready for some air conditioning....

A list for the little's will be coming soon!

Save this for your next trip.

Bedtime-After a whole day with the kids, for some odd reason, bedtime defined my mother status. If I was calm and everyo...
06/05/2023

Bedtime-After a whole day with the kids, for some odd reason, bedtime defined my mother status. If I was calm and everyone went to bed happy, then I gave myself this mental pat on the back for being a great mom. If the kids were difficult or I wasn't patient because I.JUST.WANTED.THE.KIDS.TO.GO.TO.SLEEP, then I kind of painted the whole day as a not such good day and I was not good enough.

Someone told me this little trick that really helped me with this. She said to think at the end of the day, no matter how bedtime or the day went, one time during the day or evening that was positive. And pat yourself on the back for that.

I started doing that and it really changed my mindset about myself and the day.

A documentary family session kind of does this on steroids and you don't have to think. And it is printed so whenever you're feeling like you're not a good enough mother, you'll open the beautiful leather album and see how much good you do every day.

How you are wonderful as you are.

And most definitely, good enough.

I think today is about loss, pain, and respect for those that are gone because they served our country and those that ha...
05/29/2023

I think today is about loss, pain, and respect for those that are gone because they served our country and those that have to live with that loss. In between the bar b q's, opening the pool, and shopping at the sales, there's a need to acknowledge that.

And yes, swimming has been happening for a while for those in the south but for everyone else: you can finally defrost, open your pools and start the swimming season.

This swimming, like every year, has a different feel to it because one child might've graduated out of floaties, one might've started trying to drown itself every day by drinking the chlorine water while trying to wriggle out of the tube. Another child might've stopped the "look at me" stage.

Sometimes you give a sigh of relief that a certain stage is done and sometimes there's like this pang of sadness that it's over. And maybe you should've been more present and enjoyed that stage more.

Let me know what stage your kids are at when it comes to pool stuff-FYI, I'm at the "look at me"/ballerina/dancing/tricks stage with no floaties/life jackets needed.

Parenting-Over the past decade of reading parenting books, workshops, and podcasts, I've come to realize that most of pa...
05/23/2023

Parenting-Over the past decade of reading parenting books, workshops, and podcasts, I've come to realize that most of parenting is about ME, my feelings and reactions and very little about the kid's behavior. When I'm calm both internally and externally, the behavior issues are waaaay down and I can help regulate the child, help them and then teach when they're calm.

It seems simple but years ago it was more, how do I get my kid to stop this behavior kind of focus as opposed to an internal focus and then getting curious on why the child is behaving that way. Such interesting stuff!

Anyone gentle parenting fans? I find that when I try to instigate a debate with my friends (yes, I love to do that), I either get a "yesssssss, it changed everything" or like, "nice try, it's new age wacky stuff that makes zero sense. How in the world am I supposed to be calm and not stressed when my life is crazy busy?".

Curious what you think? Does it work for you or your on the nay team? Does gentle parenting go too far?

I'll post some of my favorite parenting people on insta in part 2.

I remember wanting to be an octopus because my two legs and two arms just weren't enough to get a diaper changed with th...
05/10/2023

I remember wanting to be an octopus because my two legs and two arms just weren't enough to get a diaper changed with the kid twisting, kicking, flailing and wiggling out of my creative restraining move. It's a really difficult stage with the frustration happening at every.single.diaper.change.

People used to tell me, oh you're complaining about that? Just wait, toilet training is a nightmare or just wait till they're older, it's so much harder! Gee. Thanks.

I really found that unhelpful and so invalidating. Let's validate the hard stuff and not do the warning and horror stories to come. Every mom is different and finds different things hard.

If you see a mom today, do me and her a favor and show some empathy and then give a smart tip if you have one. And post the smart tip to help us all out :)

Dear dads and partners everywhere,Mother’s Day is only a week and one day away. Your wife doesn't want another piece of ...
05/06/2023

Dear dads and partners everywhere,

Mother’s Day is only a week and one day away.

Your wife doesn't want another piece of jewelry or flowers. True, she’ll feel loved and appreciated for a few hours but then it's back to regular programming. Here's an easy and completely different idea for a birthday or mothers day gift that she’ll never stop feeling appreciated and loved even after it’s long gone.

A documentary family session.

It’s a photography session unlike anything you guys have ever done. There's

-no posing
-no dressing up
-no stress
-no skipped naps
-no planning

Your wife doesn’t have to do ANYTHING.

She doesn’t need to put on makeup and put on her fanciest dress, wash everyone’s coordinating clothes and force everyone to cooperate.

She comes as she is.

The feeling of being loved, accepted as she is, and appreciated for her daily non stop doing for the family will last forever. These pictures are proof that she is the rock, the glue, the everything to your family and she should know that. And see that. ‘

The album you will receive will sit on the shelf in your living room or on your coffee table, ready to give her an appreciation boost whenever she needs a pick me up. And that feeling that her partner sees her in her entirety, will wash over her like the most delicious, hottest, shower after a sweaty run.

Trust me when I say you will win the spouse of the year award.

Message me to make this happen!

Chalk-It's finally chalk season for those thawing up north! It's such a great way to get outside, see some sunshine and ...
05/02/2023

Chalk-It's finally chalk season for those thawing up north! It's such a great way to get outside, see some sunshine and keep the kids busy.

Kids happily playing+ Mommy outside with happy kids=bliss.

I love how I become the resident artist for that hour, with my kids ooohing and ahhhhing over my chalk art. It is so good for the ego, my friend.

Do you get dirty and draw with the kids and play hopscotch or do you do planks and burpees on the sidewalk while everyone walking by thinks your nuts?

“Libby, we’re kind of boring. What’s there even to take pictures of on a regular day?”Does that sound like you?I want yo...
04/28/2023

“Libby, we’re kind of boring. What’s there even to take pictures of on a regular day?”

Does that sound like you?

I want you to know that no one is boring and every day is filled with moments where something really funny happens, or something very tender and wonderful, or something difficult that you tried your best to handle. Real life is pretty interesting because kids are funny and weird. Really weird.

Like, how is this leg position even comfortable?

You hire me to see your life through my creative eyes, who sees your story and the things that you might not notice because you are working so hard every day, parenting, working, loving, feeding, cooking and all the other zillion things we women do every day.

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