San Diego Newborn & Child Photographer, Maternity Photographer, Baby Photographer, Child Photographer, Family Photogapher

my sweet valentine…brianne brose | san diego child photographer

Brianne Brose — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:53:46 +0000

I am in the midst of making Olivia’s valentine cards to hand out at kindergarten so we spent a few minutes today taking pictures to put on them. I am not a big prop photographer so I had absolutely nothing to use that was valentine-ish, haha. I brilliantly (or not) decided to cut out a heart, had her color it red and we wrote her name on it. That is about as valentine prop as it gets, right?! LOL. I like to consider myself a creative artist, but perhaps this cheesy cut out heart has proved me wrong?

marlowe turns 2…brianne brose | san diego child photographer

Brianne Brose — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:43:53 +0000

My baby turned into a toddler yesterday. Ugh, heartbreaking right?! I just happened to be taking these pictures for a review I wrote for Pediped, so obviously the shoes are featured but I thought she looked too stinking cute not to share them on my blog with you guys. Happy Friday everyone!

crustless mini breakfast quichebrianne brose | san diego food photographer

Brianne Brose — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:47:33 +0000

So the past few months have been a long road to getting my life back. I have lost 30 lbs and feel like a whole new woman. I am still a good 10 lbs from my pre-child weight but I am a heck of a lot closer to being Brianne again and whole lot less the fat mom I had become. I am sure you all want to know my secret and well, like always, there really isn’t one. Unfortunately I have no miracle cure for you. I 100% changed my eating habits. I had to detox from my sugar addiction and I started eating “clean”. I quit all processed foods for 30 days, no sugar, no starches and ate only a very select few veggies, fruits and meats. I quickly saw a major change in my body, all of which wasn’t happening with just exercise and trying to eat healthy over the last 2 years after giving birth to my youngest.

I am now about 65 days into my new life and feeling wonderful. The best part is my husband did this journey with me and we both feel great together. It was rough to start but has evolved into a new lifestyle, which we both enjoy for the most part. For now, we still avoid processed foods but have a much bigger variety of food we eat. Most meats, veggies and fruits are allowed. I love eggs too! I also eat sprouted grain breads (Ezekiel brand or Trader Joe’s brand) with natural peanut butter. Other than that, we still avoid starches, carbs, sugar (we do eat small increments in things, but nothing major) and we feel much healthier. I confess that I have cheated a tiny bit over the holidays. Couldn’t reject my mom’s yummy cheesecake, so I had a small portion. And I shared a few gingerbread boys with my girls while at Disneyland. I have also had frozen yogurt a couples times, I just watch my portions and don’t do it often. I still want to live my life, I just want to be in control now. And I finally am!

Anyhow…this led to me to needing a good crustless quiche recipe for breakfast since we can’t have starch/carbs. I take my breakfast with me to my job everyday and I am very tired of my hardboiled egg and grapefruit combo. I am a creature of habit for sure but even I am sick of that same old meal now. I scoured the internet and finally found a recipe that seemed like something I would like. I made a bunch of changes since it was more of a casserole and didn’t say exactly what to use but it gave me a starting point. I decided I wanted ham steak, egg and a good cheese. I am a HUGE cheese fan. I chose a yummy aged gouda while on a trip to costco today and boy did I choose right!

Here is the crustless quiche making process photos and then recipe to follow.

Crustless Mini Breakfast Quiche

½ Kirkland Ham Steak

1.5 cup shredded aged Gouda

6 eggs

salt & pepper

2 tablespoons dijon mustard

heavy cream

Preaheat oven to 350 degrees.

Dice up ham steak into tiny cubes.

Shred aged gouda.

In large measuring bowl, add 6 eggs, 2 tablespoons dijon, a dash of salt (you can skip this if you want, since the ham and cheese are already salty, but I like me some salt) & fresh ground pepper, however much you like. Add the heavy cream til you get to the 3 cup line. Whisk together.

Spray muffin pan with canola spray, this is VERY important.

Put enough cheese to cover the bottom of each mini muffin. Add cubed ham til you get near the top, but still a bit below it. Pour your egg mixture over the cheese/ham contents til you get to the top. Add a sprinkle of cheese on top of each one. Gently poke each quiche with a toothpick to make sure the egg mixture has gone down into the entire thing.

Cook for 25-30 mins on 350. Turn oven to 450, move the muffin pan to the broil area and broil for about 1 min, watching closely to just slightly brown them. Remove from muffin tin immediately to avoid over cooking and allow them to cool on plate.

