Fun with Friends

Last week we had some friends over and I found myself (for the first time in AGES) with my camera in hand. Little K is about to celebrate her first birthday and we were talking about pictures for the invitations. It occurred to me that I could possibly help her mommy out with this....and so I dragged out the camera that I have severely neglected all summer.

Olive Juice, Baby K and Baby A are all about the same age, well...Olive is the oldest, with Baby A about 3 months behind her. Then Baby K is just behind him....did you catch that? It's funny to watch them play together though...they're all at slightly different stages of development and it makes us mommies sigh with longing for the stages we've left behind and get excited about the stages to come. :)

Also notice my older children cannot keep their hands off other people's babies. Note to self: warn future visitors about possible mauling.

First up, Baby K - you may remember her from her six month pictures a while back. :)



THIS is how smiley she is. :) She had an ear infection when we did her six month pictures which totally made sense considering the solemn and sad looks she gave me!



No, Baby K is NOT trying to eat Baby A. (and yes her mommy does feed her regularly, evidenced by the lovely roundness in her arms and cheeks!) but rather, she was giving him sweet kisses. :)



Here's Baby A...the boy of the group....and yes, he IS all boy :)



You gotta watch out for those pesky Nixon kids...



And where is Olivia during all of this? Busy. Doin' her THANG . . . and yes that IS an "I love Olivia" shirt. (Thanks Elisabeth M!!)



And since the intention of me bringing the camera out WAS to grab a couple of pictures for baby K's mama, we'll end on this sweet note. :)

Have a great week and goodbye til next time (whenever THAT is....)

Maternity: Anna {Central Florida Photographer}

Anna is a friend of mine from about 10 years ago - we were in Bible School together just after we'd both graduated. Since then we've only seen each other once but it's been fun to keep up on Facebook and watch each other's family grow.

She now has three beautiful kids and a fourth on the way - we thought this would be a great excuse to get together because she'd never had any maternity pictures done. Her husband is serving with the military in Afghanistan right now so these pictures are extra special (I hope!) because they will help include him in this pregnancy. Fortunately he should be here for the birth or at least a couple weeks of "new baby" time so that will be such a blessing for them!

Anna thanks for making the trip - I hope it was worth it for you to have the pictures taken AND to catch up a bit. Funny how time passes....but even ten years later you still look exactly the same to me :D Still so poised & even more beautiful if that's possible!!

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