How have I lived in this home for nearly nine years and never noticed the beauty in each little corner until this year??

Well okay wait, before making it sound like I have taken it for granted far too long…I guess this whole place inside and out has been a work in progress and wasn’t just handed to us like this…so…alright I get it now.

Regardless, I am so glad that this year I searched out and used some spaces (others I will have to show in another post or two..or three…) this sweet and colourful nook drew me in many a time, I am already planning for some pictures there next year!

Willow was freshly three years old when these were taken and they are by far and wide the best bunch of pictures in every way that I had ever captured of her, so to give you a little behind the scenes….I was pretty much the definition of giddy and texted a back of the camera picture to my parents and a few close friends because I couldn’t wait to even get the images onto my computer!

Ki was done on a separate day (and time of day) and was also very spur of the moment (more so as I recall…I believe I tucked her into bed, went outside, realized it was the perfect time….went back to her room, got her up and talked her into staying up a little extra late with me. She was happy to oblige.

I had to include these super sleepy yawning ones just to prove I really am a monster mom who kept her child up too late for pictures (or maybe it just proves I am a boring yawn inducing mother?)

BUT she really did have fun too, in these pictures of her laughing and smiling I was embarrassing her by being too loud (“the neighbours will hear you!!!!”) and she loved it 😉

and of course we got plenty of her just being her more serious smiling self, with one of her BFF’s, Princess ButterCups (unicorn extraordinaire)

The one little thing was….although we were only outside for ten minutes, Willow very quickly followed us out, too lonely to sleep without Ki (her words) so she sat patiently then of course slowly worked her way in front of the camera…