{little miss sparkles: 1st birthday and Christmas}

Most people who have seen my blog know that I usually try not to post the real names of the littles in my life, just for safety reasons.  In a year of hard, this little girl has been a bright spot...thus her name follows after the theme of my three kiddos nicknames - Little Miss Sunshine, Little Miss Giggles, and Mr Happy.  

Meet

She just turned one last month and we did some surprise pictures for my friend/her mama.

She is always happy, makes me laugh, can roar like a lion, loves bananas, loves music, does not love wearing socks (I don't blame her...neither do I!), tolerates me putting pig tails in her hair, and is apparently a true southerner with quite the accent on her "bye bye"!

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Next it was time for some Christmas pics. I did Santa baby pics just last Christma...wait...ok so it was really eleven years ago (!!) when my Mr. Happy was about a year old...and I haven't used the hat and boots since...but it was time....

Apparently she had just told me a secret.... 😊

Little Miss Sparkles, I'm so thankful for your little life! God has great plans for you and you have a mama and a papa who will always remind you of who you are in Him.

I love you baby!  💖

{{11.9.18 & 12.4.18}}

{tracey family: christmas 2018}

Photo sessions with multiple kids is always an interesting experience haha! 

There is actually a fourth child in this family but... 

She wasn't so sure this was a good idea at first... 😊 

(Also...this is me in front of the camera...which is why I'm always the one taking the pictures lol!)

...the aftermath...happy, sticky kids! 😂

{{11.17.18}}

{tracey family: christmas}

New house and new baby called for new pictures! Shannon, your house is adorable and might be my favorite new location for photos...just sayin'... :D

Then of course there are the bajillion that were more like these two below...HA!

Yes, exactly! Hahaha! :D 

{{12.3.16}}

{the boys: fall pics}

The boys are very much into "favorite colors" these days so everyone has on their favorite color shirts. Well, except baby bear.  We're not quite sure yet what his favorite color is, but he just thought his bowtie was pretty cool and didn't mind what shirt he was wearing.  :)

These two are best friends.  

All the brothers are good friends...but there's something extra between these two. :)

Now, before you go thinking that these pics were easy to get...I promise you I have about five times as many "blooper" pics than these pics! lol  Here is a sampling below of how this shoot *really* went...

During most of these you could hear me saying,

"Ok boys, look at Kiki!"

"Look at Kiki!"

"Hey! I'm over here sillies!!"

"Smile!"

"No, not that smile! Hahaha!"

"Oh brother lol." 

Like a friend recently commented on taking pics of her boys...it's a lot like herding cats! lol! But it's a lot of fun!

{11.11.15}