UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. The last counting comment is Amanda Madl’s. She is scrumptious. I love that I am her aunt and not her mommy, but I sure wouldn’t mind bringing her home with me for a bit. Some how, some way I have to convince my mom to babysit my 4 kids...
Uuuuuuum I think I will be coming back again at least a couple of times today to look at that yummy niece of yours. Oh my. She makes me smile. And the pictures you took are out of this world. Your sister is blessed to have you capture these moments!!!
One thing I want to do this summer is go for a long bike ride along the lake here in Chicago- stopping on the way to get homemade ice cream at Annette’s.
Love your blog!! Eek!
Oh boy! She is a cutie for sure. What wonderful newborn pics. I wish I had some like that of my littles! I love the one of her smiling on the folded blankets (right under the I Love You one), so darling! A framer for sure!
And one thing I want to do before summer is over? Head to IKEA, one last hour in smaland for the kids, and a little shopping for me! Lame? Kinda…but it’s too hot here to do anything else!
The one thing I’d love to do is make homemade ice cream in my new maker!!! I just love this photoshoot, especially the ones of her smiling, what an early smiler!!! such a gift!
I want to take my kids to the beach a couple more times before the summer is over!! And your new niece is absolutly adorable! 
One word… YUMMY how cute could just eat her UP!
Adorable pictures, I really love the one where she smiles a little!
Adorably cute niece. It makes me want one of my sisters to have a baby so I can hold one again.
Before summer is over I want to take my kids to a movie. They’ve been to several this summer with grandmothers but I want to go too.
She’s just beautiful – I had tears in my eyes, too, before you even mentioned your tears. Babies are so sweet!
One thing I want to do before summer ends, hmm… I want to take my 2 yr old on a real picnic, with lunch in a basket and kool aid in the cooler – just like when I was a kid.
Before the summer is over I want to go to the beach again at least once!! Ah such a sweet baby niece!
I would love to go to the beach before the summer is over! Your niece is beautiful!
One thing I’d like to do before the summer ends, is swim at the beach!
Your niece is tooooooo cute!
She is so Sweet, for a second I wanted to add another one to my family….but I will think logical now.
I would love to take more outdoor pictures and swim again before the summer is over.
She is beautiful! I love the headbands!! I have three boys so looking at precious pictures of adorable baby girls is all I got
Before the summer is over we want to hit up the beach a few more times and we promised the boys a trip to the zoo.
I want to watch my girls run and scream through the sprinkler in the front yard on more time. Beautiful baby, beautiful family!
AWwww…. how precious! Makes me want another baby, although my current baby is still quite a baby!
What would I like to do before summer’s over? Go to an outdoor movie or concert and sit on blankets and eat a picnic supper.
my oh my sweet little baby girl goodness! I could eat her up!
…I would love to sit under an umbrella and read a good book on the beach!
I want to relax on the beach before the summer is over. And then deliver my baby girl in October. Hope she’s as cute as your niece!
What a sweet and precious baby! I can’t wait to let everyone know that I am pregnant by the end of summer. 7 weeks today so when I reach my 2nd trimester by the end of the summer!
Well summer ended for us today when the kids started back to school. 
I guess I could say that I want to win this headband to give to my friend who just had a baby girl!
I would love to pick fruit before the end of the summer…….strawberries, blackberries, peaches, yum, yum, yum!!
Baby Paisley is absolutely scrumptious! What an adorable little baby girl. And so blessed to be born into your family. Enjoy every second with her. (And if you find out the secret to pawning your kids off on someone else so you can get baby all to yourself, please share!)
her baby is precious and i’m sure she’s thankful that her sister is an amazing photographer! what a gift:).
i still need to make some key lime pie before fall sets in…
take my son to the aquarium
your niece it precious
i love the pics
take tons of end-of-summer pictures – - can’t believe the summer is already winding down!
sweet pea is seriously beautiful…newborns are not always pretty, you know? and she’s so smiley! plus, the widow’s peak is hard to beat. i love it.
before the end of the summer? hmmm, finish decorating my counseling room!! and give one of my bff’s a supercut headband for her little beauty. =)
The ONLY thing that these pictures do for me is make me want another GIRL!!! She is so scrumptious and delightful!!!
One thing I want to do before the summer is over is go on a road trip. I don’t think that will happen so I will settle for a dip in a pool 
I want to take in a few more baseball games in St Louis. Headed there next weekend!
And these pictures make me want to have another baby. Stat. So stinkin precious!
I love her little sleepy smile! Too cute. Before summer is over a must to do is FLOAT the river
Sweet P is crazy adorable. I’m sure everyone looking wants to give her a little sqeeze….
I want to take more pictures before this summer ends!
i want to put up a big movie screen and rent a projector and have a movie night in my backyard… i swear to you i told my husband this last week and then a few days later you have a post doing exactly that. so weird!
dang that baby is ca-yute!!! i just want to keep my tan going through the summer. isn’t that a great goal?? haha!
She is one of the most beautiful babies I have ever seen! I think I will add “cuddling with a newborn” to my Must Do This Summer list!
Oh my gosh she is adorable! It seriously makes me wanna have another one, but mine’s only 9 months old! You are so lucky you get to hold her!
She is adorable and so sweet when she smiles. I would like to finish redoing my boys room before the summer is over. Better get my bum in gear!
What a precious baby!! I would like to exercise/run so I can buy new school clothes!
What a precious baby! I would like to exercise and run so I can buy new school clothes!
She is beautiful! I need to reorganize my office and go grocery shopping before I have to go back to school in a week. Ahhhh! Summer where have you gone?
She is so beautiful!! One thing I would like to do before the summer is over is get a slip-n-slide for my son.
Beautiful baby girl! dreamy little smiles and peach fuzz soft skin~ delicious! Wonderful photos as always, love to Lesley from me! so happy for all of your family
She is beautiful!!!! Makes me want to have a girl of my own….or be an aunt to a girl!! . One thing I want to do before the summer is over is to spend some one on one time with my oldest who will be going off to preschool next month!! I know he will love it, but I will be sad and will miss him so much!!
Adorable!! And great shots as well:)
This summer I plan to finish building our deck and have a big BBQ after to celebrate!
oh, and I would love to read the stack of books that were intended as “summer reads”!
I think Sweet P is precious! Love her little smile! I want to clean out my spare room before summer ends as I just found out I am going to be a mommy for the first time!!!
I would LOVE to do a DIY a day until school starts back.. I have already done one everyday for the past two weeks. My twitter followers look forward to seeing what is next!
oh my, isn’t she adorable! wish she was mine and you too, so you could take lovely pictures of my little one.
So what I’m doing before the end of the summer??? Make my own baby…
if it only was that simple, I really did….
i really want to take my daughter put-put this summer shes five and i know she will love it!
I want one! There is nothing like a newborn and to say she is crazy cute is an understatement! So precious.
Gotta hit the Oregon coast before the summer is out… so beautiful.
