Life Stories: The Story of … The Library

Month 4 of my Life Stories Project. Life Stories Project? See  MONTH 1  for the full story.
The gist of the project, is myself along with some other photographers are doing a monthly photo project- of our OWN kids!
A project to help us document the day to day stuff- the little things we want to remember.

This month, I headed to our local library with my boys.
The girl was not along as she was home cleaning her pigsty room.
Sometimes following though with consequences sucks as a parent.
But we carried on without her!

Now, our local library is AWESOME. It’s small, and cute, and has this amazing little kids corner that’s a partnership between the library and the MN Children’s Museum. So while at the library, your little one can develop some pre-reading skills. Kids can plant a garden, visit a farmer’s market, make a silhouette puppet show, have a picnic and other fun activities.

Now this trip was typical for us, one 9yr old boy immediate (like I’m talking less than 5min) found a stack of books he was interested in. While the other 9yr old spent an hour talking to the librarian about things he was interested in, and looked, and looked, and looked……. which is why he only appears in the beginning and end of this picture story.
Because every photo of him would look like this first one.

Hopkins MN Children's Photographer

Yes. Ninja Frogs. Of course!

WAIT- before you go, don’t forget to check out the next story in the chain- the awesome Beth Lofgren and her January Life Story!

A New Love in Their Lives- Newborn Miss Adelyn

This sweet little love has a great big brother at home to give her LOTS of love and attention. The adorable bear hat was one we used in her brother Austin’s newborn session a little over two years ago. Her mom had the great idea of bringing it in to the studio for this session too, but added a little feminine touch with a pink bow. LOVE it!

The family image makes me smile. Over. And Over. I just love it so…..

Minnetonka Newborn Photographer

Thanks K family for another great session!

~Amy

Life Stories: The Story of … The Lego Wedding

Month 3 of my Life Stories Project. Life Stories Project? See  MONTH 1  for the full story.
The gist of the project, is myself along with some other photographers are doing a monthly photo project- of our OWN kids!
Because the beauty in the every day, the little things, is what you will want to remember.

This month’s story fell into my lap. Courtesy of these two boys of mine.

Right now, our house is all about Legos. I mean- All. About. Legos.
They play them constantly, everyday, and build really fun things.

This is my two boys the lego fanatics. And yes, their hair always looks like that. I don’t know why they even own hairbrushes.

Minnetonka Children Photographer

Now, typically, the boys spend their time building, playing with, and acting out scenes along this line…..

Minnetonka Family Photographer

 

Well…this week, the boys came to me and said “Will you be our wedding photographer?”
I was confused, until they told me they were having a Lego wedding.
A Lego wedding? Oh what brilliant fun!!! I have no idea what sparked this idea, but it was awesome.
Their sister was the “wedding coordinator” and designed the wedding location (a park of course) and also made the wedding cake. And of course micro-managed most of the seating arrangements. I gleeful played photographer….and will admit I might have had a little too much fun….but regardless, I bring you, my FIRST ever wedding as a photographer….

The Wedding of Ben & Izzy

My favorite elements (ALL my kids doing btw) is that a certain north pole person is a wedding guest, along with a random leashed dog. There’s a variety of men in headwear. AND they made some of the guests “cry” at the ceremony.
And seriously Izzy, that’s some rock Ben gave you!:)

Minnetonka MN Photographer

WAIT- before you go, don’t forget to check out the next story in the chain- the awesome Beth Lofgren and her December story!

Life Stories: The Story of … Bathtime

Month Two of the Life Stories Project. Life Stories Project? See LAST MONTH for the full story.
The gist of the project, is myself along with some other photographers are doing a monthly photo project- of your OWN kids!
Very excited about this, as it’s helping me to get back to the roots of why I am in this profession.
Because the beauty in the every day, the little things, is what you will want to remember.

This was a fun one- and something I’ve been meaning to do for a few months now, which is exactly why it fits perfectly into this project! Capturing the little moments in my kids lives…. I’ve always been a mom who’s a fan of kitchen sink bathtime. It’s easy, no bending, and come on….it’s so crazy cute! Now that the 4th Pea can sit safely on his own, his baths are always in the kitchen sink. This, is a peak into that… I want to remember the way he loves his toy duckies…his long baby hair…his chubby little dimpled hands…his amazing long lashes…his cute little froggy towel..and that bottom lip, oh that bottom lip…the way it sticks out and how I want to kiss it. every. time. I crazy love that little lippy…

Minnetonka MN Baby Photography

WAIT- before you go, don’t forget to check out the next story in the chain- the awesome Rachel Aberle of Arna Photography and her November story!

Three Cutie-Patooties!

This family is a busy house with two year old twins and a 1yr old, they are a family on the move! We had so much fun playing in leaves, romping around the yard and lots and lots of puppets. I love sessions like this, where we can just roll with it, and capture some wonderful pure, honest moments and expressions. You can’t “make” a toddler do much, and wrangling three of them is a tad crazy, but ooooh so worth it when the result is crazy cute portraits! Thanks M family!

Minneapolis Family Photography

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Little Charmer

This crazy cute little dude is part of my Milestones plan, and it’s been SO much fun  watching him grow over the past 2yrs!
He’s now 2, and I swear just gets more adorable every time. He’s a busy guy for sure, lots to do, lots to see!  We had so much fun at our session, tromping through the woods, running, throwing leaves, running, playing ball, running, jumping off rocks, running…. you see the trend. I told you he was a busy guy! But when he flashed that sparking smile….oh what a charmer!!

Minneapolis Family Photography

Pure JOY – Baby Brianne

This happy girl has changed so much since her newborn session.  I love seeing how much baby’s change from first born peanuts to the adorable chubby sitting up on their own stage. Such a fun age for family sessions, as they are so in love with mom/dad and it shows. Brianne is the happiest, most JOYFUL baby!! She was full of smiles our whole session through. She made my job crazy easy! A lot of 6m olds will only really smile for their parents, but not B, she was all grins! It was a gorgeous fall afternoon the day of our session, one of those days that makes you appreciate this amazing place we live and all it’s natural beauty.

Saint Paul MN Family Photographer
Saint Paul MN Baby Photographer

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