Tuesday, October 28, 2014

pretty pictures: everyday life

When my bestie Kristina visited back in September, she took lots and lots of pretty pictures. Having a photographer as a BFF is pretty handy- I highly recommend it! (And if you live in the Jacksonville area, I highly recommend that you use Kristina for your next photo shoot!) In addition to a posed-and-coordinated typical photo session, she also took a lot of 'real' pictures of us- while we played on the floor, changed diapers, snuggled in bed, and gave Millie baths. I finally have all of the pictures back and they are AWESOME! Also, they make me cry, because Millie was SO TINY and ITTY!!!! And now she's BIGGG!!!! But oh well. She's still adorable and now she even smiles, so I guess there are benefits to all stages of babyhood.

Today I'll share a few (ha) of my favorite 'everyday life' pictures. Somehow the way Kristina takes pictures makes our normal activities look a lot prettier and more romantic than the way I take pictures...I dunno, must be the difference between people who know what they're doing and using a nice camera to do it and people who can barely operate their iPhone cameras. Who knows.









Yeah...I've been meaning to put something on the wall over our bed for a couple of years now...ha







Our beautiful Lola even got her picture made! She just loves hanging out in the nursery (or The Room Formerly Known As Lola's Room, as she thinks of it)



My parents showed up about 15 minutes before Kristina left town, so they got a little piece of the action!


Do you think they love their grandbaby??
Surprisingly, this is only a tiny curated fraction of the pictures- you are so welcome!! I'm just so thankful to have all of these pretty photos to help us remember our first weeks of life as a family. 

And there aren't watermarks (which I'm thankful for!), but again- all photos are copyright Kristina Boothe Photography. You can also find her (and more pretty pictures) on Facebook and Instagram (@kristinaboothphotography). 

43 comments:

  1. These are breathtakingly beautiful. Such a pretty memory of the every day.

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  2. A beautiful picture of Millie hanging over your bed...that's what you've been waiting for!!! ;)
    I love looking back at all the pictures of my boys as babies. You're going to be so thankful for these in a few years (or 12!).

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  3. Oh my goodness Erika! I love these. Some of them brought tears to my eyes and the one of Millie and your dad made me laugh so much!!! And now I want to hire someone to follow me around with a camera for a day to capture my daily life in photos :)

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  4. These pictures are so great. And you're parents are too cute!

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  5. Eeek! I LOVE them! What a different and beautiful take on newborn photographs. I think my favorite is the one of you sitting in bed with the window behind you... so beautiful! Or maybe the bath tub one... it's almost a smile!

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  6. So the picture of all of ya'll together in the bed should totally be the picture that you put above the bed!! These are beautiful!!

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  7. These are so great, love those bath photos!

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  8. These are amazing! Im supervjealous! You should put one of the pictures of the three of you in bed above your bed!

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  9. Those are the best!! You will treasure these forever. She needs to come take pictures of us, too because these 'lifestyle' photos have always been my favorite but it takes a special photographer to be able to do them! (I showed J, he seems to approve of his future date.)

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  10. Wow! Wish my everyday life was as beautiful as yours; granted, Millie automatically gives you an unfair advantage. Cheater! ;-) But seriously, these pictures are absolutely amazing, and not just because you had a great photographer -- it's the people, the story, the love captured in these photos that is positively breathtaking. And that empty wall above your bed? I don't think you'll have any trouble at all filling that space now. Thanks for sharing these!!

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  11. Love these. You've sold me on having a lifestyle session done should be we blessed to have another baby.

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  12. These pictures are absolutely beautiful! I know Millie (and you) will treasure these forever!

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  13. Beautiful!!! I need a photog as a best friend!

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  14. Great pictures!! You really are lucky to have a BFF who is a photographer. My favorites are the ones of her in the bath and the one of your dad looking at her!

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  15. Amazingly beautiful. I must agree there must a difference between snapping photos with a phone and a nice fancy camera.

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  16. Perfection! Love! Frame every one of these!! Seriously :)

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  17. I love every single one of these. Ahh, perfect.

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  18. These pictures are so beautiful!!

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  19. These are beautiful! I love your bedroom wall color, no need for something over the bed looks great! Our dog Sunny loves hanging out in the nursery too!

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  20. Absolutely gorgeous phots! What amazing memories

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  21. I love allll of them but #3 and the one of Matt kissing her forehead….she is one LOVED baby!!! :) It still makes me extremely happy that you are posting about your daughter!!! :)

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  22. So beautiful! I love how casual and REAL they are!

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  23. OMG. These are so incredible. I've always thought Kristina was super talented, but man, she captured SO much in every single one of these pictures.

    Thats it.

    I NEED a photog best friend too.

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  24. Beautiful! I need to work on this best friend photographer thing.

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  25. Oh my gosh your friend is so talented. I am in love with the picture of Millie with the water falling on her. And the ones of the three of you cuddling in bed. GAH! So precious.

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  26. Beautiful pictures!! Totally made me tear up. How wonderful to capture these moments. They go by so fast!

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  27. Gorgeous, but now you have to pick which ones to frame!!!

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  28. So beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing. I love the causal pictures, I will have to keep that in mind for sure:)

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  29. Looking at these made me really emotional. In a good, happy way. I am just really happy that all these good things are happening for you.

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  30. Oh Erika…what breathtaking pictures! You are certainly lucky to have such a talented photographer as your best friend.

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  31. Got choked up looking at this gorgeous pics! What a talented friend you have, and I love that she got shots of your dog and parents, too!

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  32. These pictures make me so HAPPY!!! Sweet, sweet, sweet!

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  33. Erika - These are absolutely breathtaking! Each one made me sigh or tear up for a different reason. That teal polka dot dress is so cute - is it a shirt or a dress? Doesn't matter, it's the best. Her in the bath giving you the WTH? face. You and Matt and Millie snuggled up in bed, which I can vouch is pretty much the closest thing to heaven we get on this earth. My favorite however is the 4th one down - you, holding her, her arm holding you with so much love and trust. Adoption is so beautiful, and parenthood looks so gorgeous on you, my friend.

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  34. These are just delightful. I kept finding a new favorite. Also, your parents are so cute!!

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  35. I will take your photos every time I come to Athens! Love ya'll so much!

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  36. Wow, these photos are stunning! How fun to have them!

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  37. Sooo I basically just DIED while experiencing the beauty of these photos but also I'm thinking man, your house is going to look weird, because obviously you'll need to make every single one into a 16x20 canvas and hang it up. Good luck with that!

    ESPECIALLY the b&w with the sun streaming in and you holding her.... ahhhh! Perfection.

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  38. Amazing pictures!!! Perfection.
    Oh, and love the unicorn costume!!

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