Back to School

All summer long I was counting down the days with dread, knowing that my sweet baby girl would soon be starting kindergarten.  Yes, I work full time, which means that I have long been accustomed to sending her off every day with a smile on my face and a little pang of sadness in my heart, but there was just something that felt so big and different about this new change - big new school, backpack, lunchbox, uniform, school supplies.  My little girl was going to be taking the first real step in the long journey that is her school years, and that reality was so much more than my heart could handle.  Not that I could ever stop her from growing up so quickly, but it just feels so much more out of my control now!

As a kid, I always loved the fall and going back to school, so I knew that I wanted to do a little styled session for her to mark the milestone - with her first little uniform and her brand new backpack and lunchbox.  But when the time came, it just rained and rained.  So I waited until the next weekend, and it rained again.  Finally, just as I was starting to wonder if she would be in first grade before I pulled this session off - over two weeks after she actually started school (and three times of "borrowing" that big bulky chalkboard) - it happened.  And I'm so thankful that we'll always have these memories. . .

I haven't been shooting my own kids as much as I'd like to or feel like I should lately, and even when I do, the images just sit on my computer unedited and unprinted.  So it felt really good to actually finish and edit a personal session. Maybe now would be a good time to actually go back and edit Parker's cake smash session - now that he's...um...almost 16 months?!  :)

Kindergarten

After getting shut out by the weather several weekends in a row, finally did this overdue "back to school" themed shoot for the brand spankin' new kindergartener in my life. . .

Can't wait to share more soon!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day from Sweet Everythings Photography!

To celebrate, thought I'd share a few pictures of my own little valentines from the minis I did a couple of weeks ago. . .

Hope you all have a great day filled with the ones you love!

Sneak Peek: Valentine Minis

I was never a big Valentine's Day person. . .until I had kids. Now I have to admit that I *LOVE* Valentine's Day! And not in a how-big-of-a-present-are-you-going-to-buy-me-to-prove-you-love-me kind of way. It's more about the pink and the hearts and the cards made by little hands and most of all the big indescribable love that we as parents have for our little ones.

So after lots of preparations and a yucky, rainy week here in Houston, I was so relieved when the weather was absolutely perfect for my Valentine mini sessions on Saturday!

Here's a little sneak peek of some of the fun we had. . .

Thanks so much to all of the families that participated. I had so much fun getting ready for these and spending time with all of your beautiful children!