Mia Paige Photography

Tikki & Paul | Married!

miapaige — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:00:13 +0000

On a gorgeous day in April, Tikki & Paul were married in a beautiful ceremony overlooking the sound at the gorgeous Water’s Edge Resort & Spa in Westbrook, CT. We had so much fun shooting this wedding. Tikki & Paul are such a great couple and they really made us feel like part of the family. Here’s peek into their special day…

Let’s Go Giants!

miapaige — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:03:28 +0000

Sorry Patriots fans, but Mia and Paige are huge Giants fans just like their daddy! Mia especially. She really loves watching the games and asks a ton of questions to try and figure out how it’s played. Forget cheerleading, Mia says she wants to be the first girl Giant! That’s my girl! They are both really excited for Super Bowl Sunday! Here’s our mini celebratory photo shoot.

Let it Snow!

miapaige — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:26:18 +0000

OK, I have to be honest. These shots weren’t taken Saturday during our first snow of the year. Mommy was glued to the mac all weekend editing. Daddy took the girls out to play and well, he doesn’t take photos unless it’s via smart phone. I took these for our Christmas card way back in October when we had the freak Halloween snow.

Sarah & Matthew | Married

miapaige — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:03:44 +0000

Casandra & Antonio | Married

miapaige — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:18:53 +0000

Amanda & Peter | Married

miapaige — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:33:38 +0000

Lauren & Lu | Married

miapaige — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:17:08 +0000

Ayla & Tom | Married

miapaige — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:47:34 +0000

Kate & Matt | Married

miapaige — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:24:32 +0000

One of my proudest mommy moments (so far)!

miapaige — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:14:54 +0000

In 2008, 3 months after giving birth to Paige, I met an incredible woman named Tracy. Tracy, is a 2’s teacher at Landmark of Ridgefield Academy. She was Mia’s very first teacher and little did I know that day, just how significantly she would change the lives of my entire family.

That year, Tracy ran the NYC Marathon. I couldn’t wait to get to school and hear how it went. There I was, a few months postpartum, VERY over weight and completely exhausted from a new baby who cried 23 out of 24 hours of the day, listening to her recount the experience. Inspired and in awe, that night at dinner, I told my husband I would run the marathon the following year. He thought I was crazy. Keep in mind, I’m the girl who never played sports and has 2 bad knees. I’m also the girl who has a hard time with diets of any kind and avoids the gym like the plague. But, like the incredible husband he is, supported me (as he always does no matter how crazy my ideas are) and I started “running.”

Now by running, I mean setting the treadmill to a speed walkers pace and attempting to jog only to be close to death less than a quarter mile in. This continued for a few weeks and I doubted myself many times. But every day at school when I dropped off Mia, Tracy would ask me how it was going and encouraged me along the way.

Sure enough, that following year, I ran my first marathon and I was HOOKED! Since then, I’ve run it 3 times and competed in over a dozen other running events. Had I not met Tracy, there is no doubt in my mind I would have never even ran a 5K, let alone a marathon. I am so grateful our paths crossed when they did. She has totally transformed my life. I am lucky and honored to call her a friend!

As a result of all this running, both of my girls have caught the bug. With childhood obesity such an issue and Wii being some kids’ only form of physical activity, I am so happy my girls are eager to “run like mommy & daddy”. They both have done races and love to just go out for a run.

This past summer I took the girls with me to meet Chrissie Wellington -the best, most bad ass, female triathlete on the planet! Mia got her autograph and Chrissie encouraged her to stick with it. A few weeks later, Mia competed in her very first triathlon (The Mini Mossman) with her best friend Ava. It was an emotional day for me. I was so proud of my baby girl. Many family members came out to cheer her on. Even Tracy and Rebecca (another of Mia’s teachers at Landmark) came down. More important than how proud I was of Mia is how proud Mia was of herself that day. And THAT is worth a million miles! Thank you Tracy! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!