Some thing I need to do before summer is over is take my kids out to a random field and get some great pictures of them. Good weather doesn’t last long here in Wyoming so I better get on it
And your niece is absolutely adorable!
She is absolutely beautiful and perfect!! Love the photo studio. And one thing I’d like to do before the summer is over? Get wet in the pool or at a beach!
I want to take a trip to Chicago and get some shots of the city!
Your niece is simply ADORABLE! You can tell how much you LOVE her!! Your sister is very lucky to have you capture all these wonderful photos.
I would LOVE to get a good nights rest….that’s right I just want to sleep
We will have a new baby girl, Addie Grace, in our family in Oct. My baby brother is going to be a first time daddy. It is gonna be so awesome. I one thing that I would love to do this summer is be able to spend some time outside with my kids. Here in MS when the heat index is 117 you don’t get alot of outdoor time.
She is adorable!!! I would love to go to a baseball game, drive-in and eat homemade ice cream!!
I want to go camping! I haven’t been yet, and its killing me. Also… that baby is incredibly cute… kind of makes me want one
The pictures are fantastic!
~ I want to get a snow cone before the summer is over. I haven’t had one in three years ;o
One thing I want to do before summer is over..is too finish all my sewing project for a wedding in 2 weeks!!
Miss P is precious for sure!!
I would love to better enjoy the summer before its too late and I start missing it during January. P looks soo snuggly!
One this to do before the summer … so many things I want to do but GET A TAN is one!
I’d like to make new curtains and paint my living room. The photo shoot is adorable, totally and completely!!! What a doll.
We definitely are going to hit up the pool as much as we can before summer is over!!! Oh WOW…these pictures are SO adorable…she is so cute!
Great newborn pics~ nieces are so special.
~I want to start bedtime early (for once) and take time cuddling and falling asleep with each one of my children (3), staring at their sleeping face and quieted still bodies. Summer is so fun – our family kind of rushes around, doing all KINDS of fun things, to enjoy it. I want to SLOW down and enjoy it before school starts- ugh!
Beautiful Baby, Beautiful Mommy, Beautiful Photos! I have a huge “to do” list to take care of before the summer ends – But let’s start with getting OUT of this Oklahoma heat for a weekend getaway to Seattle for a photog workshop!!!
She is absolutely gorgeous! Such a beautiful baby!
I’d love to go camping this summer with friends and family before summer’s up!
I want to go to the pool before the summer is over lol and your niece is adorable!
I would love to hold this little girl I’ve been carrying for the last nine months for the first time!
Lovely pics! One thingI want to do this summer is potty train our two toddlers while on maternity leave. Too ambitious?!?!
I want to go rafting down a river.
and she is adorable!
Lay in a hammock and drink lemonade is one thing I would like to do before summer’s end. Love the baby pics. Isn’t being an aunt the greatest?
Cute hair bands!! One last thing I want to do is slip away for a weekend giveaway with my hubby.
She is so exceptionally beautiful! Gosh, those pictures are not helping my baby fever one bit! Thank you so much for sharing with us
Baby P is soooooo precious! This summer I would like to make some homemade watermelon popsicles, but really being honest I’d just like to have this baby (who is five days overdue). Yikes!
Want to spend more time with my kids…….hard working full time Baby P is delicious and Ashley your pictures of her are precious!
those pictures are adorable and lesley looks great! P is lucky to have an auntie that loves her so much. So, what i want to do this summer (i noticed someone else does to) is head down to ikea and get some things to finish our craft/play/computer room.
Before the summer is over I’d like to make strawberry jam! And send some to my little sis who lives in Charlotte with her hubby. You’re little niece is super cute. Love those pics!
Go swimming! Need to get my kids back to the pool before summer is over.
Your niece is adorable! I love the love you have for her. I was an aunt long before I was a mom. It’s neat to hear your experience the other way.
so sweet!! i just took pics of my 5 lb great nephew(i’m not even 30 yrs old yet and i’m a great aunt to 3 kids!! )and i was wishing the whole time that someone else would take my camera so i could hold him. haha.
I want to get some more sun! Get to the beach!
I can totally identify with how you feel! Seeing your sister hold her own daughter brings joy like no other (on earth). Then you would just like her to leave for a bit so you can spoil her rotten!! SCRUMPTOUS!!!
i wish i was your sister so you could take pictures of me and my family. you are such an awesome photographer and it never hurts to have such a beautiful little girl to photograph!
your niece is a sweetie! there are loads of things I want to do before summer ends…go to the beach again, finish the final touches on my kiddos rooms, take a day trip with just my hubby and I, and wade in the river with my kiddos.
I love that she smiles, even if she doesn’t know it!
I want to get my garage cleaned up! Probably won’t happen but that’s the goal!
she is so beautiful. I love her eyes! ?
Ha, I have the same studio set up at home. Love the picture of Sweet P in the bucket. Makes me want to have another! This summer my goal is to buy a new home (seriously, move out of the big city) and take your decorating ideas to make it a cozy, totally cool place to live. Wish I could have a big ‘ol tree too. You’re so lucky!
Before the summer is out I would like to go on a road trip with some friends! AND win this giveaway. Those headbands are killer cute on your niece.
I just love those pics! Love! such a sweet little baby p!
by the end of summer, I’d like to make a rainbow cake! Thanks for the giveaway!
Are you kidding? Crazy cute doesn’t even begin to describe how cute she is – what a blessing!! Baby fever here, Hello!! I was thinking I want to take the kids out to breakfast before summer is over and I think I owe them a trip to the aquarium too. I had better get moving since summer is over in a week!
Before the summer ends I would really really like to take my husband on a date – a real date where the kids are left at home. We haven’t been on a real date for 6 months – since our second child was born. Your niece and your sis are very lucky to have an amazing aunt nearby who offers (begs?:) to babysit!
Oh, and what a cutie pie!!!
I would love to take a small vacation!! My daughter’s first day of third grade today and we didn’t take any kind of vaca all summer! Bums me out.
Cutie patootie!!!!!!
Oh my, what a beautiful, precious little sprout. Your pictures are amazing.
One thing I want to do before summer’s end….go to the beach just one more time (we are less than 2 hours away so hopefully this is attainable!)
Oh those pictures are painful. They make my ovaries scream for more babies! She is simply beautiful. The little smile pix is my fave.
I want to see a Baseball game!
How lucky is she to have such a talented auntie to take such great pictures of her. Those will be ones she will love forever.
Before the summer is out I need to make some blackberry jam. They’re ripe for the picking today!
one thing i want to do before the summer is over is get pregnant and try to produce a baby as cute as your neice!!!! i have a 4 yr old and a 2 yr old and i now i definately have baby fever after looking at these picture
Make home made ice cream with the kids. Cute, Cute Baby.
I want to introduce my boys to water balloons before the summer is over. but this heat is too much even for water balloons!
One thing I want to do is slip cover some pillows, I would say chair but that’s a long shot since I am an amatuer at this. Your niece is crazy CUTE! My womb is aching at the site of those pictures. I can just smell her or what mine used to smell like.
