In our day to day lives we are busy, just like everyone there is something going on all the time. I LOVE my LIFE and would not trade it for the world :) I had a time stop moment tonite....
So I scheduled family pics over a month ago with one of my good friends Ellen - we met many years ago when I worked for Russ Miller. I just love her! Every year I get family pictures, its like non negotiable for me. I LOVE pictures and I want to look back every year and see our family. I want Mallie to see our family as we grew together. It is IMPORTANT to me :) Every year Steve grumbles (although each year its less, LOL) Picture day is usually crazy and Mallie is crabby, my hair won't do what I want, Steve is sighing and asking how long it will take, I ordered 3-4 outifts and sent all but one back.... its a process and a production. Even with a day off yesterday it was still chaos up until Ellen showed up at our door. Like a half second I thought gosh is this worth it....like I said , half second - then that thought flew away. So we went to my secret favorite spot and then finished in our back yard. It was fun, Mallie was a ham and Steve never complained once....well maybe once but it was about mosquitoes. ha! I can't wait to see all of them! Today Ellen posted a sneak peak and love them! Soooo...
Mallie's 4 top teeth are all Loose! I have been saying to her for some time now, ok lets keep those teeth in until at least family pictures. She would laugh and say ok momma! Seriously tho, how did we get here? When Mallie was 6 mo old like all her teeth came in at the same time. So I guess its only the way it works that they will all come out around the same time together. Someone commented how they loved her smile .... and .... well I FREAKIN love it too and it makes me sad that soon it will change. Baby teeth gone is part of growing up and it is happening before my eyes. Speeding thru the days, hours, months and years, like a landslide. When she smiles and laughs it makes my day and I think.... I am doing something right. IT IS THE BEST! I am sorta hoping her teeth won't ever fall out.... hahaha I know that is not possible. But still - its going to change EVERYTHING - she will always be my little girl...but its going to change her look. I am not ready..... I want her to stay this way forever. I think this is all normal feelings.
Mallie is very strong willed and can be a stinker (yes I know , believe it or not), she is your typical kid. She throws fits , she screams, some magnified with the communication gap - but overall she is a sweetheart and I can't believe how much she is growing up.
Almost 7 years old, SEVEN, yes I said 7 - what? Tonite when I read the comment of loving her smile, I just love that we have family pictures every year to capture it . To capture her youth and see her grow because even tho we are living it. We don't always see it until one day we wake up and go , she is 25 and getting married.
Point of my post is relish in your family, take that trip, get those family photos - document your life. Looking back on the million photos , it is your story, it is her story. Tonite time stood still for a moment. Last nights shoot was a milestone session. The next family photoshoot she will look so different and no longer have her baby teeth.
Thank you Ellen! http://www.reallifephotographybyellen.com/
sigh..... #stopgrowingup #staylittleforever #lovehersmile #malliebean #lovehertothemoonandback
