Friday, May 30, 2014

six months old.

(I wrote this and forgot to post it. Oops. I'll add photos later)

I'm obviously not on top of things. Poor second children.

June is six months old! I suppose I'll start backwards. 

June can sit up but doesn't often. He's fully capable but tends to tip over when reaching for things or leaning on what he's mouthing. 

He's had a little bit of food. Nowhere near the foodie that Olive was at this age but we'll delve more into that as soon as his sitting up skills improve. He's has some apple sauce, sucked on spinach and apple, and ate some puréed carrot. He's pretty impressive with a spoon. 

June is loud. His cries are loud and he seems to enjoy yelling. 

He was getting a molar quite some time ago but it reversed. I can't see any teeth but he drools a lot. Heh. 

June has blue eyes. 

June weighs 21.5 lbs. Olive just broke 20 lbs at 2 years old. Woah. 

He is mostly wearing 12 month clothes. 

June just got a new car seat. 

June can roll over and scoot along the floor. He practices crawling in his bed when he should be sleeping. 

He still sleeps in a cribs side carred up to our bed. He isn't the best sleeper but he usually falls asleep around 8:30 most nights. He just wakes up to eat a lot. He wakes for the day around 30 mins before or after Olive does. 

June loves Olive. He loves when she wrestles with him. 

He likes to stand up and enjoys being in the jumper. 

He is finally warming up to be worn in a carrier. 

June can occasionally wave, but not often. He will sign milk but it seems he might be using the milk sign as "want" instead. I realized that Olive knew and used signs much earlier so we just got more serious about using and teaching them. 

We're still doing Elimination Communication. June uses the big toilet a lot. I find it easier than a little potty. For a few months he had barely any dirty diapers but he goes poop a lot more now so I don't catch many. 

He's really big. And that's great. :)

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

a fashion bug. { frost on flower }

More of my little friend Ali from our time at Fort Snelling State Park...

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These first two looks feature these headbands. They're from the same boutique as the headbands from our last session.

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Aren't they amazing?

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So far Olive hasn't really been into headbands.. I'm not sure what she would think of one of these!

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Ali just has the best hair for them, doesn't she?

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This is a rusty door with a dirty doorknob. Who knew?! :P

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This little dress has the most wonderful floral pattern on top. Ali was a ball of energy at this point.

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I love the way the light highlighted her hair.

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And some lovely shorts, too!

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To see the entire gallery of Ali's fashion photography session go here.

little princess. { frost on flower }

On Saturday I met up with a previous client of mine. You may remember, Ali, the little boutique model that I photographed at the Guthrie. She had a few different headbands and outfits this time but this post is devoted to her wonderful princess dress and her very helpful brother who makes a little appearance as her prince.

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We met at Fort Snelling... it has that nice old castle look and is smack dab in the middle of the metro area, though it doesn't really look or feel like it.

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As Ali prepared her princess character her brother got to know his castle...

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It was a great day to be there since it is still closed for the year.. there weren't too many people around and it was easy to explore.

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This dress was custom made for Ali to model. It is quite heavy.. she had to lift it and wasn't too keen on walking far.

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I like to think he locked himself out of the castle.. :P

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Her dress is seriously heavy - she took a few breaks to sit and needed a little help to get up again.

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The details on the dress are just perfect. It's really great quality. And we had such a perfect day.

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I love these two.

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It was great to photograph you again, Ali! :)

Look for more posts about the rest of our time together on Saturday. To see the entire gallery of Ali's fashion photography session go here.