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Prescott Family Photography Session: Jackson’s Second Year

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My little nephew is absolutely one of my favourite people in the entire world. I may be a little biased but he is super adorable and really smart. He can always make me laugh and having him in our family has made it even better than it already was.

All of that being said, his Second Year Family Session seems to have fallen through the cracks in terms of getting posted here…sorry about that buddy.

It was a very busy day when we shot Jackson’s 2nd Year photos, but it was a gorgeous one and everyone seemed to be in the right mind-frame for photos – except perhaps Jackson. You know because he is two and like most two year olds, doesn’t like to sit still for even a second and really doesn’t want to be told what to do. Our original plan was to shoot his photos in the same park/playground where we shot his previous family sessions (3 months and 1 year), but he has grown to know that as the playground that it is and his parents were very smart in realizing that we would have a near impossible time getting him to do any family shots that didn’t involve going up and down the slide. So instead, we moved the session to near the St. Lawrence River along the Prescott Heritage River Trail.

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I have to give proper photo credits for this next photo, as it was actually taken by my tiny assistant Jackson. Don’t you think he did a good job?!
Apparently teaching him how to press the shutter on my camera wasn’t such a bad thing after all.

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I have learned through Jackson, that shooting a toddler takes some quick reflexes and lots of patience. Luckily, he has very clever parents who know their little boy very well – they had brought a few activities for him like some books.

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We were able to get Jackson to sit still again while we watched some cute ducks swimming by and pretty much anytime a loud boat roared past he would stop to tell us all about it.

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And of course, Jackson showed us his modelling skills.

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We found some more wildlife with Gramma – more ducks and even a baby otter (so freakin’ cute!).

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And then as the shoot was wrapping up we got Jackson to sit for a shot with Gramma and get a smooch from Mom and Dad before he decided he wanted to jump off rocks.

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Thanksgiving with Family

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As I briefly mentioned in Teri + Greg’s sneak peek post, we spent the majority of our Thanksgiving weekend with family – and it was fantastic.

We started off spending some quality time (though a short amount of time) with Dave’s sister Jessica and then went to his extended family’s Thanksgiving in Newmarket. Normally I take a million and one photos at our family events, but this year I had decided to sit back and just take things in more. So I apologize in advance for the fact that there aren’t (as) my photos.

The ‘kids’ spent some time at the soccer field. It was cold and wet, and the vast majority of the  boys ran around in their bare feet, but it was a ton of fun. It was also really nice to see the bigger ‘kids’ interact with the two younger ones we have in the family. I remember when we were all younger, and have seen quite a few photos and videos and heard lots of stories of when they were all a lot younger, so it is really neat to see how everyone is turning into adults.

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You know you are part of a special family when you can pick teams and everyone has a blast doing it (even the last person picked)

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These two girls are superstars on the soccer field!!

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Chris on the other hand – had a few less than glamorous moments as goalie on Team Olivia.
And, though I am no expert, I am pretty sure that is a handball Jess 😉

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Once it started to really rain, we all headed back and found dry clothes. Luckily for Dave and I, we had entire dry outfits as we were spending the weekend away from home. Yay for clean, dry clothes!!

I don’t know if I have ever mentioned this on here, but my husband is a tall man. At almost 6’5″, he towers above most of the people in our daily lives. That being said, he is far from the only tall guy in his family and our family get-togethers prove that every year. In fact, this year, it became official that he is no longer the tallest person in the family — thanks Matt. That being said, not everyone in the family is blessed with the same height advantages as these boys (myself included).

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After our trip to Newmarket we headed down to Prescott for my family’s Thanksgiving. And although the absolute cutest member of my family was there, I didn’t take any photos. I decided to just relax and enjoy my family and of course Jackson. He had also had a pretty long weekend by this point and was pretty tired – I didn’t want to start throwing a camera in his face, though I am pretty sure he likes my camera.

We had a lovely weekend and want to thank all of our family members for being so great. And for everyone who made our food and hosted us throughout the weekend, an extra special thank you!!

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Happy Birthday Buddy

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2 years ago my brother called me and I wrote the following post-it note:
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2 years ago the best little guy was born.
Which means, today is Jackson’s birthday.

When it comes to stuff like this I am not very good at words. I tried for quite a while to write something beautiful and touching. Something that conveyed just how much I love this little guy, but my words failed me, and they continue to do so. So instead of words I have decided to use photos, because I am much better with those. These are just a few of the many, many, many shots I have of Jackson from the last year. When I was going through them, I kept having to check the date and do the math to make sure these were during his second year and not his first. It is crazy when you realize how much he has grown and changed in the last year. I believe I have said this before, but it is in this last year that he has really shown his personality. He is not just an adorable baby anymore, but a real little person.

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That post-it note is still stuck on my office wall (though I don’t think anyone calls him Jack as it just doesn’t suit him). And when I see it amidst all of the contact numbers for clients and notes about conversion rates and various regulations, it makes me smile.

Tomorrow is your birthday party and I can’t wait to spend the day with you!
I love you buddy.