{"id":23482,"date":"2025-11-23T18:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T02:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephywong.com\/blog\/?p=23482"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:11:15","slug":"the-savage-family-watching-love-and-chocolate-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephywong.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/23\/the-savage-family-watching-love-and-chocolate-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"The Savage Family \u2014 Watching Love (and Chocolate) Grow – Rancho Bernardo Inn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019ve had the joy of photographing the Ellyn and Shaun for years \u2014 and what a journey it\u2019s been! I first met Ellyn and Shaun at their engagement session in 2017, where their laughter came easily, and their love story was just beginning. Then came their wedding, a day filled with joy, celebration, and that same infectious energy that still shines through today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward a few years, and along came two adorable little girls who have completely stolen the show. (sorry Ellyn and Shaun you guys are so 2017). Last year was our first official family photo session, and this year… well, the girls have\u00a0definitely<\/em>\u00a0grown \u2014 maybe a foot taller, or maybe I\u2019m just shrinking! Either way, their personalities have only gotten bigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, no family session with toddlers (and big personalities!) runs without a little behind-the-scenes magic \u2014 in this case, lots of chocolate bribery<\/em>. Let\u2019s just say those giggles and sweet smiles were powered by a few strategic treats and some well-earned cocoa motivation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been such a gift to watch this family grow, season after season \u2014 from engagement to wedding to parenthood. I can\u2019t wait to see what our next chapter of photos (and snack negotiations) brings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve had the joy of photographing the Ellyn and Shaun for years \u2014 and what a journey it\u2019s been! I first met Ellyn and Shaun at their engagement session in 2017, where their laughter came easily, and their love story was just beginning. Then came their wedding, a day filled with joy, celebration, and that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[260,1215],"class_list":["post-23482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-portraits","tag-holiday-photos","tag-rancho-bernardo-inn-family-photos"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephywong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephywong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephywong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephywong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephywong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23482"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephywong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23547,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephywong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23482\/revisions\/23547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephywong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephywong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephywong.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}