Happy 1st Birthday Bryleigh and Elliana!

It seems like just yesterdaythat I headed over to Chris and April's to photograph their itty-bitty twin babies! Bryleigh and Elliana were born 2 months premature, so even though they were 2 months old for their first session they were still the size of typical newborns. But it has been so much fun seeing them grow over the past 10 months! And they really have gotten big! They are sort 0f walking - Bryleigh has taken some steps though Elliana isn't too interested yet.

But here they are all grown up (and at 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 months)!

They were NOT interested in having their pictures taken today. First, Elliana was really mad.

Then she settled down and Bryleigh took over!

Elliana is the queen of staring people down :)

We put them in the swings, which was really funny. Bryleigh just kind of sits there looking a little ill, though she doesn't cry or complain.

But Elliana loves it!

Yay! Finally caught an (almost) smile!

Well, never mind...

A few days later I went over to their house for the girls' birthday party. The cake was a hit!

Thank you so much Chris and April for letting me be a part of their first year! I love you guys!

Ali is 10 Months Old!

Little Ali has really grown in the past two months! It's hard to believe - she is only 10 months old but is already walking! It was fun to try to chase her around :) Another big change - they moved. So if some of the photos look a little different, that's why.

Rye decided to give her a quick bath...

I guess this is the baby equivalent of reading on the toilet :)

This shot makes me think of paparazzi ;)

Here she goes!

Then we took her outside for a few shots in their new yard.

Checking out the orange tree...

Their new house is so big and pretty! Lots of room to grow :)

Little tip-toes

Here she is as a newborn, and at 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 months.

I can't believe her last session is coming up so soon! So stay tuned for her 1 year old photos.

Airplanes and Ice-Cream

Between Mark's job, two busy kids, and my business, there isn't much time for relaxing around here. So when Mark mentioned that there was an air show a few weeks ago, I immediately suggested that we go. For one, we'd never been to one. And Chris loves toy airplanes, so I figured he'd like seeing the real thing. Plus, I know the kids are growing up way too quickly, and I want to do fun things with them while we can!
So, that afternoon we packed the kids up and drove out to the airport. Overall, it was a fun day. We wandered around for a few hours watching a few airplanes take off, looking at the various types of aircraft, and watching (helping) Chris eat his first ice-cream cone. By the time the actual airshow started, though, Chris was bored and starting to act up, so we ended up not being able to watch it. Oh well, there's always next year....

Here's Chris in front of a Piper airplane; the same kind that my dad had.

People were paying to take a ride in this plane.. Chris was DYING to get in!

Me and my baby :)

Chris just ADORES ice-cream (wonder where he gets that from... ), so we got him his first cone. Let's just say he loved it.

Does life get any better than this?

The thing was melting like crazy, but he would not loosen his death-grip on it. Mark got a napkin to try to clean up some of the mess, but Chris simply took the napkin and put it around the cone and kept going. Even though the cone was literally disintegrating in his hand, it didn't slow him down one bit!

I'll take those, Dad.

Daddy's little girl ;)