I know that summer is not really almost over but with school starting back in less than two weeks, I am feeling a tad nostalgic over here! There is nothing more beautiful than the light just before the sun is completely dipped beyond the horizon. Except maybe my baby playing in that light. 
Chad and I have spent the bulk of January refining some things about the business. One of those things included a little redesigning of the blog. Just stopping in to say Hi! Once all the refining slows down I promise to be back and show you some of those fall sessions I never blogged! And of course, what good is a post without a picture? My sweet babies. This was our Christmas card image so some of you have already seen it. 
I can not believe this is my little girl. I was picking out her clothes for school a few nights ago. She didn’t know I was in her closet when I heard her begin her bed-time prayers. She said “Dear God, make me wisdom” Never mind that she meant, “make me wise”. I stood very still, tried not to giggle as I listened to her simply lay her heart before her Heavenly Father. She prayed beyond her years and asked for God to give her wisdom, to help her make good choices. To help her learn to “take a shower good by myself”and to help her obey her mommy. (I resisted a shout of AMEN to that one). A minute later when she concluded, I stepped out of the closet with tears streaming down my face. She reached to my face and touched them. I asked her, “do you know what those are?”. She grinned really big and said “HAPPY tears!”
Some days she drives me crazy (like... today) but one look at these pictures of her makes me want to kiss those freckles right off her face. So I thought I’d share.
“…for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us…” Romans 8:26
A few weeks ago I shot a torturous session with my girls. (what is it with photographers photographing their own kids??!) After breaking out in nervous hives and threatening to sell them to the highest bidder, I landed only a few keepers in the the hour and half we shot. So, naturally, I had to try again. I shot this a couple weeks ago when my big kindergartener was in school. I will show some of Claire next week but for now my blog is feeling lonely. I can’t blog the work I am way behind on due to my impromptu trip to Kentucky this week. So…. If you will indulge me a peek at my baby… Charlotte | Round 2.
Excuse me… I need to kiss her all over her face til she screams for mercy… I will be right back.
my love, ask me anything and its yours.
This one is from the first session. Her meanness is even cute. and I am not biased.
Ok, the title is a little deceiving. I very nearly lost my religion trying to accomplish these very few cute pictures of my children. They despise my camera. They do not think any of my jokes are funny. They do not care if I have a butterfly on my head. They couldn’t care less that I have a stale candy cane in my shoot sac with their precious names on it…
Despite the cost… I did manage to get a few cute looks from my sweet babies…
My firstborn. Diva Extraordinaire. Overdue for her five year shoot… but whatever. If I can’t get there on time, get there when I can, right?
And my baby. Charlotte. What can I say?
Jennifer Aniston’s stylist totally copies Charlotte’s ‘do.
My baby turned five this week. We had a birthday week celebration. Last Sunday we celebrated with family. Wednesday (her actual birthday) we went to american adventures and came home for cupcakes and presents. Friday, the grand finale, we had a houseful of five year olds. Claire’s one and only wish was for all of her friends to come for a slumber party. While we couldn’t host “all her friends” I was stoked to include these fabulous girls. (local addresses playing some small part in the invitee list…unexperienced in five year old slumber parties, I was hoping to shorten the distance of our midnight trips home…) But we passed with flying colors. We only lost one and she went home well before midnight. And she wasn’t scared, just too cool.
How dang cute are these kids???!!!
they were all giggles all night long…
Madeline… our oldest. and coolest. she was the only 6 year old.
her baby sister, Katie
Madison, Claire’s long time BFF.
Isabelle. New BFF. Partners in Crime on the school bus.
baby sister to the birthday queen, Charlotte.
and there she is. Miss Claire. Thinking to slide down the slide backwards.
she did it!
one more time!
Madeline.
Katie.
Madison.
Isabelle.
Recap. They played. Made sticker foam crafts. Ate birthday cookie cake. Watched a movie. Fell asleep by 10:30. Woke up at 7:30 for donuts and chocolate milk. And I think I had as much fun as they did.
Brandelyn Lee Photography
