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my tee: Grainline Studio Lark tee
Penny’s tee: self drafted
fabric: striped cotton jersey knit from Blackbird Fabrics with white ribbing and neck and sleeve hems
hair clips: Zara kids
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Not much to say here, so going to keep this short and sweet and just drop in some of these cute valentines photos we took in some me-made matching tees!
all photos by Dawn M. Gibson Photography
I always share our yearly photos with you here, so here is year 7! Check out all the previous years here.
We always try to time our session for when we are back home in Buffalo, NY, becasue I just can’t imagine not having Dawn as our photographer! She is the absolute best, and I love going back to her every year. P had a bit of meltdown in the car right as we arrived to meet Dawn, so the first few minutes of the session were a bit rough. But a few throws in the air and a promise of a new Paw Patrol prize hiding in our bag (scroll down to see when she opened it lol) and she was good to go and her usual cute self.
P.S - my top is handmade: Romy top/self drafted with ruffle in a viscose/linen, Penny’s dress is also handmade: Macy Pinafore by Jilly Atlanta.
all photos by Dawn M. Gibson Photography
***all photos in this post by Dawn M. Gibson Photography
If you follow me on Instagram, you’re probably sick of seeing these, ha! But I cannot stop staring at these, and I always share my favorites here every year, too. So enjoy!
all photos in this post by Dawn M. Gibson Photography
P.S …..
+ this set was taken at the Buffalo Botanical Gardens in Buffalo, NY
+ My sweater is Forever21, my jeans are my handmade Megan Nielsen Patterns Dawn jeans (see post), My booties are from Target, Penny’s dress and headband is Nelly Lou, Penny’s boots are from Target too.
+ See past years family photos here.
all photos in this post by Dawn M. Gibson Photography
all photos by Stephanie Rita Photography
You would never know it from these photos, but Penny was very uncooperative for this session. Taking photos with toddlers is no joke. But Stephanie worked some serious magic! I couldn't be happier with how they turned out, and she looks like such an angel haha.
P.S - I made my dress and Penny's top. My dress is Simplicity 8341. Her top is a mishmash/self drafted kinda thing.
I swear, our photos with Dawn get better and better each year! We had our family photos taken last month on my Dad's property. It's the same location we used for our engagement session, so it was only fitting that we used it again for our first set as a family of three! Penny was all smiles all morning, but then was pretty straight faced every time the camera was in front of her. Ha, of course! But she ended up sneaking in a few smiles for us. I just can't stop staring at her #allthehearteyes
P.S - my dress is old Anthropologie from a few years ago, and Penny's romper is Old Navy. Wrap is a Solly Baby Wrap!
I shared some of our two year anniversary photos last week. Well, after the shoot, Dawn stuck around for our bonfire and s'mores and captured a few more images. We even got to play around with sparklers!
all images by Dawn M. Gibson Photography
Back in July, Boo and I had some portraits taken for our two year anniversary. I was anticipating the perfect blue sky, sunny summer day. But instead it rained and was windy and foggy. I was more than a little disappointed. At first. But it cleared up just in time, and turned out to be absolutely perfect. Needless to say, I am IN LOVE with them. Because Dawn is amazing. She did our one year photos, too, remember?
all images by Dawn M. Gibson Photography
all images by Dawn M. Gibson Photography
So I had originally planned for a super snowy, winter wonderland setting for this shoot. And it seemed it was going to happen - Buffalo had gotten sooo much snow in the week leading up to our date. And then the day before…. it warmed up to 60 degrees and all melted away. So instead of a winter wonderland, we were instead left with a few small patches of wet snow and some left over snow banks. But we made the most of it, pretending those snow banks were real mountains of snow, instead :). I actually think it still came out nicely.
Of course, it snowed again right after the shoot. Typical.
To see the first half of the shoot, see yesterdays post.
all photos by Dawn M. Gibson Photography
We took these photos just a couple of days before Christmas, while we were home for the holidays. Yeah, our anniversary is in July. But I am so determined to have yearly anniversary photos taken, that I’m just going to go ahead and call this the one year shoot. Even if it was 5 months late.
Our photographer, Dawn, did such an amazing job! And I’m horrible at narrowing photos down for a post, especially when I have almost 200 awesome ones. So I’m just going to go ahead and split this into two posts. Because I can. Check back tomorrow for the second half!
This first set was taken around town in East Aurora, NY, which is so quaint and cute. Even though we had to change plans at last minute (oh, mother nature), this urban setting was a perfect substitute to the winter wonderland we originally had planned.
all photos by Dawn M. Gibson Photography
*** all photos by Dawn M. Gibson Photography***
My outfit:
coat: Target
dress: Target
glasses: Warby Parker
hat: Anthropologie
gloves: Target
booties: borrowed from my Mom’s closet. Ralph Lauren, I think?