This made 3 full trays of 12 mini quiches, obviously 36 total. I packed them in sets of 3 in snack bags for breakfast. Kept enough out for a few days and froze the rest.

I hope you all enjoy this recipe as much as I have. It is SO good!

twinkle twinklebrianne brose | san diego child photographer

Brianne Brose — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:37:01 +0000

I gave in to the massively popular “twinkle light” pictures this year. It seemed easier than trying to drag my unwilling children to some location outdoors and have them melt down in public (I usually have a meltdown too). But I was wrong, this was not easy either. As usual, I ended up saying words I shouldn’t say, sweating far more than any woman should and feeling like all the images must have turned out like crap. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw these little angelic faces on my computer screen as I uploaded them from my flash card.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM MY FAMILY TO YOURS!

baby addisonbrianne brose | san diego baby photographer

Brianne Brose — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:53:54 +0000

Ok, I have to confess…I am in LOVE with this session. Often times, the thought of photographing a 3 month old, in hopes of getting those bendy, naked poses can be a little overwhelming. Luckily this time, mom & dad truly wanted to capture their connection as a family and the adorably happy baby Addison while she was awake. They had gorgeous light in their home and obviously are just a completely beautiful family. I am so honored to have been able to photograph this time in their lives and I only hope I can be there to watch her grow. Thanks for welcoming in to your home and for as being as easy going, loving and wonderful as you were. I don’t typically share this many images from a session, but I just couldn’t help myself! I hope you guys love these!

sweet little roenbrianne brose | san diego newborn photographer

Brianne Brose — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:36:44 +0000

I most definitely have a soft spot for teeny babies and this sweet guy was just perfectly little and so full of cuteness. He was such a good sleeper for me and honestly was a total joy to work with. Thank you for spending your day with me, it was great getting you know your new family of 3. I hope you adore these!

Is this not the most loveable little face or what?! hehe.

These two look way to good to have a 2 week old baby. I look worse 2 years after giving birth then they did at our session today. NOT fair.

precious baby girlbrianne brose | san diego newborn photographer

Brianne Brose — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:17:42 +0000

Today I had the best time taking pictures of the sweetest 6 week old baby girl. She was wide awake most of the time but was still the happiest little thing. She barely made a peep the entire time! And she was even sweet enough to give me a few sleepy shots, as you can see. I had a wonderful time chatting with her mama and the family was just wonderful! Thanks for spending your day with me! I hope you guys love these!

The Inspiring Giveaway Winners!brianne brose | san diego child photographer

Brianne Brose — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:28:08 +0000

Ok everyone…here is the big announcement. I used random.org to choose the winners

but couldn’t figure out how to post the little widgets here, LOL. Consider me a giveaway newbie.

1st prize | 1 year membership to Learn Shoot Inspire: winner is Sarah Swade.

2nd prize | 1 year membership to Learn Shoot Inspire: winner is Kellie Carter.

3rd prize | Ellie Bellie Designs butterfly hat: winner is Lisa Mungovan.

4th prize | After the Bump braided headband: winner is Autumn Reynolds.

Congratulations to all of the winners and thank you to everyone for participating.

If you are a winner, you will be emailed shortly regarding your prizes. Thanks again!

my gorgeous friend & her babiesbrianne brose | san diego family photographer

Brianne Brose — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:50:05 +0000

I am so lucky to be able to watch these sweeties grow up. Looking back at all the images I have taken of them over the years literally makes me teary. And yup, their gorgeous mama is one of my closest friends and I am obviously equally lucky to be able to take pictures of her too. I love that this year was focused on her connection with her babies, there is no more special relationship on this earth, believe, I know. And I can see the love pouring out of these images. Even with a nightmarish migraine, I managed to still smile and enjoy my time with them, as always.

She couldn’t help but throw in the occasional cheerleading jump, LOL!

sweet baby tybrianne brose | san diego newborn photographer

Brianne Brose — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 03:05:57 +0000

I had such a great time with baby Ty today! He was so sweet and such a good little sleeper for me. Mom & Dad are big Chicago Bears fans and I had the most adorable little bear hat made with their colors just for their session. Isn’t it so cute on him?! We also did a few special Bears fan photos and I can’t wait for them to see how cute they are, gotta leave the good stuff for the gallery! Thanks for spending your day with me and I hope you love these as much as I do!