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I met with this family for a mini session recently, and couldn’t get enough of their gorgeous little red-haired daughter. She’s such a happy little baby! She was such a mama’s girl, and I loved documenting their relationship in this mother-daughter session.
My amazing baby is already 5 months old! It truly does not seem like it’s been that long. Time flies when you have a child– doubly so when you have two! He is rolling, sitting, creeping, and today he pulled himself up to standing. I’m trying to tell him that it’s not a race, but he doesn’t seem to be interested in listening. All he cares about is trying to keep up with his big sister!
Speaking of the big sister, she has a boyfriend. They are only 1 day apart and are SO cute together. Of course this means I need photos to save for their future wedding day, right?
This was our most successful session yet! The toddlers had a blast, the baby was happy– all went well. This means I have no funny outtakes to share this time, however.
I so rarely share photos of my own children anymore. For awhile, it was because I wasn’t taking any….. anyone with a 2 year old knows how “fun” it can be to get them to cooperate. But ever since Nathan joined our family, I’ve been more focused. How sad is it that I have photos of so many others but nothing to remember my own family? So my new mission is to photograph them more often. Once a month I take them out with the aim of getting something decent of them, individually and together. (I plan on making an album at the end of the year), but in addition to that I want to remember to document the every day… not just the combed hair and props in actual sessions. So along with that I’d like to bring back Family Friday, to hold me accountable. I might not make a post every Friday, but it will at least be once a month, and will hopefully be more often than that.
So for this week, I want to catch up. Here I have Nathan’s month 1 and month 2 photoshoots. I’ll share months 3 and 4 next week. I already shared his newborn session here.
Taken on my bed before bathtime. 
He actually looks a little bit like me here. It’s amazing how much he’s changed since then. And she loooooooves her baby brother. It’s so sweet to watch her interact with him– she’s so careful and gentle, always wanting to give him hugs and kisses and pacifiers and burp cloths.
And because Nathan just had his shoot 2 weeks prior, I got a shot of my beautiful girl.
Then he turned two months. This was a tough session for the dreaded group shot! I didn’t want to mimic what I had done last month, and the toddler was all over the place, so I improvised. Not the best, but it’s something!
Yeah, she’s supposed to be hugging him, not holding him down. But she’s 2, she doesn’t take a ton of direction. I was mostly concerned with her not crushing him. Note to self…. there is a reason most shots of kids this age are the pose from last month!
My beautiful girl, posing herself. This was right after she got her very first big girl hair cut, with bangs. (she had just gotten trims to tame the infamous toddler mullet previously)
My boy, with his new found talent of smiling. He was squirming all over the place!
Month 3 I went a bit overboard and took a ton of photos and learned a lot. Month 4 Nathan discovered grass! I will share those next week.
Thanks for indulging me this moment. I know all parents think their kids are cute…. I promise I won’t subject you to this more often than once a week, max!
I am just in love with this little girl’s curls. She was the sweetest toddler, very curious and full of love– and actually didn’t spend too much time running!
I love how you can just feel the adoration this family has for each other. Simply beautiful!
This beautiful mom was a little camera shy and initially only wanted her children to be in her portraits. I’m happy to say I convinced her otherwise. You see, she is rarely in any photos with her kids as she is always the one taking the pictures, and I know that’s how it is with most moms. I know that as adults, we fuss about being in front of the camera… we worry about our hair, our weight, and generally feel awkward knowing the spotlight is on us. (ok, this is how I feel at least!) But 5 years from now… 10 years from now… 20 years from now… you will look back on these images of you AND the kids and be glad. You’ll be happy to have documented the joy on your faces as you play with your kids. You’ll be happy to have documented a beautiful reminder of the love you share. Your kids will appreciate seeing how the whole family looked “back then”… when your daughter is your age, she will enjoy seeing you and putting herself in your shoes, the similarities and differences in how you look, in where you are in life. Trust me!
I will take plenty of photographs of just your kids, but it’s important to make sure Mom and Dad are included, too.
It’s no surprise to me that the images of mom and the kids are my favorites….
Thank you so much for agreeing to be included in part of the session!