{real life} sawyer's 5th birthday session

My goodness, we had such a hectic Mother's Day, with two sessions and wishing both our wonderful mother's happy day, that I have totally spaced and left you hanging with a tease and two more shoots to chat about. So, we'll start off with Sawyer's session from that morning:

This was our third year documenting Sawyer and once again, it was a bit chilly, but the sun did come out and shine for us. Sawyer wanted nothing to do with two crazy people trying to get a smile out of him, I don't blame him, we always ask people to smile for the camera, but don't offer any incentive.

I can't believe how big he is! He loves music, although I wasn't willing to sing today, I still have a bit of a cold. We did hit a local park, but that wasn't doing it for us, either, until we were about to leave and not paying attention. Little tease, that's when the smiles came out! Sawyer was just waiting for us to stop paying attention to him so we could get the shots.

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{personal} a day at the lake

It was so gorgeous out today that Rob and I met his parents and Cheyanne to walk around the lake. I'll admit it was a bit colder at the lake, it's always colder at the lake, right? Anyways, Cheyanne loves to be outside, so we all troop down to the beach where she continuously throws sand into the water, which has a sheet of ice still floating on half of it. I was feeling like flare today, if you couldn't tell, and thought I'd share a bit of our adventure. While Rob will understand why I'm laying on the ground with Hector in my hands, I still need to explain to Cheyanne that I'm just taking a picture. I'll do almost anything to get the shot, except actually jump in the water, haha.

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