Family Photos.

We had family photos done a few days before Christmas. We had the same photographer who took our wedding photos come to Erik's parent's house and take them for us. It turns out she lives only a few minutes away from them.

We just did a mini-session and we'd woken Eliza from her nap when the photographer arrived so the poor girl didn't have much time to warm up to the idea. She perked up fairly quickly and, aside from wanting nothing to do with her mother, she was soon up to her usual antics.
She's been obsessed with her little tongue for a few months and it was in fine form during the photos. There are few shots without her tongue sticking out or her fingers stuck in, which is perfect because that is just her.

I can't be the only one who gets stressed when thinking about what to wear for photos! I decided that I wanted our photos to be normal -- I just wanted to look like us. I still went shopping on more than one occasion, but walked around bewildered and returned home with nothing each time. I decided to go with comfort. I hate having photos done and figured I would look most relaxed if I felt comfortable in what I was wearing. The shirt I wore is one I'm particularly fond of wearing on night shift at the hospital. And I didn't wear any makeup because I never wear makeup. As far as matching goes... I just tried to not makes us clash too horribly.

It was great having the photos done at my in-laws. It's a beautiful location that is very special to us and it's home.

I'm so glad we got photos done. I kept putting it off thinking I could do them myself, but I finally admitted that would never happen so I bit the bullet and got in contact with Kelly. These are only a few of the photos she took -- I have many more favourites!