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Officially Nine

.....  my boy, nine...  who would've thought that it could happen so fast.  His birthday is actually New Year's Eve.... which is followed by Kaarina's on New Year's Day-  and we are never quite on the ball enough to celebrate them on the correct days. In fact, Kaarina is still technically three- I haven't quite figured out when she'll be 4 yet.

I took Pete, the 4 bigger girls and a couple of his friends to the pool this afternoon for a couple of hours then came back home and had cake, ice cream and mini sticks tournaments in our livingroom.... now he's officially nine- and gets more and more like his dad every day... which is a good thing.  Love ya, dude.  
 

Happy New Year

She.... {My Real Life}

...... is going to be a big sister.  

 

Not until the end of June- which seems like an eternity away but, well....  I didn't have anything else to write tonight with this picture so I thought that I'd spill that little tid bit of my life out there....   

I can already smell her... and this baby is going to have some seriously cool photos.  Pete or course is dreaming of a brother  but I've already warned him that it's probably a girl since we seem to get a lot of girl babies in this house..... Kaarina says that she wants a sister so she can name her" Kate-a-lyn". 

....  and that is what's going on at our house.

Happy Tuesday!

A Sweet Treat.....

......  and that's what we did tonight. 

Baby Ella {Michigan Newborn Photographer}

oh goodness...  I love babies- but I'm pretty sure I've mentioned that before. Baby Ella just turned a month old before she came to see me on Friday so I wasn't sure what we were going to get from her as far as newborn shots go.  We like to get them in before they're two weeks old so they are still really sleepy- but when she arrived she was like this.  Which is perfectly fine because her eyes are so big and blue..  she's also old enough where there isn't any jaundice in them and they can focus.

So she stayed like this for a while...

..  then she tired out.... one of the best things about newborns aside from their smell is their lips... oh how I love newborn lips.

... and one last one.  As I was processing these this morning my Aubrey was on my lap excitingly saying, "baby, baby!" then putting her fingers to her lips as to tell me to be quiet, she's sleeping.  I was saying how cute the baby was and then I asked her if we should get a baby like this for our house, she firmly said, "NO."

Happy 4 days before Christmas....  

 
  

Right Now at the Laakso House {My Real Life}

Don't these moments just give you the warm and fuzzies..

.....and my dishes are done, the beds made, orders placed, galleries finished, Christmas prep complete, wallet found.....  "sigh" now I'm dreaming, but the above is really happening.     

She Just Gets Cuter! {Michigan Baby Photographer}

I got to see one of my newborns again yesterday.  Around four short months ago she looked like this, now she's getting all big and smiley- and it was so fun to see her.

Her with her big ole eyes and in her baptism gown: Love, love, love the black and white on this one but I think that her skin looks so pretty in the color.

Santa Baby....

..  and smiley baby.  This age is actually pretty tricky to take pictures of because they aren't sturdy enough to sit up yet but they're not relaxed like a newborn..  However, I think we've captured quite a few winners. 

 
  

That wraps up my sessions this year- Thanks again to everyone who booked with me this past year, I appreciate it.  Courtney, thanks for the fun couple of hours yesterday!

From here on until my next session you'll will be seeing pictures of my real like and reading about how I haven't even thought about Christmas yet....  or rather the only thoughts about Christmas I've been having is  how I have not thought about it yet. 

Have  a great weekend everyone!

  

Happy Birthday, Cadence! {Livingston County Children's Photographer}

This big blue eyed dolly came to see me on her 1st birthday.  She got a few birthday outfits to take on her photoshoot and I was in awe of them...  I'm still waiting for the name of her outfit maker...  although with my 4 girls, it may not be such a great idea for me to get that info.

serious cuteness... I tell you.

Her daddy was home on leave from Iraq so they wanted to get a family picture...

Thank you T family for coming to see me and everything else that your family does for our country.  We are grateful.

Happy Tuesday, everyone!
 

A Little Etsy Help....

I'm looking for an after church/ sauna/ beach/ day bag for Elizabeth for Christmas- when I search etsy I get a gazillion items and there's no way I can get through them all.... i'm not on there enough to know where all of the good stuff is hidden.   Does anyone know anyone who sells really cute handmade bags and would you mind linking them up or emailing me the link.  We need to get rid of the Meijers bags....  they just don't go very well with her church coat. (actually, she doesn't have a church coat...  but they don't go with her regular jacket either  :))    

Thanks a ton!

Julie 

7 Months { Michigan Baby Photographer}

Look at how much she's grown! When she first came to see me she was just a little peanut, now she's 7 months old and on the move. 

......  and look at this hat, isn't it adorable!

.....  and one with big sister.

   

Thanks for coming to see- I love being able to watch your babies grow!

Have a great day, everyone!