Last month we got some family pictures taken by Andrea Gallagher Photography. If anyone knows my husband, you probably know that this is not his thing. Not to mention Mr. Hide From The Camera Lane! Andrea made it comfortable and just a little ways into it, Lane was laughing and smiling for her. I thought about waiting until Lane's front teeth grow in, but seriously, how cute is his toothless grin?
I had a couple reasons for doing family pictures. First, we hadn't had any taken with Estelle. I also wanted to get some pictures with the CASE tractor that Lane has. After Case died I wanted to put something at the cemetery other than a plant or flowers because he was buried in Washington and we are in California. As many of you know, Case is a brand of tractor so we went just a couple blocks away to Farmers Equipment (in Lynden) and bought two Case tractors, one for the cemetery and one for Lane. My friend Kristen who also lives in California but grew up in Washington, had a small Case tractor placed at Case's grave for his first birthday and gave a little one to Estelle too. So both Lane and Estelle have one in honor of Case. The last couple pictures have the tractor in them, to represent Case as a part of our family.
I love the way they turned out. Now is the hard part, trying to figure out what pictures I will enlarge and hang in our house! Here are just a few of my favorites. The sad part is that I coordinated all of our outfits around what Estelle was wearing. Gag me right!? This little girl is just too much fun!
6 comments:
Beautiful!!! I loved them all, and when I got to the last two of them with tractors I immediatley got teary eyed. What a special way to honor Case in those pictures. I can't believe how old Lane looks, and so cute without his front teeth! Estelle is 6 months old already, wow that went fast, and what a doll! :)
Adorable Pictures! There is nothing wrong with matching your outfits to Estelle- at least the guys don't have pink polos on or something! (I'm sure they'd love that :) ... very sweet idea for the case tractor.
I will make it easy for you - pick them all, hang them all :). Your family is beautiful! I love the way you included Case, so darling, so perfect. Praying for ya always!
awe these are so cute!
LOVE! My favorites are the one of you with Lane, Reese with Lane, black and white of Reese and Estelle, and the first two family shots - the one of both the kids playing with the tractor is amazing too. Ok, what I'm trying to say is...I love them all! I agree with Bethany, just print every single one :-) Your family is so beautiful, Natasha!
These are beautiful! I can't wait to see your collage you come up with!! The pictures with the tractor are really sweet.
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