Family Fall Photo Shoot

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I had a great day today, surrounded by plenty of family. We even had two wonderful turkey dinners. I spent some of this afternoon taking photos of my cousins for a project that I am working on for my grandmother for Christmas (shhhh...don't tell her). After being stuck inside so much lately, it was sooooo nice to be able to get outside and shoot in natural light again. I only had time to edit a few tonight, but here is a little preview of some of those shots.

Ryan:

Jess:

Alex:

Courtney:

Carlee:

My sister, Marley and her soon-to-be-husband Nathan:

My little family, taken by Marley:

All of the grandchildren and great grandchildren:

Big Blue Eyes

Today I was away from both of my girls for most of the day. Ella is still at her Grammy's and Lily stayed with her Great-Aunt Cona while Shawn and I went to the Island to clean out our apartment. Needless to say, I didn't take many photos. I did grab a quick shot of Lily and her huge blue eyes when Shawn was burping her. Her eyes are the first thing that everyone comments on when they see her. I may be biased, but I happen to think that they are quite beautiful :).

Relaxed Baby

I don't have a lot to say tonight, but just wanted to share a quick shot of Lily relaxing on Ella's couch. I can't believe how quickly she is growing and how big she is getting. It's hard to believe that she's seven weeks old already.

Random Textures

Today was one of those days where I didn't have a lot of opportunities to take photos. It was a dull, dreary day, Ella was gone to her grammy's, and Lily and I just didn't do anything of any interest today. So I was wandering around the house tonight wondering what I could post for my photo of the day and I decided to take a few random texture shots. Anyone have any guesses what the items are (not that it's super hard to tell)?

Beautiful Sleeping Baby

I love babies. I'm one of those people who will sit and watch a sleeping baby. Lucky for me, I currently have a baby of my own that I can do that with. I love her tiny little hands and her sweet pouty lips. It is one of those moments that makes me wish she could stay this tiny forever. Since I know she can't, I'll keep on taking the photos so I can look back on them and always remember these days.

My Stubborn Little Toddler

Ella hates having her photo taken. I seem to spend all day chasing her around with my camera, begging and bribing her to let me take her photo and she rarely gives in. When she does finally let me take her photo, I usually get a shot of her "cheese smile", complete with closed, sqinty eyes. I'm hoping that one day she'll wake up and decide that she'd like to pose for me, but I don't know if that will ever happen. Until then I will take what I can get. Today I got a couple of shots of her without her cheese smile. They may not be the best shots of her, but at least you can see her pretty eyes.

Pretty Smiles

For some strange reason my internet connection wasn't working properly last night and I couldn't get my photos uploaded, so I am posting them tonight. They are photos of my sweet little Lily's smile. She's six weeks old and just starting to smile as a reaction to people talking to her, so I have been trying to capture some of that sweetness with my camera. Although it's been hard to catch, I think you can see a bit of it in these photos, especially in her eyes. How can you not love a baby's smile?