Wednesday, November 18, 2009
This is a session, unfortunately, like many of my sessions, that I failed to blog about. This little guy just had a birthday so in honor of his first year, there is no better time than now to blog about it. Besides, his mom follows my blog so I thought she deserved a little trip down memory lane.
Another reason I felt the need to blog about this session was to showcase this sweet little brother/sister relationship. My Lily will soon be a big sister to a little brother and I can only hope that she is as sweet as this big sister. As a big sister gift this little girl got a camera when her brother was born and she was right by my side during the photo session. I couldn’t help but want to capture her in action so I asked her to get “that angle” while I shot from another angle. Here are the results….notice the crown, tutu, and last, but not least the ever adorable home-made Fruit Loop necklace…
she then paused and decided something was missing….
she added a few things…
…and went back to work. Precious!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
I was a little stumped as to what Lily should dress up as this year. Our first plan was a monkey. In the store she loved the costume and held it right in the front of the cart with her. She kept saying “ooo….ooo…ooo.” Well once we got it home and attempted to try it on, she wanted nothing to do with it. She was scared of it. If it was laying on the floor she would go 3 feet out of the way just to avoid it. So, plan B was…
a disco/go-go dancer. I bought a crazy 70’s style dress at a second hand store months ago. I borrowed the wig from my friend Kristin. Unfortunately Lily was afraid of the wig too! She wanted nothing to do with it, but once we put her hat on I took an opportunity to slip the wig over her hat without her even knowing. It lasted a good hour and a half before she noticed it.
I was also planning to make little faux leather leg warmers to go over her shoes to make them look like go-go boots, but my sewing machine is in the shop.
and a little trip down memory lane…one of my favorite pictures of last year’s halloween costume…
My baby turned a year and a half last week so since the weather was chilly, but at least nice today we got outside for a few photos.
In the mornings, when I work at the hospital we walk Lily over to our neighbor’s house a few doors down. One morning she was carrying her little purse and holding her daddy’s hand. My heart melted and I thought to myself, I need to get a picture of that. Well, at 7am it’s a little dark so we took the opportunity tonight. The purse was one of my recent sewing projects. I don’t know if it’s motherhood or what, but I’ve been all domestic lately and wanting to learn new skills. My current project is a baby quilt for Lily’s new baby brother due in February. I’m also taking a knitting class, so hopefully this winter I’ll put that new skill to good use!
She’s so funny. When we are getting ready to go somewhere she says, “shoes…hat…coat…” and she’ll hold out her little arm so I can slide the purse on it. It’s great for holding a few little toys for our outings.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
I’m behind on blogging and my new goal is to update weekly. So here are a few pictures of a familiar face on my blog, Hudson, who turned one this summer.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
This post is for Kim, Lily’s first, former and favorite babysitter who moved to Memphis in June. Kim’s been needing a “Lily fix” so I thought I’d share a few recent pictures. Lily is rather hard to photograph these days because she is on the go, but since these pictures are from a month ago, it’s a reminder for me to get my camera out more often for all the little things.
By the way, Lily has a very important announce to make….she’s going to be a big sister in February!!
Last week I had a newborn session with Baby B who was 13 days old. I had never met this family, but from the minute I walked through the door I felt very welcome. Everyone was relaxed, talkative and ready for whatever I had in store. The mom and I had a connection because we are both nurses on bone marrow transplant units, her with adults and me with children. As usual, I’m not quite finished with editing, so here is a sneak peek for mom and dad. I have a lot of favorites from this session so it was hard for me to narrow it down.
Little Baby B:
and Big Sister A. Let me tell you, I could have her for dessert… that skin, those lips, those curls…. scrumptious!
Now, as I edit a session certain images just beg to be in black and white, but I tend to like most of my images in color. This session was different, for some reason I found that I liked a lot of them better as black and white. I’m not sure why, maybe there just seemed to be more emotion in the image which I tend to like better in b&w. Here are some of my favorite b&w:
The family:
Mama and Baby B:
Daddy and Baby B:
Big Sister A….YUM!
and here are a few others that I liked better in color:
This is the first time I’ve attempted to load a video for others to view…I admit technology is not my specialty! There is probably an easier way to do this, but non-the-less it’s there for viewing.
On this particular day, I was on my computer and looked down at my side to see Gretta, my dog, covered with kitchen towels. I had to run and get the camera. Gretta may be a little high energy at times, but she really is sweet with Lily. I’m looking forward to watching Lily grow up with her little canine friend. I have a feeling Gretta will be subjected to a few dress up parties in her future!
Just click on the link below to see the video.
Lily and Gretta
Seriously love that girl! Here are a few more…
by Melissa
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add some buzz spread the pollen