Jackson's New Teeth

Jackson got teeth last week. After MONTHS of putting things in his mouth and chewing on everything, they are finally here. My little boy is growing up.

And here are some more just because he's so cute!

This is his Michael Jordan look.

Tiffanie

Tiffanie is Jeremy's niece. Well, that makes her my niece too by marriage. It still seems weird to call these them nieces and nephews when they were around long before I came into the Knowlden picture. Anyway, back to Tiffanie.

She is a senior this year. She knows what she wants.

She wants to have fun.

She wants to look vintage.

She wants to play her music.

She wants to be western.

She wants to rock the big belt buckle. And she does.

And she wants to remember all of that about her senior year.

Temple Photos Market?

Someone suggested to me that I could sell images of the temple that I have photographed on etsy. I'm not an "etsy person." I don't know how things like that really work. I don't know if there's a market out there for these photos.  Could I sell just the file and the customer could print it themselves? How do you ensure copyright after something like that?

I'm not asking if you would buy my photos, I'm asking what you know about this stuff. Extra cash flow earned for doing something I love could always be nice. :)

Baby Maycee

I still can't get over how tiny Maycee is. It's hard to remember that my Jackson was once that small....well, he never actually was THAT small (remember 8 lbs.10 oz.), but you know what I mean. It was so much fun to move her delicate body into the pose, touch her soft skin, and even listen to her cry. I love babies!

This looks so warm! Makes me wish they made them a little bigger!

And of course we had to get a few with her big sister!

Sister tea party. And don't forget their friends! Max and Lamby insisted on coming (I bet you can figure out which stuffed animal is which)



Thanks again to Jenny for providing a few of our props and costumes!

Jamie's Senior Photos

Jamie.

She didn't care if she had senior pictures taken.

She likes climbing trees more.

But she was doing it for her mom.

Her mom said she had to get them taken before she got her hair cut.

Mom said her grandma would want pictures of her long hair.

So we went to take pictures.

The End.

p.s. For not caring about pictures, she sure is photogenic.

She's laughing so hard because she thought I said that one time I accidentally picked up dog poop in my hand.

I did not, I repeat, DID NOT pick up dog poop in my hand!



Happy New Year

He didn't fuss when I put the hat on him. And he knew exactly where to put the noise maker since everything goes in his mouth these days.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Jackson's First Christmas

I fully understood that Jackson wouldn't remember his first Christmas and that we didn't need to make a big deal about it and spend lots of money on him. And then I realized something. He wouldn't remember, but he would expect to look back at pictures when he was older and see what he had done. The pursuit for the perfect picture began.

First, I knew I had to have a Santa picture. Everyone needs to have their picture taken with Santa. We had an amazing Santa helper that came to our house so I could take pictures. When he left Jeremy tried to look at the pictures I had taken and there were none. I hadn't put my memory card back in my camera. Santa was nice enough to come back again! Thank you Santa. Truly a Saint!

Second, my mom once had a doll, her "Suzanne doll." She had a pretty Christmas outfit. She was a large doll. When I was a baby, she took the outfit off Suzanne and put it on me for Christmas. My uncles still talk about that night and how cute I looked (as if anything has changed).  Jackson is about the same age I would have been around Christmas. My mom was nice and found the outfit and we dressed Jackson up to continue the tradition.

(my uncle that once held me in the same outfit!)

Third, my family would always read Luke 2 together on Christmas Eve, as I 'm sure many others do as well. We would always act it out when we were little. (I was sometimes frustrated that as the only daughter, I always had to play Mary. Sometimes I just wanted to be a shepherd!) Since Jackson is a baby, what better part for him to play than baby Jesus! We got dressed up and took the picture.

I'm pretty excited about the great results I got this year and the future memories Jackson will be able to see.

Next year we'll see if we can get a crying picture with Santa and life will pretty much be complete. :)