I’d love to be able to sleep in…just ONCE!!! It’s been a crazy, busy summer and I’m feeling sleep deprived!
And Sweet P couldn’t be more adorable!!!
I bet your sister is so grateful to have a photographer in the family to capture the moments of her daughter’s littleness.
aahh.. that wrinkly newborn phase passes so quickly! Baby P is Precious!!! We would like to go out on the boat a couple more times before summer ends! Thanks!!
That is one cute little girl, and so lucky to have an aunt who takes awesome pictures. Congrats to your sister!
i want to go camping before summer is over!
I want to take my family and hike Multnomah Falls in Oregon.
Paisley is so cute! Have you seen the new video on Youtube of the baby inside of a watermelon? Just take the melon and cut out a hole in one of the ends, clean the fruit out…You could get some really cute pictures of Paisley hanging out of it!
Ahhhhh! She is precious!
Yes, Your sister’s baby is SO CUTE. She is very beautiful for a newborn- she will be so gorgeous. Then again, your kids are gorgeous so it must run in family I hope my kids are just as cute someday!
I hope to go on a hike with my husband and dogs before the summer is over.
Sweet baby Paisley! I could eat her with a spoon. A precious gift from God she is!
Before summer is over I want to have one day of relaxation. I have been going, going, going all summer long, and when school starts back things will be even more hectic!
Take a day off and just relax at the beach! And she is sooo cute!
I would like to take my kiddos to the beach before the summer ends.
I would love to take my kiddos to the beach one more time before summer ends!
Such great photos…such a beautiful baby!
One thing I would like to do before summer is over is to finish my kitchen makeover project that has been started for quite some time!
She truly is adorable!
One thing I would like to do before the summer is over is to sucessfully plan and carry out my daughter’s one-year birthday party! (Happening this Saturday!)
That baby is delicious!!! Her skin looks so soft. Before the end of the summer I want to sit outside by my pool with a book and not move for like 5 hours.
All I have my eyes set on is having a baby! I’m due in 3 wks. Your little niece is so precious! We decided not to find out if we are having a girl or boy so I’m excited. The thought of the possibility of a girl in cute ribbons and flowers and dresses makes me happy… and your pictures aren’t helping!
Oh. my. goodness. It makes me ready for #3 and my youngest is a couple months younger than B! And I am definitely looking forward to hosting a “Make-a-Blanket Weekend” for Project Linus this coming weekend! Can. not. wait!
Hmm…one thing to do before summer is over. I want to finish a book series that I have been reading by Francine Rivers.
my oldest is starting school again in a WEEK . I want to take him bowling and to play miniature golf before he goes back!
She is adorable! I’d like to go back to our local farm and pick rasberries. They were all gone by the time we got there earlier this spring!
I’d love to make homemade ice cream!
Adorable baby photos – my sweetie is 4 months this week.
See my plants live to the start of winter. And also, did I mention what insane levels of cuteness are protruding from that baby? Whoa, Imma gonna havta eat some brownies now…you know, to complement the sweetness! LOL Great pix, too!
She is precious!
1 last thing I’ve been dying to do before the summer comes to a close is going to my old “home away from home” – Glacier National Park… I don’t know if it’s going to happen, but I sure hope so!
I want to make homemade ice cream before summer is over. The summer always flies by way too quickly. I love the pics of Sweet P, the one right below the “I love you” collage is PRECIOUS!
She IS beautiful! Someday these kids will know how blessed they are to have Daddy’s that, not only stick around, but who love them deeply and take care of them. In our world today, not everyone is so blessed.
One thing I want to do before the summer ends is take my daughter and my nephew on a play date to the park together. It sounds simple, but it just hasn’t happened yet.
What a BEAUTIFUL baby niece. Gorgeous little girl! And what a loving mama and aunt she has! <3 love them!
Before the summer is over we're hoping to do a road trip from Las Vegas to Yellowstone! <3
One thing I’d like to do before the summer is over is go to New Mexico to camp with my little family. I think it’s gonna happen, so I’m pretty stoked.
When you said you cried processing the pictures, i felt only slightly better, cause i definitely got teary eyed looking at the pictures and reading through the post. But you are her sister, and I’m just a stranger who follows your blog, so it’s a bit silly for me to get teary eyed.
She’s beautiful!!!
Before this summer is over I will give birth to twin girls!!!
I want to wake my kids up in the middle of the night to watch the lightning. I love all of your pictures–you should tag them all “how to make someone baby-hungry”.
She is so adorable!! Before summer is over I want to take my kids to the beach for the first time!
I want to head to the beach without the kids and actually sit, lay, nap, read and rest! And your new little niece is so precious, such beautiful pictures! Our family welcomed our first little niece (amongst many, many boys) just last week, we’re all just tickled pink!!
I would like to get my kids to behave and take pictures of all three of them, haven’t done that since we brought number 3 home… 6 months ago!
great headbands, adorable baby before the summer is over, i would love to take my kids for a canoe ride on the lake.
She’s such a little doll, I really miss that age.
I want to go to Disney before the summer is over, which I’m doing in a few weeks! Woohoo!
Oh my goodness. I love baby eyes, how they stare at you. I love her wrinkly little skin. I love that she’s being called sweet P (we have a sweet P too- Parker- & it seems like yesterday she was that teeny). And, I’m getting my 1st nephew from my little sister TODAY! I can hardly wait to lay eyes on him…until then, I’ll refocus & say: I want/am going to the beach before the summer is over.
These are dangerous pictures…. crazy what a precious new baby can do to a mama.
So tell me, would you like to babysit your beautiful new niece? Understood, however. My sister is due Aug. 24 with her daughter, and I can’t wait!
Before the summer is over I plan to take lots of new photos of the new baby in my family! This post is great inspiration.
Oh she’s SO cute!
And so is the Silly Me Baby stuff!
I’m going to soak up my kindergartener-to-be as much as I can before the summer is over…it seems like she was the size of that baby just DAYS ago!
I want to go to the beach with my whole family and get icecream!! Your niece is beautiful!!
its kinda lame, but i work full time and live in flordia so summer is not the same as a kid in the northeast nonetheless i would like to make progress into working part time and doing photography part time
i want to buy a fancy trailer and go camping one last time this summer…
and your baby neice is dariling! love love love the pics you took of her.
Paisley is so sweet! Lesley and Eric…enjoy every moment with her and I hope to see her very soon!!!
I want to have a backyard camp out with the family on the last night of summer!
I am looking forward to my baby boy’s first birthday party at the end of summer. Baby girl is too cute, my cousin is due with her Paizlee any day now.
Ash,
Being an aunt does truly capture your heart in a very intense way, so special!
Love ya,
Court
I want to go back to Texas, when school starts I might not be able to see everyone till Christmas.
Sweet P is such a perfect nickname. Your niece is incredible! And my one thing I’d like to do before summer is over? Get pregnant with #3
I want to go camping before the summer is over! We still haven’t had the chance! That baby is seriously gorgeous, and makes me hope that my next one is a girl!
