This is me..

Hi. I'm Candace. I am a wife to John, a mother to Camryn & Collin, a straight A student in college, and a weekend photographer.  We have 3 fur babies - Ace, the mutt, we bought him from some old people in walmart parking lot.. we think he is part basenji and part shiba-inu.. yeah, google it... he's my boy though. Then we have Wrigley the pug puppy... yes as in Wrigley Field... we also bought him from a parking lot off some random people selling pugs.. John has always loved pugs so of course I couldn't just drive by the cute little wrinkled faced creature and forget about him. Oh, then we have this cat named Chloe... John and Cami went to go get their hair cut one day and next thing I know they walk through the door with a kitten in their hands.. apparently they made a trip to Pet Land and Cami just HAD to have her. So, we have a house full to say the least and our lives are pretty hectic as well.. but I wouldn't have it any other way. I love my life and everyone in it!


I am kind of health freak/holistic mom. I research EVERYTHING that has to do with my childrens health and safety. They are both in the safest carseats and buckled up correctly. I believe in extrended rear facing. I breastfeed, use cloth diapers, baby wear, & co-sleep.  I would love to say that both my kids are vaccine free but unfortunately I didnt do that kind of research til after my daughter was 3.. with that said, Camryn is partially vax'd and Collin is vax free. I have become very passionate in the vaccine research and I encourage all parents to educate before they vaccinate. I'll go into more detail later.. thats a promise.. but back to me... 


As I said before, I am a photographer (http://www.candacehowephotography.com/) . I've always loved photography.. it runs in the family (moms side). I love love love black and white pictures. I stay at home with my babies during the day, attend school at night & online, and do photoshoots on the weekends. I'm not huge into professional sports (or atleast watching them on tv) but I know I am supposed to support the Chicago Bears for football and Chicago Cubs for baseball. I'm horrible with writing about myself so basically my days are long, nights are short, weekends fly by and sometimes I just need to vent to keep my sanity.. so this is my blog. This is my place in space to say what I want to say and if someone doesn't like it they dont have to read it! This is the freedom of a stay at home mom.. this is my 'me' time.. (ha!).. this is me. Welcome =)