Family Pictures 2015

Every year, we get our family pictures taken, usually in the fall. It's one of my favorite family traditions - and the tradition that Sam secretly hopes I forget about every year ;) I love looking back over the years to see how our family has grown (and gotten smaller - last year's pictures had Jason in them and we are really missing him these days).

This year, we took our family pictures a little earlier than usual, before all the grad school and moving craziness started. We got them done by Kaycie Eddie Photography, and I am totally in love with her work.

 ^^ Every morning when she sees Sam, she says, "Hi Daddy! Hi!" and they play around for a little bit like this. It makes my heart one big pile of mush.

 ^^ All Claire wanted was to be crawling in the dirt. This was our compromise ;)

We took these pictures right before bedtime, which is the fussy hour for Claire. Luckily, with a great photographer and lots of picture breaks to let her play with the keys or crawl around in the dirt for a second, we got some smiles!

^^ I just know Claire loves this deep down inside ;)

Thank you Kaycie for capturing our family! To everyone else: Kaycie is new to the professional photography scene, so hurry and book a shoot with her before prices go up! I've been following her work for years, and trust me, you won't be disappointed. See her Facebook page here and her Instagram feed here.

P.S. Join me in the nostalgia as I look back through our previous family picture years:
2011 - our wedding pictures (we were babies!)
2012 - informal snaps by KNW - we knew her before she was all famous and stuff ;)
2013 - looking back at these makes me miss Jason even more.
2014 - when Claire was a tiny squishy thing (look how cute she and Jason are together!)