Amazing pics…as usual! Aaahh…missing that newborn stage. One thing I would love to do before summer is take a VACATION! (But i don’t think that will be happening) Thanks Ashley!
Oh yeah that baby is cute and well loved! She has her Daddy’s eyes. I want to finish my book before the end of Summer.
BROODY ALERT!!! Thanks for sharing those gorgeous pictures, what a stunning little baby!
Before the summer is over, I intend to take my husband and little girl camping, as she has never been (she’s 1!) and do absolutely nothing but drink in the countryside around me, and rest in the presence of those dearest to me! x
I just love these pictures! It’s winter here… but one thing I want to do before winter is over is finish making my daughter a new quilt.
So Precious.
Wow your niece makes me want another baby. And a cute headband to put on her!
After reading your blog I really just want to take about a thousand pictures of my son enjoying his first summer with his mommy!
Um, such cuteness, and those eyelashes already!
I would like to finish sew a bonnet for my baby girl before summer ends!
That is the cutest baby! So sweet. I want to take some time off this summer which doesn’t look like it is going to happen!
Cute! I want to take my girls to the zoo… I don’t know about before summer is over, but definitely before it gets too cold out here in Colorado!
I want to finish every project I’ve started this summer Love your site!
Your niece is absolutely precious! These photos brought tears to my eyes. There is nothing more preciousand unspoiled than a brand new baby.
My personal goal to be met before the summer is over (which is sadly only a couple of weeks from now for me), is to actually learn how to use the sewing machine my husband bought for me three years ago. I am so ready to get crafting! :0)
I want to take my kids to the park for pics with my new lens!!
That is one beautiful baby!! My sister recently decided that she doesn’t want to have kids. It was so hurtful that I cried (which she didn’t understand). I pray that she changes her mind. Have fun!
take a NAP!!!!
She is beautiful! I love being an aunt, too! And, before the summer is over I would like to start exercising again, to counteract the 300 pounds of frozen yogurt I’ve probably eaten! (Who am I kidding?)
Oh, she is a little doll!!! Ok, so i live in New Zealand, and it is WINTER here right now!!! Before the end of winter i want to have finished the baby quilt i have on the go!
We need to go camping! Baby is so sweet.
Such a sweet heart. . .makes me so excited for my little girl on the way! Before the summer is over I want to take on some major organizational projects in my kitchen!
Goodness, I was almost in tears just looking at her picture! What a cutie! (Don’t tell my hubby but that’s making me want another…) I would really like to take my three boys to the zoo!
Your niece is simply beautiful! One thing I can’t wait to do before the summer is out is order Photoshop Elements so that I can begin learning how to use it! I love taking pictures and have recently taken a class and will be taking another in Sept. I enjoy reading your blog and looking through your photos! Very inspirational! Thanks!
What a little cutie! The pictures are adorable Ashley. We really want to go to a rodeo before the summer is over. Only a couple more weeks to squeeze it in.
On our summer to-do list… we still have to go horseback riding… it’s like record heat here in Florida and I am hoping we can push this to a fall break item! LOVE the baby pics… my own sister is about 30 days from her first due date… that means I am 30 days away from my first niece on my side!!! Can not wait to be Auntie Jenn!
Oh my goodness, you are a wonderful photographer. I love little Paisley and can’t wait to meet her. She is such a doll!
There must be a problem if your pictures made me SAPPY. Oh goodness, those might be my favorite newborn pictures ever. And the duvet. Really? I love it. It looks like pottery barn SERAFINA fabric, but I know it’s not. I adore it. You probably don’t feel like answering, but should you want to, I would love to know.
Hope you are having a great week.
Oh you so didn’t even have to tell me to comment on how precious and adorable your niece is. Wow! I’m about a month away from having my second daughter and these photos just break me up inside. So precious!
So, I guess the one last thing I would like to do before summer is over is have a healthy natural birth for our second daughter.
I would love to finish my diy sanding/painting outdoor shelf project before the summer is over and I start back to work… don’t know if it will happen though! your niece is precious! congrats
Yes, she is BEYOND crazy cute and making me want another little one!!! Before the summer ends I would like to enroll in a photography class at the local community college. I would really love to take your class Ashley… but I live in Maryland : (
i would LOVE to go camping!! I miss it.
And she is SUCH a beautiful baby!!
OMG, I shot a newborn last week and it was so much fun. I ran home and asked for another child. I am sure that my hubby has better sense than I. He of course said no way
eat more popsicles!
Since I have been stuck inside with this pregnancy for most of the summer all I’m dreaming about (aside from having our little girl HERE and not wreaking havoc on my insides) is to put my feet in cool running water. I haven’t had major food cravings during my pregnancy but I have been craving tactile experiences, and driving the 2.5 hours to the nearest creek so I can dip in my bare feet in fresh water is all I can think about!
your niece is super precious!
First things first…that Sweet P is ADORABLE! It makes me miss my sisters so much when I read about yours. Your relationship is so special!
Before the summer is over – want to:
(1) Win a giveaway!
go to ikea. and i think your sister should let you babysit : )
She is precious! And the images you captured of her are amazing. My favorite are the ones in black and white of her parents just admiring her.
I think we have done a pretty good job of soaking up every bit of summer as we can this year, but before summer officially ends, I would like to take an inter tube ride with Abbey behind a ski boat! I should be able to check that off the list sometime next week at Grand Lake!
She is gorgeous and I love her sweet name! One thing I will do before summer, is enjoy one last camping trip with my family!!
So many sweet smiles for a TINY little sweetheart! She’s is too scrumptious! I love the doily on her back Ashley:) And the thing I want to do before summer is over= take advantage of the local ZOO! “We’re going to the zoo, zoo, zoo… how about you?”
Such an adorable baby!! I want to squeeze her (but not too tight, ha ha).
Before the summer is over, I desperately want to take a road trip with my family. With work, swimming lessons, sister’s wedding etc, it may be tough. Hopefully we can make it happen
Your niece is adorable-beautiful pictures! One thing I definitely want to do before summer is over is take the kids to the water park.
What a DOLL! She is so tiny. I barely remember mine that little! I would love to make an eventful weekend to remember with family yet this summer. To the Dells in WI!
Ashley-by the end of the summer I want to finish redoing my older boys’ room-I am makin’ it a tween room ooooohhhh!
Lesley-babies…hmmm…I have 4 although they are not babies anymore…10…9…2…and 14 mos…its ok to jus stare at them…watch them breathe…watch them make lil faces as they sleep…enjoy it…it goes by waaaay to quick…take advantage of your sister’s wonderful God-given talent and let her take lots of pics…
joy
Oh ~ I am utterly and completely melted.
I want to go for ice cream just one more time!
could be sweeter?? impossible. Adorable.
