Our girls are growing!

We've had a bunch of folks ask about our girls recently, so I thought I would dedicate this post to our little sweethearts since they both have birthdays coming up soon (TOO soon). We've decided to do a joint party for them since their birthdays are only 10 days apart. We wouldn't be able to call ourselves photographers if we didn't have some sort of cool photo for their invitations so since this year's party is a swim/beach theme, we did a little session out in their pool.


The cover shot. And yes, Danielle was barely out of the frame on the right waiting to catch Millie if Maddie were to let her go. Which she did. Twice.


The "Madness" wanted a photo by herself. She's such a poser!


And of course we did a few of Millie too.


I wanted to get some funky, wide-angle, photos with the girls wearing swimming goggles. This was about all I got out of Maddie, who HATES to gave anything tight around her head.


And this is about all I got out of Millie who, well, let's face it, she's 10 months old here.


Look at Millie stand (she looks a little uneasy, but she's standing!).


Augh! I can't believe she'll be a year old in a few weeks!


And a few in their room (these count as Millie's 9-month session, by the way ;p).


Still not a fan of hats.


Our big girl.


Put up yer dukes!


A little backstory with these... when Maddie was about 10 months old, we needed something to decorate our new kitchen. So we decided to add a few props to her 9-month session. Well now that we have two cuties, we thought it would only be fair and do the same with Millie. Since steak knives are out, we went with a rolling pin and whisk.


And in case you're curious, here's Maddie ~3 years ago with fork and spoon.


And here she is now. The stinker is almost four!!!

Being a parent is a bittersweet adventure for sure. It's awesome seeing them grow and hit all the milestones along the way. But at the same time, it is so sad and depressing how fast the girls grow. It just seems like yesterday that we were bringing Maddie home from the hospital. And now she's almost four and her "little" sister is turning one! That's what makes these, and all of our photos of them, so special. One day we'll blink and they'll be heading off to college and getting married.

*sigh*

Sorry to get so deep, but Danielle and I are just really feeling the effects of watching children grow lately. I promise the next post will be more cheery! :)

Until then...
Wes

Coming soon: Nikki and Andrew's Knoxville wedding!