We had a great response to our call for cute babies! So, now its time for the hard part– voting! Below is a numbered layout of all our cute babies. You may vote once per day per email address, so check out all these cuties and click the link below to cast your vote. Voting concludes on Thursday, March 11th at midnight, so be sure to get your votes in!
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED. Thanks to everyone who voted, please check back for the announcement of the winner!
When you watch the news of a tornado ravaging a town, the people in the rubble are sobbing that they have lost everything– even their photographs. When evacuating for hurricanes, people pack their family photo albums. And some people have even run back into burning buildings to save their photographs.
Sometimes the importance can strike you without a catastrophic event. I took Thatcher and Ethan to South Carolina a week ago to visit their GREAT grandparents– who are 93 (and a half) and 90. I only took a few quick snapshots, but when I looked at them on the computer, I started to sob. My grandparents were two people who always encouraged me, motivated me, and spoiled me rotten. I spent weeks with them in the summer and they would travel to visit us almost every other weekend. I was overjoyed that my boys had the opportunity to meet them, and through these quick snaps, they can have a memory of them forever.
This image was particularly moving to me… Thatcher has always looked like me, my dad and my grandaddy, he is a “Lanier”. I have always been grandaddy’s little girl and we spent a lot of time together when I was little– snuggling, playing and reading. So when I saw this on the screen, it immediately took me back to being a very young child. I can still remember his rough hands, the pen he always keeps in his shirt pocket that would poke me and the sound of his voice when he would read to me. What adds so much to this is that my dad is right there with him, sharing in the story.
Being able to provide these kinds of memories for families is why i love my job. Knowing the wedding album I am creating will become a family heirloom or that the framed wall portrait will hang in their home for decades, stopping time forever… this is why I am thankful each and everyday that I have the priviledge to photograph families and couples and children… and love.
We got to play with Will and Jackson again, YEA! This time we headed over to Maclay Gardens so the boys could run and play. Its so much fun to take little guys this size outdoors so they can explore the world around them!
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Baby Reese has such a big personality for her teeny little body! She is super petite, but this little firecracker is already walking!! I think she was just determined to keep up with her big sister!
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Some babies steal your heart at first glance– Mason is definitely one of these little guys. I must say I really struggled to choose his blog images as I honestly love ALL of them. He is so stinkin cute it hurts! I cannot stop laughing when I look at these!