Dear Ashley: I’m sorry I’m just now gotten around to your wonderful website, but my uncle became critically ill and Mother had to be organized for a trip to Lawton. So, we’ve been all up in the air. Your pictures are priceless!!! I love every single one of them. I think the one with that beautiful headband is my favorite, or maybe the ones she’s awake in. She’s beautiful in all of them. Shouldn’t you arrange to have YOUR picture made with your brand-new niece? You could get a pretty frame and put it up with her four cousins’ pictures. I got a kick out of reading your posts, too. It sure sounds like the “Aunt Bug” took a giant bite out of you! In fact, I’d say you were a terminal case, but don’t worry…there’s no danger of a cure in sight! Isn’t it fun being goofy?! Enjoy! I know I sure do/did.
Before the summer is over I’d like to have a backyard water park day with my boys, ages 2 and 1!
I would love to get out of the desert heat before the summer is over… maybe go to europe. That’s just something I “want” to do. Your niece is such a cutie pie. I love her smile. xoxo.
Before summer ends I just want many days to laugh, play, read, romp and have revery with my four (three boys and a girl!). And your niece is just precious. My daughter is 6 and my heart skips a beat as I remember her baby smile. thank you
Hi Ashley!
Over here in Holland, the great heat has already passed and we’re up to some more garden parties in august. A lot of friends are coming over in two weeks time, and I want to make that night a special one – a fire in the garden, some lovely (and surprising) fresh salads (with lots of fresh herbs), maybe a game during the night, a ‘morrocan corner’ (let’s see how to realize that!)- and we’ll of course enjoy to show off our 10 months old daugther Lena as well! I adore your niece, actually I got quite emotional when I saw the pictures from the hospital (reminded mye of my own labor). The pictures are marvelous. when she smiles… heartbreak!
Thanks for your blog!
Anna
Oh my. That wrinkly skin kills me. She is soo sweet! I would love to hit up a few splash parks…
Wash and wax the truck and car by hand!
PS. Yep, she is very cute!
what a gorgeous little peanut!!! i remember that feeling when my nieces were born…
Newborns are so sweet, and this little one is no exception! Lovely shots, just precious
Before the summer is over I’d like to go swimming a few more times, I’ve only gone once but it was so nice!
hoping to get to the beach!! the pics are AMAZING!!!!!
oh, what wonderful pictures!!! Makes me “babyhungry” )))
But my husband says, 4 are enough!!!! I like your blog. Beautiful photos!!!
Greetings from switzerland, Daniela
just beautiful. Newborn pictures get to me! She is a little beauty.
What a want to do is see my husband! He’s been traveling and he gets home tomorrow and I can’t wait! I’m surprising him with a night to ourself without kids.
I’ve been reading your blog for a long time ever since I was pregnant and looking for inspiration for my daughter’s bedroom and I came across your blog, thanks for your amazing inspiration
Love these headbands and love your niece! What an absolute doll! I have a niece and feel the same way about her. My niece and my daughter are also “sister cousins” at 21 months apart.
Anyway, before the end of summer (actually this weekend) I am going to hit the Route 127 World’s Longest Yard Sale from Covington, KY and head south until we get too tired, hot, or run out of money, whichever comes first!
You always know how to make me smile Ashley! Your sense of humor and huge heart always add a little cheer to my day.
Congrats again on the new baby. How cute is she? Seriously.
i don’t even know what to say…those pics are SO sweet. SOOOOOOOO sweet. i love when she wrinkles her TINY little forehead and that one near the end with her eyes closed but she’s smiling. PRECIOUS!
I’d love to win the giveaway but I really just had to comment to sing precious baby praises about your neice!
I want to have family and new grandbaby photos taken here at our house. This will be quite the task as we have 5 children, 3 of which are grown and moved out so getting everyones schedules together will be fun!
I really want to have a full on craft day before summer is over, I have so many things I want to make! It’s hard to sit at work and dream about crafting…
First of all, baby P is absolutely beautiful, just like her mommy & auntie! Before summer is over, I want to take really great pics of my newborn & two year old. I love all the inspiration you give for amazing photos!
First off I’m due in November and the pix of your niece made me tear up. Yes I’m very emotional lately. I hope my little girl is as adorable as her.
My one thing I’d love to do before summer is over is take a long weekend in Vermont with my hubbie and our dogs. Basically a baby-moon.
Tell me did you use your 50mm lens for these shots? LUV Them.
She is so cute!! Love the pics! I want to do lots more swimming with the girls before summer is over!
I’m making your bleached tshirts today!! I’m so excited. Your newborn photography is beautiful!!!! My personal favorite is the one where she is snuggled up on a quilt and asleep but smiling. Melts me.
I want to go to a state fair before the summer is over! And I love the pictures, makes me want a little girl so bad!
Absolutely adorable! make a vinyl chalkboard for my fridge from your DIY week!
I wish I were your sister so I could have such amazing photos taken of my kids this often! Simply beautiful!!!
I still want to make homemade ice cream! Yum!
So cute! One thing I want to do before summer is over is take my two kiddos to the fountains at the park. Gotta beat the heat somehow…..fountains seem like a fun way to do it:)
That is a really sweet baby! I have niece #3 arriving in a couple of weeks. I am super aunto to all my nieces and nephew. Can’t get enough of those wonderfully fun and funny kiddos. Before summer ends, I need to finish handquilting my new niece’s baby quilt (It must have been the summer heat that led me to volunteer for that!) and start digital scrapbooking for real this time.
Hold my daughter tomorrow for the first time!!
Beautiful Pictures of a Beautiful baby. I can see why you love her so much.
Your niece makes me want another baby!
Before summer ends, I would love to go on a real date with a handsome man. I better hurry though, there isn’t much time left.
I just stumbled onto your website today and it’s lovely! I also spent hours looking at Silly Me Baby headbands! I’m in love! We are expecting our 1st baby in October (yippie!!!) and I would love to see her in one of these! Your sister’s baby is absolutely beautiful! SO- what I want to get done before summer is (start) finish the baby nursery. I live in Houston and it’s too hot to be outside so it’s a perfect time to get the nursery ready! Thanks for the chance to win!
before the end of summer I want to go back to the beach!
oh and Paisley is SO cute…makes me ache to have another baby girl!
First of all, congratulations aunty! She’s absolutely.adorable! I found you blog a couple of weeks ago and haven’t been able to stop reading it and I just fell in love with your photos!
Anyway, it’s winter in Argentina so before your summer is over I hope my daughter calls me mum for the first time, she’s my first and she’s 8 months old.
Thank you for sharing such inspiring bits of your life.
With love, a reader from Argentina.
Your niece is truly an adorable baby. I see hundreds and hundreds of newborns every year and, believe me, although they are all beautiful in their own way, not all of them a super cute. And your niece definitely meets the super cute criteria.
Paisley is absolutely precious!!! Isn’t being an Aunt amazing!? I think so too
[SIGH.] I would like to get a few more crafting projects in before summer is over. Oh, ya – and to finish my book, Crazy Love by Francis Chan!
Summer, please don’t go!!
go on a picnic.
very cute baby and very good pictures.
