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Jun
03
He has been so much more expressive this month. He is using his voice a lot more and when he is happy he just bounces, hands and feet dancing :-) His personality is showing more and more and I am loving getting to know him better! He is desperately trying to figure out the crawling thing. I have a feeling by next month he will have it figured out. Unfortunately I think that will make my life a lot more complicated ;-)
I love how these turned out. It was the first shoot I did with him outside and he absolutely loved it! (although due to the teething he isn’t super smiley these days) We have LOTS of clover around here and it doesn’t take long for the little clover flowers to pop up all over your lawn. (I don’t mind though because I think they are pretty :-) )
I am absolutely LOVING golden hour!!! :-D
May
20
Every Sunday after church we drive an hour so we can spend the afternoon with my husbands Grandparents and extended family. There is just something wonderful and grounding about spending time with family on a regular basis.
Out the back door of their house there is a little passage way (I have always thought it looked like an entrance to the secret garden :-) )
Once you emerge on the other side, there is a wide open field perfect for running.
Then there is this little pond that borders pasture with horses. It is simply beautiful :-)
Leave it to a boy to find something to play in the water with!
I can still see the little boy in him, but I can see the big boy too :-). Yesterday he didn’t want to hold my hand when we walked in to the store together (he wanted to on the way out though :-) ) He is changing and growing. I know these images will be even more precious to me the older he gets…
May
07
How is it possible that six whole months have passed since he was born! With every child I have it seems like it goes even faster… I wish I could bottle up his littleness and keep it forever!!!
I am LOVING his red hair :-) Someone pointed out this past weekend that with a blonde, brown and now red I have a batch of Neapolitan going on in our gene pool! I hope it stays this color as He gets older :-)
This month was kind of hard. He has been teething and unfortunately he spent almost a week with a fever and He was obviously uncomfortable for much longer than that. In the midst of all of his fussiness I finally was able to catch a happy morning and grab these images. He is proudly showing off his FIRST tooth that he worked so hard to cut.
Apr
15
I know this month is supposed to be all about doors and windows. I figured this month would be easy but every idea I came up with seemed so obvious and “done” before. In my search for an original idea I kept on thinking about a shoot I wanted to do but wanted to do outdoors. I finally decided to try it out inside (at a window of course)
Lauren 2 years old and has the most GORGEOUS hair! I can’t even say that these photos do it justice. My Mom still reminds me when she sees her hair that I didn’t have hardly any hair until I was 3! She hasn’t had a hair cut yet and when I think about it getting cut I can’t help but cringe. I desperately wanted to document her gorgeous curls. (Along the way we also played a bit of peekaboo!)
Apr
05
I know I am a bit late this month but we had family visiting from Alaska. When you only get to see your family 1-2 times a year our world tends to stop spinning while they are around :-). This was the first time that my in-laws got to see Noah. My mom came down right after he was born so all that is left is my dad. He is planning on making the trip sometime next month!
Since last month Noah has learned to sit up by himself and he discovered his feet! I also can see some teeth outlines on his bottom gums. I think this month might be the last time I get to capture his gummy smile :-). He is growing up… Sometimes it makes me sad, but it is so much fun watching him discover and learn new things. The lighting wasn’t perfect, but life isn’t perfect and I love that I have this moment in print. I want to always remember how sweet this time in his life was <3
Mar
18
This months project theme was Song Lyrics. I can’t believe how hard it was to choose what I was going to do this month!!! I finally decided on Splish Splash and I couldn’t be happier :-). Every time I see bath pictures I think “I NEED to do that with my kids!” but with 3 kids, baths are more of a 2 parent event and normally leaves little time to take pictures. Last night we switched up the routine a bit and I was able to catch a few moments that will help me remember all of our bath time memories :-)
Splish Splash I was taking a bath, All about a Saturday night.
Feb
25
Wow! I almost forgot about this months shoot… I only realized another month had passed because of my husbands birthday (same day, different month)
I am really enjoying this project so far! I love comparing them and seeing how he is changing :-)
Feb
18
This moths theme is “sweet”. You would think it would be an easy one… (But it wasn’t) I was trying to come up with something original and different and couldn’t seem to think of anything that was quite right. Last week I was trying out a few ideas with Lauren and the tutu I made her for Christmas. I will do a few things differently in the future (such as not using a cream floor drop with a white tutu) but overall I think they turned out really cute! She is ALL GIRL!!!
After we were done I was talking to her and the recycle truck rolled up. Instantly our conversation stopped and she was glued to the window. I was just struck by how simply beautiful she is and how much magic she sees in everyday life :-). These images just seem to reflect the magic she felt in that moment.
The contrast between the two sets of images is so striking to me! the first set is cute but the second set is who she is! It makes me that much more certain that I need to pursue lifestyle photography. It just resonates with me in ways that other types of photography doesn’t.
In our house she is know as our sweetie. She definitely makes life sweeter, there is no doubt about it and we were right on the money when we chose her nick name :-)
Feb
15
This is the reason. The reason I needed to figure out how to use my camera. The reason I love this craft. There are beautiful moments that happen in this house every single day. Moments that slip through the fingers of my memory before I can even find time to write them down. I have 3 kids, 3 beautiful children and I want to remember them just as they are.
I plugged in my SD card this evening to pull off some images that I took today and I was surprised to see these. This memory had already been forgotten. I took them quickly, Noah started to get upset, Lauren needed help in the bathroom (potty training). After quickly snapping a few I set my camera down on the kitchen counter and went back to work. This thing called photography is beautiful. It makes me not just see the precious moments, but forces me to stop and appreciate them. Even after I have forgotten those moments, it then reminds me how beautiful my life is. It’s the moments in the middle of our crazy life that are so sweet, I want to savor and remember them for always.
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Jan
21
Most babies are born with grey eyes and until they are around 3 months old you don’t really see much color. I wrapped him up in his blue blanket yesterday and I was struck by how blue his eyes are getting! I decided right then that his beautiful eyes were what I wanted to focus on for this shoot. :-)
My little boy blue :-)
