Family Pics 2015

We had family pictures planned for mid-July.  I always try to plan the outfits way in advance so I'm not stressing the week of trying to get everyone coordinated, but not matchy.  That's not an easy task with 5 people so I do a lot of consulting with my stylist (aka: I send pictures to Carly constantly).  

So everything was ready to go and then...Ty got sick and we had him in the emergency room the Sunday before pictures planned for Thursday. I wasn't sure if he was going to be better or not (he was!) but then Paige spiked the super high fever on Wednesday. Do I just cancel? It's one of those things that you've been planning so long for and you just want to check off your list, but of course you want the pictures to be good and they cost a lot of money. And then there was rain in the forecast for Thursday so our photographer Gina and I were texting all day trying to determine if the weather was going to hold out and if Paige was up for it. We could have rescheduled, but we had Ty's party coming up and then we were going on vacation and Gina of course had her own schedule to work with so we went for it and hoped for the best (and gave Paige some Motrin before we left!).

So here are some of my favorites...I couldn't be happier! Of course there are things I wish I would have changed but that always happens (ie. those darn balloons!).  Ultimately, this is our family of five as of July 2015.

(The pictures were taken in downtown Frankfort by Gina at Gina Cristine Photography.)







This one makes me laugh because Ty was not feeling the swinging!







Another funny one!

















10 years married!



An outfit change...



and an attitude change - ha!

Luke

I shared some of Paige & Ty's pictures from our family session in July, but I haven't shared Luke's yet.

This kid...he claims to not like having his picture taken, but look at him!  He's a natural and just the most handsome boy I've ever seen.  His smile is so genuine (6 year old teeth and all!).  I just love him so much!











Fast forward 12 years to Luke's senior pictures!





That smile :)

Holiday Pics 2014

Here I am playing catch up again! 

We had Christmas pictures taken by Gina Cristine Photography back in October.  The kids all cooperated really well, and we really didn't have to bribe them this time ;)
Here are some of my favorites!

Newborn Pics

(I have some catching up to do on the blog.  I hope to get back into it more regularly!)

We had Ty's newborn pictures taken when he was just 5 days old.  The wonderful Gina with Gina Cristine Photography took his pictures.  We took our time with several nursing breaks and diaper changes (or actually cleanups since he was naked most of the time).

We started with the 3 kids - I still can't believe I have 3 kids :)











Then we took a couple of family shots!





Paige went in for the kiss!



After our family pictures, we let the big kids go to the park with Wally while Gina, Ty and I got to work!



First Gina focused on all of Ty's little features - his ears, his fingers and toes, his lips, his flaky skin. All things you love about babies but that change so quickly!

















And then it was time to get naked - nothing like a naked, squishy newborn baby!





I chose this color wrap to match the color in his room!



And then a couple of fun ones!



I really wanted a picture with Wally's baseball glove. We tried to actually put Ty in it, but he wasn't a fan of the cold leather (who can blame him!) so we went with this pose instead. Love it!



I was so happy with the way the pictures turned out. It's so crazy how much Ty has grown and changed already!