Confession: We’ve never gotten professional pictures of our family taken. Ever. We’ve just never taken the time or decided to spend the money on professional photos of our family. I cringe at this thought, honestly. It’s one of my biggest regrets when it comes to Alea’s child hood and it’s really something I’ve always wanted to do. I keep saying “someday,” but we have yet to make that someday happen.
So, in the mean time, I’ve taken close to a zillion pictures and upgraded my camera to a DSLR to make up for it. But has it? Will Alea have all the memories that she deserves? I’m hoping so. There comes that mama guilt creeping up again, right? I DO have plans for us to get family pictures taken this spring/summer though. I WILL get those pictures taken. I will. And I can’t wait to show them to you all!
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And aside from getting a new camera and taking pictures of Alea’s every waking moment, I’ve also been trying to jump in front of the camera more as well. When I flipped through pictures in my baby book while I was growing up, I remember giggling at my mom’s hair or the silly expressions on her face. And now that I’m older, I’m thankful that she didn’t spend my entire childhood behind the camera instead of in front of it with me.
That’s exactly what I’ve been trying to do with Alea now. I recently bought this tripod and have been trying to remember to set it up and jump in these fun little photos with her. Little ones are so unpredictable, so who knows what sweet little moments you’ll capture with them.
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I’m really excited to continue capturing special moments between Alea and I’m hoping she has as much fun looking back on these memories as I had creating them with her. What about you? Do you try and jump in front of the camera with your kiddo every once in a while?
Bonus points: Take a picture with your little for next week’s Trendy Little & I’ll feature you in a fun little montage on the blog!
Trendy Little Link-Up Rules:
1. Link-up a post with pictures of your kiddos! (It doesn’t have to be anything fancy or anything specific to fashion, just a post with your kids will do!)
2. Feeling inspired? Create an outfit collage of what you would have dressed your kiddo in for this week!
3. Include a link back to my blog on your post OR the button below.
4. Visit some of the other lovely ladies linking up & say hello!
5. Leave some love for me in the comments!
Also linking up with Toddle Along Tuesday, Covered in Grace, Still Being Molly, Mama Memoirs and Too Cute Tuesday!
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Thanks for the linky! I saw it last week, but didn’t really have any posts to share. Alea is such a cutie!
Beautiful photos! I am trying to get more into taking photos with my good camera as a pose to my phone 🙂
Adorable!! I try my hardest to be in pics with the kids as often as possible. It’s so important!
Adorable pictures! And that’s such a good suggestion, there are too many pics of when I was a kid without my dad.. it’s important for parents to get in the shots as often as possible!
I definitely spend more time behind the camera than in front of it – but, that needs to change. Thanks for the reminder 😉
Totally agree with you. I’ve been trying to get more photos of us with the girls! This sounds like a good excuse for mommy to get a new outfit too!
fun! and i need to do this!
I love this link up! I did this back at Valentine’s day, so I linked up n old post!
I need to take more pictures WITH my baby, too! I only have a few and they are all really zoomed in and blurry!
I struggle to be IN photos with my kids– so I will do better from now on!
these pictures are adorable! looks like i need to make use of our tripod!!
I want to! This is going to sound horrible, but I’m so self conscious about the last few pounds of baby weight that I just play photographer. I’m working on that though because I want tons of mommy and me photos NOW. 🙂
Hello there! Nice post and linky! I just joined.
like always, gorgeous pics!!
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so darling! i love that first picture so much. thanks for the invite. ill be sure to link up again
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You’re right, it’s important we jump in too. We’ve never taken professional pictures either, I told my husband I want to this summer. But you know, with your blog and these kind of fun pictures, I’m sure she’ll have lots of great memories!
We’ve only had professional pictures taken once- and it was a girl just starting out so she was affordable. We paid her so that counts as professional, right? We have been blessed to have friends (students my husband works with) use their photography talents to take pictures of our family. Free pictures = good 🙂
I keep saying I’m going to take a photography class at a local community college so I can learn to take my own quality pictures…but it hasn’t happened yet
I think this was a great reminder to me. I often take pictures, but I want pictures WITH my kids.
Your photos are always great….so while you may not have done professional photos yet, your daughter will still have great images to look back on.
I need to take more pictures of myself so I remember how I look at this point in life and can show my kids when I have them.