Ann Marie Models

At one of Annie's appointments, she was noticed for her cuteness and we were asked if we would be willing to take some pictures at the hospital's new playground. We were ecstatic! Annie had a blast! She took direction so well, and didn't want to stop! In December I will post the pictures from this shoot. :)

For now, click here to see our little model. :)

Pumpkin Patch 2014

This year marked Annie's 5th time to pumpkin patches total, and our 3rd time at this particular, amazing, patch.

She was a little hot/tired/hungry so she wasn't her complete photogenic self...but we still got some great shots!

There are things in regards to memory making that I greatly regret missing out on in our 4 years as a family, (I wish I videoed more, I wish we did yearly family photos, etc).

One thing that I have done right and it brings me immense joy is Annie's biannual photoshoot- Pumpkin Patch and Bluebonnets. It just so happened to be perfect timing- October and April. So I have pictures of Annie every 6 months since we have had her, (her first pumpkin photo was taken the day after her gotcha day!).

I have been and will always be obsessed with Bluebonnet shots, but since I have begun this tradition, I now also love pumpkin patch photos. 

5 years in the pumpkin patch. FIVE. I can't believe this little lady will have been with us 4 years at the end of this month. And I really can't believe she will be 5 in December. Cannot wrap my mind around it. This collage brings me much joy and a little sorrow too. SLOW DOWN TIME!

Before we get to all the photos, let me say one more thing... Annie loves taking pictures and poses herself. Once or twice I told her to pose, but most pics she posed herself. :) She is our little model in the making. :)

 Without further adieu: 

Sadly the sun gave us issues in these first few...

I took tons of shots here waiting for the kids to move. Mom was feet away. How hard would it have been to tell them to move for literally 5 seconds? :/ I may be practicing my Photoshop skills and try to remove them...when I have time. ;)

My little Dorothy loved seeing the scarecrow. :)

In this post, you will see why I started dressing her in all white, (in the last two years... the first two years she wore a fall themes shirt- the same one for 3 trips!). ;) There are pretty flowers without pumpkins, so wearing white allows for nice photos, not just fall themed ones. :)

This is her newest smile. She'll rarely pull it out to mix things up, which I am thankful for, but I prefer seeing her beautiful teeth, :)

As you may have noticed in the above pictures, Annie posed with her elbow on the pumpkins and her had on her face. She did this all on her own accord. Well, in this shot, I encouraged her to do her signature pose. ;) I told her to put her hands up and this is what I got! LOL Close enough. ;) 

Annie did this all on her own, and believe it or not it is one of my favorites! It just kills me! After getting the shot, I just asked her to smile, but I was hoping she would keep her chosen pose...

Clearly I was not disappointed! :)

Then I found a large pumpkin and after setting her next to it, she chose this pose:

Sadly, this was the last shot and she was done for the day as you can see in her less than stellar smile. BUT look at her pose. I die, y'all!