-evalina
your niece is adorable – i love how she is smiling dreaming of more milk! I hope to teach my daughter how to ride a bike before the summer ends. thanks for your daily inspiration.
I want to make a watermelon margarita and enjoy it on a warm summer night as the sun is setting.
What a beautiful beautiful child of God… She is also so blessed to have an auntie that takes such great photos of her.. and I’m sure many more to come!
Summer for me ends in a week and a half…I would like to finish unpacking boxes from our move, but it is websites like yours that keep me from doing it. Not complaining!!
before summer is over i would like to do a fun photo shoot with my baby girl.
and yes, miss p is beautiful!!
xo,
christen
I have to do a fun summer shoot with my children before it’s all over. Yeah, we’ve gotten some great shots of our summer adventures, but as a professional photographer, somehow I’ve failed of doing an actual summer session of my kids… dang all those weddings. Anyway, I’ve got two weeks… better get to work. And Baby P is pure sweetness! In the next 6 months we will get 3 new nieces/nephews (and my brother just had one in June). Yay for new family members!
First of all the baby is beautiful- what precious baby smiles like that this early??? Also- been looking at photos and Firecracker is a clone of her beautiful mommy. Now down to the nitty gritty- the thing I want to do this summer is to end it with a BANG! I am hosting a 2nd annual Evan Bradford Wade Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit the March of Dimes. We set a modest goal of $10,000. If we reach it our little town will have surpassed all others in the East Texas district (larger ones included) to raise the most money for such a great cause. I can’t think of much more to do to honor the memory of a precious soul who changed my life in such a short 7 months on earth.
“Sister”-your baby is SUPER CRAZY BEAUTIFUL! Now I’m said because my first baby starts kindergarten this year *sigh* I want a baby.
What do I want to do before summer is over…throw a smashing party for my almost 4 year old, go camping, travel to tx and have some “me” time…I’m pretty sure only 1 of those things is actually going to happen…hehe
She is beautiful and makes me want another. Before summer is over I want to hike to Mohawk Lakes near where I live.
Adorable baby! Love the pictures. Last thing I want to do before summer is over is take the kids tubing. They are doing their last all night fish outing tonight.
One thing I hope that we get to do before the summer is over is take Daycen to the beach. He’s always been a fan of pools & such, but has never felt the sand between his little toes. So, to see him experience that would be breathtaking.
Your niece is adorable! Makes me wish November was here quicker so I could meet my little princess.
I want to have a family “beach” day (we have our own version up there!) once we get home!
I have to say that I have had a fulfilling summer already! Maybe the lake one more time. Your niece is adorable!!!!! I love how the first couple of weeks, babies change so fast!
Ashley – these are beautiful pictures! The baby is so precious. I can’t believe that your sister is a mom either! Please give her my best. That baby is certainly blessed to have such a close and loving family.
Did you help your sister decorate her baby girls room? It looks adorable! I’m sure all your followers would love to get a better look!
Oh and thanks for inspiring us!
PRECIOUS! great job capturing sweet P, auntie!
It is borderline impossible to get uninterrupted time to do ‘posed’ pictures of any of my kids. I attempted a few of FireCracker in the front yard…because we couldn’t make it to some cool location. Here she is with her daddy in the front yard…a couple of weeks old. The front yard session wasn’t working...
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She is so cute! My little one is very strong willed, but I wouldnt trade him for the world!
So beautiful, posed or not! (:
Ha! too funny! And I really do think that up to this point, though you talked about the lovely curls on the back of her head, that really was a segment of pictures that was lacking from the blog. I can know fully appreciate said curls as I could not before!!
Shoes!! — My youngest was born at the end of August, so she spent all winter in those sleeper things with feet on them. Thus, no shoes. Then summer came and it was so hot and my husband was staying home with the girls at the time and we just wanted her to be comfortable, so since she couldn’t walk, no shoes.
I took her everywhere without shoes. I’m not even sure she owned a pair until after she started walking!!! (and then they were a size 6.5!!!!! BIG feet!) We even took her to an amusement park sans shoes and was told on the merry-go-round that she couldn’t get on without shoes! She was only 9 or 10 months, it never even crossed my mind that there might be rules against bare feet at this place!!!
She totally looks like she’s gettin ready to break it down in the “stomp” pic, love that!
What’s with kids these days? They never perform when you want them to anymore Either way, she is an absolute little cutie and I love her little curls. Absolutely adorable.
adorable!
i don’t know what it is about the fake sneeze, but it does always seem to work!
candid and beautiful. i love that she doesn’t wear shoes in public. its awesome.
So cute! Those curls are to die for. Don’t worry about the shoes. My Little Miss never ever wore shoes until she was walking. Steven would get so mad. I just didn’t see the point in wasting my time to put something on, that was going to come right off.
Love the commentary. Cracked me up. Cutie patootie!!
she is sooo cute!!
My two year old girl just came up and said “ooh, she’s dancing! Can I have her shoes?”
hysterical and so realistic!!!! i adore the one with her lil mouth in open and her curls are darling!
I have the EXACT same problem at my house.
I think you only have one girl because anymore like her would be too much sweetness for one household. Oh my goodness she is beyond adorable!
oh my…she is so cute!
Hahaha funny commentary! I totally get that.
I love them all! This is so my little girl. Her pictures are on Sunday, there’s a good chance they’ll all be of her back too!
She is such a cutie!! My two year old is still like that!! Her hair is all the way down her back and curly and I have lots of pictures of that beautiful hair! I mean thats what I was going for anyways! RIGHT?
HA HA HA… sounds like my life story!!! My little boy was like that as are lots of my little clients. Here’s another trick you may or may not have tried. Put a big leaf, flower or something funny on your head and let it roll off a couple of times… they think it’s hilarious, then do it when your camera is up and they will watch for it to fall… probably only one or two more times with that big black block up to your face so be quick! It usually works for me though. Miss firecracker is adorable though
Oh the joys of photographing a 1 year old! She is just so full of fun…that hair cracks me up! Have fun being one little girlie. Kim
those are still adorable, i feel your pain. i gave up on taking madden’s pictures and now all lincoln wants to do is this awful cheese smile, oh well, like you said it captures their age.
Hi Ashley: I love your blog. Your little girl is so beautiful and looks just like you! I love that you have such a special bond with her- it radiates from your pictures.
her hair is so sweet!! and the photo of her standing where she looks like her hand is in her pocket is soooo cute! i love the commentary you added. so funny to know the real deal. have a happy weekend!
Love them all!!!
Oh Ashley, she is so beautiful. The 2nd picture is my favorite but they are all amazing!
I am totally loling at your subtitles. Great shots as always!
even without cooperation you got some awesome shots of her!
still some great pics in there! i’m glad i’m not the only one who has a hard time taking pics of my baby girl. by the way, that dress is way too cute! and the shoes…the shoes! i feel your pain about keeping the shoes on. my baby girl won’t keep shoes on. ever. even on the wood chips at the park. nope. not having any of it! it’s probably because most of the time, i really don’t care.
so adorable!! where did you get her dress? I love it!
