Photo Shoot

At the end of May I was so incredibly happy to have my good friend, Angela Liddle, take pictures of my girls. Thankfully I had my mom on board to help manage the chaos of photographing three little girls. The pictures turned out so well! I couldn't be more happy! Angela is an AMAZING photographer if you're ever looking for someone to take pictures of your kids, family, newborn (she did Eliza's newborn pictures too), seniors, and she also does weddings. She really took the time to get some great pictures and put everything she had into keeping their attention - no small task! And here is what we got!

Pictures

Liza, Liza, Liza

This little peanut turned the big ONE on July 10th! I stare at her stunned by her transformation into toddlerhood at least ten times a day. Where did the time go?! Oh yeah, that's right, I wasn't sleeping. Hmmm ... :)

I have been enjoying Eliza so much. She is still wonderfully squishy and yummy to kiss on, gives the cutest little cheeser grins, loves attention but is also happy to do her own thing, is a great sleeper now (a big H-O-O-R-A-Y for that one), looks ridiculously cute walking about, is getting the cutest little teefers in, and is starting to say a few words, which also gets me clapping and laughing and jumping up and down like I'm a little kid. Funny how that happens - I mean, the way we revert to childlike behavior when we have children, complete with being silly, feeling a need to take daily naps, the throwing of tantrums, and requests for treats. It makes me feel like I fit in at home ... but I digress. So, back to little Liza.

She enjoyed a little party with the Lloyd family (Brandon and Amy and kids and Stephanie sans kids who were in St. George that weekend, plus Granny and Oma & Opa). She donned a more serious expression for the occasion, which you will see in the pictures. She didn't need any assistance from us. It was like she was born to dig into that cake!

And then a couple short weeks later she took her first steps at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Her cousin Quinnlan was the first one to witness this and point it out to me. Some of my siblings and their kids were in town for a visit so they shared in the moment. I wish I had had my camera with me! Eliza was all smiles and was giggling with pride. We all clapped for her and she joined right in, applauding herself! She very quickly took off from there. I knew it would be a great blessing once she learned to walk because she has been so eager to keep up with her big sisters and would show visible frustration at her lack of independence, though she was a very fast crawler!

She says, "boo" for peekaboo, which often sounds like "buh", and she says, "hi" and "bye bye"(both of these she does most often with a play phone in hand, and she has said "go" for goat, has made attempts at "doll", and regular says "mama" and "dada."

Here are some pictures and videos taken since I last posted. Can you believe all the hair?!