This summer has been so crazy that I have a massive backlog of photos to get through. This was one amazing evening in June-the sky was simply breathtaking! I don’t think I stopped shooting for 45 minutes and have so many photos from that night that I love. So far this is the only one I’ve had time to edit. And who knows when I’ll get to the rest. Hehe.
Little Lilly on day 6.
She is so sweet, I could just watch her sleep all day.
During the first 2 weeks of Kindergarten (yup, she’s in school this year!) Bella’s class has been doing a color a day. Here she is snapping green beans into a green bowl, wearing a green dress on green day. Note the beans sticking out of her apple cider slushy. That girl is constantly building, tying, stacking and connecting things. I find crazy, elaborate creations in her room all the time-hairbows connecting rubber snakes to sundresses that are tied around bedposts with a stuffed octopus hanging on for dear life-kinds of things. She’s a funny girl!
And a bit belated…the kid’s back to school photo.
Lilly’s first portrait, taken at about five days old.
This post is about a month overdue, but there’s something about having a sweet newborn in the house that seems to slow everything down. The newest member of the Profancik family arrived with much ado on July 22. Little Lillian (Lilly) was born via c-section after she decided to turn sideways after my water broke. She seemed to think her shoulder was the best part to come out first-crazy girl! It wasn’t the delivery I had planned and anyone who knows me, knows I was terrified of having a c-section. While I would choose a natural delivery over a c-section ANY day and I still think it could have been avoided (grrrr), I am grateful that my baby arrived safe and sound. That’s what really matters.
Lilly has been such a good baby. She is a good sleeper, great nurser and even though she sometimes has a gassy tummy, she still is an even tempered baby in spite of the fact that she is probably uncomfortable at times. She’s already gained over 5 lbs and is starting to smile and coo-LOVE it! She’s a rolly-polly little doll baby and we all adore her to pieces.
Life is good.
She grew up on a side of the road
Where the church bells ring and strong love grows
She grew up good
She grew up slow
Like American honey
Steady as a preacher
Free as a weed
Couldn’t wait to get goin’
But wasn’t quite ready to leave
So innocent, pure and sweet
American honey
There’s a wild, wild whisper
Blowin’ in the wind
Callin’ out my name like a long lost friend
Oh I miss those days as the years go by
Oh nothing’s sweeter than summertime
And American honey
Last week during a private mentorship I took Christian out for a fun session. I just love urban backgrounds with fun and funky colors for boys his age and we had a blast exploring my favorite spots with him in my hometown. I don’t know what happened to this kid of mine, but over the last year he went from hating being photographed to being my most cooperative model. He actually asks me to do sessions with him. And that big, sweet, dimpled grin of his just melts this momma’s heart…sigh. Okay, so I know I’m biased, but I just can’t help it.
And two from the country part of the shoot…
We’re likely moving from our house this summer or fall and I feel like I have so little time to do the shoots I’ve imagined on our property. All these ideas I’ve built up of the last 10 years, all the places my children have played, the trees they’ve grown up climbing, the grass they felt for the first time in their lives, the blossoms we look forward to each spring, their tire swings and sandbox…I feel like I’m running out of time to capture it forever.
In the light of wanting to photograph all these enchanted spots, I took Bella out under one of the apple trees that my grandpa planted before I was born. I wasn’t able to get exactly what I wanted because the wind picked up at sunset and the canopy went nuts, but I’m still happy with the photos.
Hey to all my lovely readers out there! We’re going to be doing a super fun giveaway this month and I’m excited to share this one.
Okay, I’m a huge advocate of healthy, natural choices in our food and the items we use daily. I know a lot of my friends and family are watching what they bring into their households as well. It may be buying as organically as we can, cleaning with natural products, recycling, choosing locally grown foods, growing our own vegetables and fruit or even just simply packing our children’s lunch each day. I can’t do all of it all the time, but we do try hard in each of those categories. And it makes me feel happy to know that I’m feeding and surrounding my family with GOOD things.
Well, along those lines I want to mention one of the good things we’ve used this year that has been a huge hit. That’s the boys’ Goodbyn lunch boxes that they’ve been using since this fall. They love them, their friends love them and hey, it makes packing their lunch more fun for me. The boys had so much fun decorating their Goodbyn’s with all the stickers that come with it and it was fun to see their creativity.
Because we had so much fun with our Goodbyn’s I wanted to give one away here on my blog!
Here’s how the giveaway will work. For each comment you leave from today until the end of March, you’ll be entered one time. Please only leave one comment per post to make it fair for everyone, but feel free to comment on each post that I do. That means if I make 3 posts in one day you can comment on each one and be entered 3 times.
And you can earn bonus entries too! If you mention the contest on your blog with a link back to my blog, you’ll be entered 5 times for that one post! Just mention in your comment that you blogged.
During the first week of April I’ll randomly pick one winner and announce the name here. The winner will be able to choose what color Goodbyn they would like and it will be shipped to them. Due to shipping, I do ask that you live in Canada or the United States. And even if you don’t have children, these make great gifts for the kids in your life.
So go ahead, add the blog to your reader and start commenting! Good luck!
Anyone who knows my Bella knows that she cannot sit still for very long. She’s not exactly a hyper little thing-except in the evening when she’s tired-it’s just that the concept of walking does not exist to her. She hops, skips, bounces, jumps, leaps and pirouettes to get where she needs to go. Damian and I just laugh when we see her coming and the famous phrase around here is “does that girl even know how to walk”? I love it, though. She just seems so happy and floaty all the time. Like she’s always trying to dance her way through life. And what could be better then that, right?
Because I love clothes and know that a lot of you do too…her dress is from Mini Boden
Edited with MiaBella Summer Skies set