rinne's six (or...eight) month photo session

poor second children.  i had rush's photo sessions scheduled like clockwork - newborn, 6 month, 1 year...and little rinne finally got her six month photos taken when she was over eight months old.  eh, she'll never know, right?!  when i finally got around to scheduling it, i immediately thought of abbey from dylan blue photography.  we've had several sessions with her before and i just love her work.  (you can see samples on our 2009 holiday card and our 2010 holiday card, as well as birth announcements here and here).  what's even better, is her amazing bedside manners...which are duly needed when you're working with small children.  i always feel so bad when they act up or won't cooperate, but abbey makes you feel so at ease and like it's no big thing - which is exactly how you want to be made to feel when your little tyrants, errr, rugrats, fuss and carry on in front of the camera (or anytime, really).

we did the session at our house in front of the blooming hydrangeas.  i just adore what she was able to capture...

rinne's dress was scored at sweet repeats, a local consignment store.  it's vintage pears & bears / kayce hughes (who is a follower of this blog, ahem.  gotta keep it in the family!).  i fall pretty hard for anything with ric-rac on it.

adore this one of her being held up like a big girl by my mom (whom she is named after).

i love this wild woman one too.

and that is the dining room wallpaper!  y'all, i am so close to being able to do a blog reveal in there.  just need to get the curtains done and a mirror hung.  

of course we had to get some of her crazy older brother!

n.b. the stains on the back of his shorts...that's how he rolls.

he loves to "kiss the little head."

abbey indulged me and shot a new photograph for the "about" section of the website - which is about to undergo a huge revamping, y'all.  GET excited.

it's full of color which i love...very me.  i have never gotten the neutral memo, ever in my whole life.  oh, and there's my drybar hair!  sooo much cooler than my regular hair.  

abbey did a fabulous job, once again.  thank you friend!

xoxo