I met Kimberly & her husband Shawn through our mutual friend Cheryl; Cheryl & I had been neighbors for years & years, & Kim & Cheryl had gone to college together. I’ll always be grateful to Cheryl for introducing us, because Kim & I have gotten to share the motherhood journey from the very beginning. Her older daughter Kaylin was born just eight hours earlier than my Zoë. And after moving to the South Bay from the Westside of Los Angeles, I knew no one—until Kimmy so generously embraced us in her circle of mommy friends. She invited us to every playdate, called us, checked up on us, & continues to make efforts in friendship that I have let fall by the wayside as parenting took up more & more time. It is such a treat for me to do portraits for their two amazingly adorable daughters—Kaylin who has a cascade of red hair that is right out of a Disney princess movie, & Ashlyn who is the original Kewpie Doll come to life with her blue eyes as big as saucers & fine blond hair. I love being “auntie” to these two sweethearts!!