Eleanor's 1 year pictures

I took Eleanor's one year pictures this week. I took the inside shots a few days ago and took the outside shots last night. MANY thanks To Gram and Papa for all the faces, silly noises and dance moves that they did while trying desperately not to get in the picture. She really is a tough audience. She really smiles and laughs all the time, but when the lens comes out, she is stoic.

I am completely ignoring the fact that she is 14 months old, dressing her in the clothes she wore all summer. Some may call it ridiculous, or even denial. I just call it busy.
In the past few weeks, she has fallen in love with baby signs, she signs "please", "milk", cookie, apple, more, eat, new diaper, and her all time favorite, "book." She has started climbing on things and showing her "personality"...it is really cute.

I find it funny to think that when I do pictures for people, I can give them advice and tell them - hands down- which picture is the better one, or whatever. With my boys, I just close the few that looked ok... She has given me many favorites and I am stumped on the ones that are better and what to do with them!

GO HOGS!!

Go Hogs! TRY to not get killed by Texas.

Beach Pictures

Here are my favorite pics from our last trip to Gulf Shores---in June. :) We went with my sister Jamie and so Eleanor is in some pics with her cousin Eva...they are two weeks apart.