That is awesome. I have a 2 year old boy and was wondering how you got all those cute toddler pics. Apparently the strange noises I have to make to get his attention are the norm!
Toooo adorable :]
I love these! Especially the one with the wide open eyes and mouth. What a beauty! I never put shoes on my son (who was born the same week as Firecracker!)–he just pulls them off and sticks them in his mouth, and to my mind, that’s grosser than just going barefoot:).
I really LOVE the close up of her pretty little ‘surprise’ face!
she is SOOOO pretty.
You might have seen on the side of Meg’s page, a post about how people are disouraged by other blogs (feeling not perfect enough, etc). Thanks for being transparent. Lets be real…getting pictures of a toddler is not easy. I was trying to do this yesterday with a friend and it was near impossible. YOu have an adorable cutie who is getting some CUTIE cute curls in the back! I love it! I also love her sweet dark hair compared to all those boys….
Oh Firecracker Such a cutie.
I. Die.
this is the perfect post. Love the “O” mouth pic, and the close up of her piggies. Seriously snackable. She is just so beautiful Ashley! It makes my heart ache a little bit!
I love when you make me laugh out loud! Great post as always!
what an unbelieveably adorable child she is….just plain gorgeous.
try to stay off head bands or put them right above her fringe where it doesn’t pull her hair back:) my friend used to pull her daughter’s hair back into a pony tail everyday and her daughter has her front hair grown backwards since. Brush them forward regularly, too!
lol i make all the same noises at my job at sears and i do the whole fake sneezing too. lol i just wanted to comment about the close up picture of her with her mouth open… she looks just like Shirley Temple there too cute
so beautiful! love them all but especially love those last two shots
So cute! Thank you for sharing so much of you and your family on your blog. I love seeing all the creative things you do with your kids.
Beautiful!!
Awwww….she is beyond cute. It’s reassuring to read that even a pro like you can have a hard time getting a toddler to cooperate. I too have many pics of the back of heads. Would bringing at least one brother be helpful for next time?
somehow, her expressions remind me so much of kohen (my youngest). funny. sweet photos!
Children are so cute, bur really girls are adorables. I love the pic where your baby is sitting on the grass.
Dresses are gorgeous.
When I go to a store alwaysssssssssss buy more to my girl thanto my boy, poor my little skinny
Ha ha ha… made me smile!!! She’s gotten so big! Just thought I’d drop in to see what you were up to. I’m due to have a baby girl (finally) at the end of August!
By far my all-time favorite post from you! You sound exactly like I do when trying to photograph my 18 month old. I’ll keep this in mind when I take her out to do photos next week and I want to pull my hair out. Ha! I too have a lot of photos of the back of Madison’s head, but she has the same curls, so I love them anyway.
She looks like a perfect blend of you and your husband’s physical attributes…
she is the cutest little girl!
Oh my goodness, she is so adorable! And those curls! Thanks for all of the “behind the scenes” tricks. I might have to borrow a few of those.
Adorable!!!
how do you get her to keep her headband on!? my daughter refuses to leave them on her head!
Oh my goodness… she is SUCH a doll! I just want to give her squeezes!
With my two year old boy I yell “dinosaur” or “cookie” works every time. The logic is he always wants a cookie and well…he would never pass up an opportunity to see a dinosaur!
every picture of annie from the moment she could walk….is of her back.
ugh.
so frustrating.
but she is still adorable.
even her back.
Ohmigosh, that is *so* what shooting is like with a little one!
hey there! i’m CRAZY about all your little firecracker’s headband bows! i’m assuming you made them (of course!) . . . do you have a DIY post on them!? i’d love to know how you did it . . . i just had a baby girl (!) 2 weeks ago and she has a different bow on every day, but i’d love some more “edgy” ones. thanks! love your site and your life!
Oooh, I’m just drooling over those pretty curls:) She’s such a cutie-pie 1-yr-old!!! My lil’ Darby turned 1 in April and I love to see how firecracker’s personality & movements mimic my own darling girls’. As always, fun & beautiful photos!!!
darling pictures of your daughter!! I just bought this dress this week for my caters!! I wish cate would keep head bands on!
Spotted this onesie featured on Etsy today and automatically thought of your babe!
freakin’ hillarious!!! and SO cute
Ashley, one day when you look back at these, it will make your heart sing to have such a true representation of your sweet girl at 1…much easier to open the floodgates to all those other memories of what she used to do, than a perfectly posed pic would. She is utterly divine, by the way!
Sounds alot like the one year session I attempted with Cohen. Unfortunately, I don’t think 18 months is going to be any better either!
i love the picture of her and she has big eyes as she is looking at something! so pretty!!!!
Loved all of these. Brought a smile to my face and memories of my own when they were that little. Treasures!
I will not take credit for this idea…however I can’t remember where I first saw it either. There are a billion and two ways to do monthly pictures. I have done them differently with each kid. I think these are my favorite. They aren’t all perfectly the same. Nor were they all actually taken on...
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SOOO cute! Love the idea on recording her first year and watching her personality develop!!
I love this idea so much. Great, now I have to have another baby!
oh my! those chunky little rolls! don’t you miss those?! She has turned into such a beautiful lady! it’s great to have these pics to see just how much she’s changed from month to month. love the outtakes!
Oh Ashley! She is an absolute joy! I just love waking up and having your blog to read first thing every morning, and these pics of FireCracker are too much fun! She is GORGEOUS and so expressive. Love it! i love the November “outtake” and the one of her sitting right next to it. They are just delish!
What an incredibly-amazing-original idea!!!! I love it. This kid is over the top cute!!
What a great idea! I wish I had done something like this for my son’s first year.
So cool. She is precious!!!
hahahahah LOVE November in the out takes!
Love this idea – heading to target as our own ‘Baby Sister’ is coming any day now!! Thanks!!
Awesome idea! She is so cute! I’m glad to see that she pulls her headbands off too!
Why couldn’t you have been around when my little ones were ltiny??!! This is a super cute idea!
This is definetly the coolest idea Ive seen for monthly pictures!
Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant!
Ha ha ha is really really good, you’ve maked me smile
I love this! love! totally unfair though, because it makes me want to have another bambino. I still love it though 
she is SO cute I can’t stand it! what a wonderful way to document the first year. thanks for sharing such a fun idea.
Oh, goodness, I LOVE this!!! By far the most creative idea for monthly pictures – love how it tracks her growth, too.
i love it!! i will definitely have to try this, my monthly pics were always weeks behind with Madden.
so fantastic! i just love this. i didn’t do anything like with with either of my kids and now i wish i had.
I love this idea.
This is one of the coolest ideas I’ve ever seen! My youngest of 3 is already one – rats!! AWESOME pics!
Best idea. Ever.
I love this idea! And your baby is just SO stinkin’ cute.
