Mother-Daughter Portraits

October 20, 2011

photo credit, Elise Lara

retouched by me

 I wanted portraits of just myself for business. Elise wanted to take Valette's pictures too, so we brought her along. She's darn cute for photos of course.

 Do you see our matching big cheeks?

 Waiting her turn in the carseat.

 I love this photo. It's basically awesome.

Also, please admire my awesome red shoes. I have wanted red shoes for at least 3 years, when I picked what to wear for these photos I decided it was about time to just buy some, dangit.

 I love this one. It's amazing. Thank you, Elise.

Pretty baby.

Squeaky Clean, or Christmas 2011, Part Two

 Photo Credit, Elise Lara

 12-24-11

I didn't take my camera, but Eric's Grandma Lara has a Christmas Eve tradition of a Mexican Potluck and Family Home Evening lesson, followed by new jammies for all the grandkids. Grandma Julie didn't want Valette to be left out of the pajama festivities, so she brought Valette her own Christmas Eve Jammies to open along with the older kids.

 Tried a baby mohawk, apparently her hair is too long now. ...or at the time it was too wet...?

 All soaped up.

 Please admire the loveliness that is the 50mm 1.4 lens that Eric got me for my birthday. Notice how the toys in the water are blurry-ish? My other lens can't do the selective focus like that.

Admiring the all clean girlie in the mirror. Valette LOVES to look at her reflection. 

 Tender. Holding Daddy's hand.

Christmas jammies. 

 Eric loves to be a daddy. Loves. It.

 I love child-in-front-of-the-tree pictures. Next year I hope to get one of her standing, facing the tree. Precious.

She loves her Grandpa Greg. I tell you what.

At the Temple

 6.29.11

 She smiles so often now.

 Look how she's concentrating.

 This one isn't so awesome but I really love that outfit.

 This is for my mom.  She loves that dress.  She bought it when she was pregnant with my oldest brother, Daren.  She then had to wait 16 years for me to come along to get to put it on someone.

 LOVE this. She is cute.  Basically.

On an unrelated note:

Remember when Hyrum came and held Valette's hand?

On 7.2.11 we babysat Hyrum while his amazing parents went to the temple.

This is how Eric babysits:

hahaha.