7 years since we've done family photos.
The last time we did official family photos, Ava was a newborn, and Mila was 2 years 8 months.
Oops.
Time kinda got away from me there.
About 2 years ago Steve gave me a very thoughtful gift for Christmas. It was for family photos with a photographer that a friend of ours recommended.
He paid for the session and just needed to schedule it.
We scheduled it for October 2020.
You know, when Steve was straight broken and wasn't able to walk or sit or do ANYTHING?
Yeah.
So we had to cancel.
And then we wanted to figure out when would be a good time. Summer? Fall?
We ended up deciding that Fall photos would be beautiful, here on our property.
We are doing them on September 21 and I'm just hoping the weather cooperates.
I'm also excited that we had bought cute clothes for the girls for school and our video shoot, so I already have our outfits picked out.
I'm thinking we'll do two different outfits for me and the girls - Steve is wearing jeans and a T-shirt. I told him that I want him to wear what he normally wears - it's my favorite. Nothing fancy. No skinny jeans lol.
Dirty jeans and cowboy boots, thankyouverymuch.
One is more "formal" if you will, and the other outfit includes ripped jeans and a plaid shirt for me.
I am not one for "posey" photos - but I know we need them. So I have a couple of spots picked out that I would love to get some nice family shots.
But then...I kinda want the photog to capture life with us and the girls just being outside and you know...being us.
We lucked out with weather - it was partly sunny/cloudy which was perfect. It was about 73 degrees so also perfect. Not too hot and definitely not cold. We were all comfortable and the girls did amazingly well.
There's such a difference between a 6 year old (almost 7!) and a 2 year old lol.
Steve had a great thought as we walked in our backyard to capture Mila with this tree - the same shot we got when she was 2. I cannot wait to see how that turned out - and to put them side by side.
I had always thought that we'd include the dogs...because well, they are such a part of our lives.
But then Steve had second thoughts and said we didn't need to.
Okay...I didn't push it.
Towards the end though, with Mister being outside and being such a ham, we decided to get Bella too and get some shots with the kids and the dogs and all of us.
We got all the classic "necessary" photos of all of us together, me and Steve, just the girls, just us, etc.
But then I really wanted the photog to just capture us being us.
Having been in front of a camera before, it's not as awkward as I can imagine it being. I'm still talkative, trying to get genuine smiles out of my girls. I was saying things like "picture daddy in his underwear!" LOL.
Not only would I get the girls laughing, but I'd likely also get that look on Steve's face, shaking his head as if saying "only my wife..." haha. I'm just inappropriate like that. Yes, even in front of complete strangers.
I have to say we all enjoyed this session and had a fun time. I wasn't stressed at all.
I remember last time, sweating, pregnant, trying to get Mila to give us some good shots.
This time? I was saying "Ava, tell Mila a secret" and we'd get the cutest look. Or "should we do family photos in our underwear???" to get funny expressions.
I cannot WAIT to see how these come out.
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