That is the cutest idea! Now I cant wait to have another baby to try that out! But besides that idea she is so cute!! The bottom left picture on the last line she looks so much like the Gerber baby!
What a great way to try and bottle up that most important first year…great stuff!
Great idea! Precious baby girl!!!
Miss November is hilarious! Kim
oh how I wish I could have another baby! such a fantastic idea
Are you kidding? Those are awesome!!! I need the chance to try that out!
What an adorable idea. The outtakes are ridiculously fun as well. Thank you so much for sharing!
LOVE this idea…couldn’t do it as cute as you, but I love it!
This is amazing. My wife talks about your blog all the time, and thought I would check it out…this series really hit home with me because we just had a baby. She is very pretty.
This is SUCH an adorable idea! I have to use it one day!
I also read the blog of a couple who’ve just had a baby girl and on a weekly basis they put her in a white onesie, lay her on a pretty piece of fabric and photoshop the number of weeks onto her chest. Looks like customized onesies for 52 weeks of the year!
And this means that I’ve been reading your blog for one year now! Doesn’t seem like that long, though. I started reading just before you gave birth (:
Oh I love this idea. What a great prop and to see what she does with it.
This makes me want another baby to do this idea. ;D
Well done. As always Ashley. When do you find time to go through your photos????
i am loving the out-takes!
She’s so CUTE. But you already know this. I did month-to-month photos with my little guy, too, and love how they came out. This is an awesome idea to keep in my back pocket should ever need it!
That is such a cute idea!!! And all of the pictures are adorable!!
Such a cute idea! And relatively simple! Love it!
I just started working with a family doing a monthly shot for their newborn and i think this could really be a great end result. thanks so much.
what a great idea! thanks for sharing!
i LOVE this idea. my friend is about to have a baby and im going to share this with her!
so adorable!
Oh Ashley! I love the bottom left! She is beautiful!
I LOVE it! I’m definitely stealing that idea next time!
Ooooh! LOVE IT! I wish I’d thought of this for my girls! So fun!
LOVE IT! Darn it! Now I am going to have to have another baby just so I can use this idea!
I am going to have another baby just so I can do this! Awesome idea! I love how it illustrates her growth and development over the course of the year…such an amazing course of events, that first year
Thanks for sharing! Each time I look at your blog it lifts my spirits!
What an awesome idea! It almost makes me want to try for #3 — almost! She’s adorable.
love the idea
mine is now 6 weeks and i don’t have a big cal like that
maybe next one (hehe)
we are taking them on her changing table for now
Okay, so it looks like I’m going to need you help in brainstorming ideas for P’s pics! These are awesome!
I Love it! My baby boy is 11 months and we’ve being doing a little felt crown with the number for the month on it. We also missed a month (2nd, I guess was a busy one) The latest one is him chewing on the crown, hehehe… love how simple the calendar idea is! I may use it for the next baby!
I’m new to your blog, and I love it! I just found out that I am pregnant with my first (!) and I can’t wait to do something like this, starting next March. Thank you for sharing!
Awesome Idea! I am so excited that I found your blog!
I thought I’d brighten my sister’s day at work and give her a peek at some more of the maternity photos I took. She is gorgeous. Before….and a few months after Climbing up the fence was Eric’s idea. Hanging a wooden letter from his ear was also his idea. I usually avoid ‘cheesy’ pictures, but...
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She is beautiful! What a sweet round tummy. I love all the photos, even the “cheesy” ones.
Awww, these pictures make me want to be pregnant again. But I didn’t have a cute tummy like your sister’s – mine was nicknamed “The Torpedo”
Such great pics! I love the last one, just really sweet. Can’t wait to meet Miss P.
love the fence picture!
Love the “If mama ain’t happy…ain’t nobody happy” sign and ALL of the wonderful pictures. What a beautiful mom-to-be.
I love these! Les, you look fantastic pregnant! Can’t wait to see pics of your new little one!
Oh, Ashley! What a gift. Thank you so much for sharing! I know these brought a smile to my face.
Beautiful picutes! And beautiful pregnant sister!
With all that lovin’ going on in the kissing picture, she might give you a run for your money in the kid department.
These are beautiful, Ashley!!
The piano/bike background is SO great. I love it. Where did you find that sign “If Mama Ain’t Happy…” that makes for a PERFECT maternity picture…LOVE IT!
Sarah M
Thanks, Ashley!!! I LOVE them!! You take the most flattering pictures. These are so fun. Thank you blog people for all your sweet comments too
What a pretty preggo lady she is! The pics are beautiful!
I love the heart, too. It’s sweet and eye-catching against her blue shirt. Cheesy can be fun.
Wow! Those are really stunning. Very nice. and they do look so happy. What a beautiful shoot.
In your sisters smile (the hanging P and the heart pict) I see Firecrackers smile…so sweet to see family resemblences!
okay, i know you’re not tall(since i’ve seen pics of you next to chris and i know how tall he is!), and i’m assuming she is clsoe to your height…but her hubby is super tall!!! they are so stinkin’ cute together!! little p’s shoes are so sweet, too!
Congratulations for you and your sister. She looks like you very much. Both of you have same smile
Pictures are beautiful. I love the one about hands, and the other wher he looks her so sweet.
They are all beautiful shots! Congrats to the soon to be parents!
so cute, never seen the heart made with mom and dad’s hands, so no cheesiness there great pictures that she can treasure forever.
I love the heart picture! We can see now where Firecracker gets that ornery smile at! So cute!! Sister/Cousin & Firecracker are going to have a blast growing up together!
what sweet pictures!! can’t wait to see the baby!!
What an exciting time for them! Their first born baby! I love the fence picture with the P! They are a beautiful couple, congrats to them both! Looking forward to you capturing little P on camera!
My sister is a gorgeous mommy to be. I got to take a few pictures of her and Eric…I haven’t had time to go through them all, but I wanted her to have a glimpse of a couple….these make me happy! I’ll post more later.
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Your sister is so beautiful! I am in love with the first picture!
She looks so cute pregnant! I bet you guys are all getting excited!
my own little sister is pregnant too, and just as stunning!
great shoot. love you blog…
Those are adorable! I wish I would have had some nice pictures taken during my pregnancy. I’m always the one behind the camera… I need to work on that.
Your sister will cherish those so much..
Les — you are just too cute!! I love the sign. That’s awesome.
She’s due when!?! I’m due in Oct with my third and I look like that already! Great pics and I know you are all so excited!! You folks are going to have to invest in a dormatory before long. =)
very very nice! Can’t wait to see the rest of the shoot. She glows!
oh thats at mama trizza’s isn’t it! she looks great:)
I love her perfectly round baby belly! Where did you find that great (and TRUE) sign?!
Thank you again for doing our photos! I love the first one!! Even though I look at that belly every day I’m still amazed at how large it is in pictures!! Can’t wait to see the rest!
Very pretty. I love all the round objects in the background that compliment your sister’s lovely round tummy. Beautiful composition.
oh, she is darling!!! :]
She is stunning!!!
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