Monthly Archives: February 2010

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miracles {Giasella} l Southestern Michigan Newborn & Baby Boutique Photographer l Kari Dawson

So Giasella and I get to hang out every month, as I mentioned before her awesome mom commissioned me to photograph sweet Zella each month through her first year of life. I come over and act silly and entertain her and she smiles so brightly and adorably until I get my camera back up to my face and her smile fades and her fingers go back into her little mouth. I love photographing new families, it’s so funny and entertaining and I’m always fortunate enough to get those images of especially dads making funny faces to a newborn whose eyes are only half open. It’s adorable. So I know I must look silly but I think she’s become fond of me and our little visits and I enjoy chatting with mom, hearing all about big brother Gasper’s adventures since I last saw him, and watching Miss Zella grow so much month to month. So I thought I’d share a few of my favorites from the previous couple of months.

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pieces of me {my birthday girls} l Southeastern Michigan Boutique Photographer l Kari Dawson

So last week my babies celebrated their sixth birthday. These two knuckleheads are so sweet and so funny, snuggly, outgoing, confident, bright, and entertaining. They have brought so much joy to our lives it’s unmeasurable. They are curious, stubborn, determined, and both have an incredible will to get what they want. They both love to be in the kitchen and are such great helpers. My Mal loves to clean and Hailey loves to supervise. They are both picky about how their clothes fit and each sock has to go on just so, or the world will come to a hault. They love each other, oh how the pair of them love each other. They have become great negotiators already, they compromise easily when they have to, and other times are so incredibly giving and unselfish toward one another which is incredible for a pair of six-year-olds. They both love the spot light and to be the center of attention, Hailey more so than Mallory and both of them are ridiculously funny. Happy birthday my baby girls!

Our Hailey-Butt which she has now informed us we are no longer allowed to call her because “it’s gross.”
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Mal-Mal…
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life’s moments {my girls} l Southeastern Michigan Photographer l Kari Dawson

Insert sigh here… my baby girls are six years old today. Here’s a sneak peak for now. More to come from the fun we had this morning and an uber list of things I just adore about them both…

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