I have know these two since high school and I love that I have had the privilege
of photographing their family over the last few years. I first took pictures of them when
Libby was a tiny baby and now she is 2! Where has the time gone?
I love these little girls. They are sweet and feisty, obedient,
adventurous and full of fun.
I see much of myself in this family, which is funny because I have 3 boys and
they have 4 girls. But I look at Lindsey and see myself a few years ago.
She is in the stage of life where you are constantly “on duty”.
You are trying to balance 100 different things and most days you are just
lucky that everyone made it through the day alive.
Take heart moms with littles. It gets easier. Mostly. I just recently emailed a friend
and said: ” I can laugh at you while you are in the mind numbing, life-sucking
toddler stage and you can laugh at me in the school-age, my kids all need 100
different things for school/sports/church/homework-my brain hurts
from keeping it all straight phase.”
In the toddler phase I felt a little bit like Wesley in the Pit of Despair when
the Count says “I have just sucked one year of your life away. How do you feel?”.
I would wake up to the “Red Bull brothers” running around the house
doing ninja moves at 6 a.m. and swear that they sucked all of that energy
out of me and left me with none!
You are doing great. You are being consistent. You are saying no when it is
easier to just give in. You are teaching them that the world doesn’t revolve
around them. You are teaching them to be nice and love their siblings.
You are doing well. Keep up the good work. As moms we don’t often get praised.
And that is hard. So I am tell you Lindsey (and all the other moms
out there in the trenches)…..keep going. You can do it. It is worth it to put in the
hard work now instead of trying to backpedal when they get older!
Now more of this beautiful family.
Nora is just like my oldest. All she wanted to do was love on her littlest sister.
And Libby didn’t want to be tied down. But I finally got this
picture of the “book ends”. Nora was so happy.
Here are the oldest girls.
The middles.
Nora. So grown up, mature and helpful.
Kate. The wild card. The blonde. So sweet and helpful.
Anna. The cute one (They are all adorable girls but this one. The dimples.
The twinkle in her eyes.)
Libby. The baby. Into everything. Constant motion.
And her smile. Priceless.
These two. Words like solid, loving, stable, caring and God-filled
come to mind with these two. They are a nurse practitioner and firefighter.
You can’t ask for better people than these.
I am already looking forward to next year guys! I loved hanging out
with you and the girls and catching up on life.
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