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| Summer Days At The Pool |
If you follow me on Facebook, you most likely recognize the faces pictured above as I am sure that I have well over seven thousand pictures of them posted on there! It was actually hard choosing which ones I wanted to post on here because there are so many! They are so genetically blessed it's incredible and their wardrobe is to die for so it is only natural that I adore photographing them! These are just a few of my favorites…you can expect to see lots of them on here!
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| One Of Many "Photo Shoots"... |
These are “my babies”! Okay, well they are not actually my children. However, with the amount of love that I have for them, time that I love to spend with them, and people who have asked me if they are my children over the last ten years it sure does feel like it!
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| Years Ago!... |
I started nannying for this beautiful family when Henry (now ten) was only about 9 months old! (Do not be alarmed that you do not see many pictures of Henry. He was often times in school, sports camps or simply did not want to be a part of our girly "photo shoots". However, I still love him with all of my heart.) About three years later, sweet Caroline (now six) came into our lives! And a mere thirteen months later, Ellery Ava (now five) graced us with her presence! Needless to say, their sweet parents were VERY busy and I felt honored to help care for these babies! I would watch them for “date nights”, summer days, and, one of my favorite memories, while their parents were out of town! As you can imagine, I grew attached to them VERY quickly!
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| One Of Our Sleepover Weekends... |
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| Another "Photo Shoot"... |
I changed a million and a half diapers, witnessed many of their “firsts”, snuggled them to sleep, kissed them when they cried, painted their nails, played dress up with them, went shopping with them, went swimming with them, read to them, and most of all, simply loved on them! It was the life! They have taught me almost everything that I know about one of my greatest passions in life…children and caring for them!
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| Dress Ups At Emme's House! |
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| Pool Time...Our Favorite! |
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| Ice Skating At Southlands! |
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| Dance Recital! |
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| Make up! |
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| One Of My Favorite Pictures....Been The Background Of My Computer For Years! |
Before I knew it, I was the one sitting on their couch crying with their Mamma while they were the ones loving on me to make me feel better! Funny how that happens! It was the night before I left for Arizona to begin my college career. Among all of the things that I was going to miss about my life in Denver, they were one of the things that I would miss most! I was desperately afraid that they would “forget” me. With a framed picture of them and a promise to stay in each others lives, their Mamma, who has become a dear friend of mine, laughed and said “how could they ever?!”
They didn’t understand the concept of college. They looked at me with sad eyes and asked “Why do you have tears Emme?!” (SIDE NOTE: this is where my nickname “Emme” comes from. I think that it is one of the most beautiful nicknames ever because they gave it to me! When Caroline and Ellery were little and first began to speak they couldn’t say Emily. And so they called me Emme. Since they were such a huge part of my life, my friends and family would hear them call me that and eventually it just caught on! I love it, because I love them!) I told them that I was crying because I loved them. I’m sure that this confused them even more!
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| Hair Appointments! |
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| Summer Nights! |
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| Typical Ellery Ava! |
I’m still not sure if they understand the concept of college yet, but I kept in touch with them while I was there, had pictures of them everywhere, saw them every time that I was home from school on breaks and now they know that college is over! They still keep asking me when I have to go back to Arizona. They can hardly believe it each time that I tell them that I am here to stay! Just like how I can hardly believe that they are so grown up now. I am reminded of this through the little things like when I go to Ellery’s pre-school graduation (and by the way I am told by her that “Mommy and Emme are walking me to school on the first day of kindergarten” I cant wait!), Henry and Caroline’s swim meets, and simply being able to have “adult-like” conversations with them!
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| Pre-School Graduation! |
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| Prom! |
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| Ice Skating at Southglenn! |
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| Piano With My Brother Eric...Their "boyfriend"! |
I feel blessed to have them in my life! I am thankful for the role that their parents have played in my life and allowed me to play in their childrens' lives. They have really grown to be a part of our family and vise versa. I cannot wait for all of the memories that are still to come!
Not only are these children (both literally and figuratively speaking) BEAUTIFUL…but all children and what they can teach us through our relationships with them is beautiful!
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| Beauty! |
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| Pricelss... |
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