We’d adopt her if we could, but her daughter would probably be upset about it ;) So instead, we asked Lauren to take our family photos again. WE LOVE THEM.

Couch is getting a little more crowded these days, in the best possible way.

We tried putting Riley’s hair into a little palm tree ponytail last week, and she looked like a tiny sumo wrestler. We’ll hold off on that for another few months ;)

My philosophy when shooting family sessions is to let your kids be kids, because we’re capturing the feeling of this season of life, not the perfect-child, Instagram version. We clearly keep the same philosophy when having our own photos done, because my girl can’t be tamed ;)

We did work really hard for this shot though. Howling was involved.

We probably have at least three more years before Addie’s snack cup isn’t a prominent figure in our photos. That’s okay too :)

Photos like this prove to me that we’re raising her right. Dance it out, girl.

Lauren, you are the best of the best and perfectly time-capsuled this season for us. We love you so.

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Family and anniversary sessions from 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014!