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3 Month Portraits with DiAnna

We had our 3 month portrait session with DiAnna last weekend. I decided I was not going to stress out about what we could get or not get. We'd get whatever we got!

Well, the little girls let her get a few of them before they decided it was nap time. I think this has to be in my top 5 favorite pictures of these little girls so far!

She also got some sweet ones of them separately.

But I have to admit that I think these are the most special to me right now. THIS is what we see 90% of the time with our little 2 year old. Smiles. Silliness. Sharing her thoughts. Sweet interactions. All around happiness. The first one in the trio below IS Addie, and I love that! 

She even went out with DiAnna to her beautiful backyard where she got to climb on some steps. That middle one is our little angel too!

Thank you, DiAnna, for the beautiful pictures of our girls. She even managed to get one of the five of us...which, let me tell you, was a complete and total miracle! Make sure to visit her blog here!

Christmas Portraits with DiAnna

Part of our 1st year photo package we are doing with DiAnna includes a Christmas portrait. So today, we went to her house for these. Addie's Rie Rie and I spent most of yesterday afternoon and night (and early this morning) finishing up her dresses. Thank goodness my mom, unlike me, is a quick "seamstress!"

all eyes! her winter dress...had to have something blue!

her little mice Christmas dress
all she wanted to do was play with these blocks! it's a miracle she wasn't trying to grab them here. her hand is posed and ready though!


my all time favorite!

Make sure to visit DiAnna's blog (click the logo below or above) to see more of her wonderful work! scroll down right below Addie's pictures (on DiAnna's blog) to see her darling grandson!

6 Month Portraits

We spent Saturday morning with DiAnna at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Gardens taking Addie's 6 month portraits. Addie was mostly cooperative, although most of her smiles included her tongue sticking out! :) We had so much fun though! We can't wait to get the proofs!

(my favorite!)

DiAnna had a wonderful idea, starting with Addie's 3 month portraits, to take Addie's picture on a bench in a park in front of 1st United Methodist Church in Old Cloverdale (near where we live) and watch her grow.

(here she is in her 3 month portrait session)


DiAnna was so brave and let us bring Abbey and Mollie to the Old Cloverdale park for our photo shoot. We are so thankful she's an animal lover too!!!

Make sure to check out DiAnna's blog and website to see more of her beautiful work!
She also has one handsome grandson who just turned 6 months old!

3 Month Portraits

We were so excited to do Addie's 3 Month pictures with DiAnna Paulk last week. It was a gorgeous day, and we visited two beautiful nearby Cloverdale (our neighborhood) parks for the shoots. I think you can click on any of the pictures to make them bigger (and easier to see). If not, go to her blog (see link below) to view them that way. Here are a few of DiAnna's favorites:

On a bench in front of the huge tree in the middle of the park across from First United Methodist Church.

DiAnna plans to take Addie's other pictures (I think 6 month, Christmas (which will be 9 months for Addie) and 12 month) here so we can watch her grow up on this bench! What a fun idea! I love it that she caught her foot in the air!

This is an outfit my mom and I made for Addie because Paul thought the smocked cow was so cute! Although she smiles ALL the time, this was one of the few shots i think we got her to smile for!

At first, I wasnt sure I like this picture surrounded by the beautiful colors of the other shots. But once I looked at it in isolation, I thought it was so unique and made her eyes look so vibrant!

Make sure to check out her blog and website to see more of her great work!