Wednesday, September 30, 2009
To the Beach!
Who’s up for a vacation?!? We were however with a newborn, even a trip to the beach is work. :)
This week we headed to Gulf Shores, AL with my whole family and stayed in a house on the beach. My family lives all over the US so for us to all be together for a whole week in one place is a real treat. We have 3 nieces and 1 nephew on this side of our family and then of course our little one…so there was lots of playing, swimming, and fun to be had.
We had one evening where we hit the beach specifically for some pictures and after we got some more traditional family shots we relaxed and got some fantastic shots of the kids and families as themselves. I love these shots because the kids just got to be kids and we were able to capture so much of their personality on those shots.
We had a blast on our trip but were also glad to be back home.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
We have the honor of having the wonderful Amber Holritz photograph our little Ella and document her first year. We had our first shoot and are so excited about the images. You can view the whole slideshow here.
Ella cried for a good part of her first shoot but Amber did a great job not only capturing how cute Ella is while she cries but also so many emotions we were all feeling despite her crying. This is a time in our lives when we are so happy, but also just trying to figure out her needs and struggling to do so. We love our little girl so much and feel so blessed that she’s a part of our lives.
A huge thank you to Amber for her beautiful style of photography and for her understanding and sweet friendship.
Here are some of our favorite images from Amber’s shoot.
So things have been quiet around Dotson Studios lately and here is why…we have a little girl! Our sweet Ella Grey Dotson was born on July 19th at 4:17 pm, weighing in at 7 lb. 5 oz. and perfect. :)
We were woken up in the middle of the night to discover that she was most definitely on her way and headed to the hospital. After a fairly easy labor (and an epidural) she came in the middle of the afternoon and has changed our lives forever.
We were so happy that both of our parents were able to make it to the hospital before she was born and I’m so grateful that my mother was able to stay a while and help around the house.
Grant was a trooper during the labor and those following days that are so challenging. He also did a wonderful job of beautifully documenting the birth and the first few days of our little girl.
Thank you Grant, for being there for me for for already being such a wonderful father!
Every little girl deserves a logo…
Our first look.
A tiny bit of hair.
