playing dress-up

We went over to a new friends house today and had so much fun! Mom, Holly and her 3 year old daughter, Peyton had us over for lunch and a play date! Holly is a professional photographer and has a photo studio in her house, so we played dress up and messed around in the studio. I absolutely love the pictures, but wish I would have done something cute with my little ragamuffin's hair! We should have modeled one of Holly's bows that she makes--they are adorable! You can find them by going to www.peytonsplaceboutique.com

To see more pictures from this shoot, click here!

more makena!

picture happy

I tend to go in waves when it comes to taking pictures--it will be every day for like a week and then nothing for several weeks. I don't know why that is, but here are a few more from yesterday.

fore!

We went out to play on the golf course today--Makena seems to really like it! Chris usually goes out there in the evening after all the golfers are done for the day so he can practice chip shots and putting. Now Makena has taken a liking to being out there at the same time with Daddy. We came across a duck who was obviously no stranger to people or golf balls because he came right up to us even as we putted the balls right past him. He was not phased...until Makena went running for him yelling "Ducky!!"

our camping trip

We just got home from a week of camping in Doheny Beach--we used to go there starting when I was about Makena's age. So we decided it might be a fun place to revisit. We went with my parents, my sister and her boyfriend and had a site right on the beach. It was a great time, but a little tough with a 15 month old--there is not much relaxing when you are constantly making sure she doesn't meander into the fire, or eat dirt, or fall off of something she decides to climb. Not much napping took place that week--too much action I suppose! And this kid normally thrives on sleep--at home she tells me she is ready to take a nap and goes right down no problem. So you can imagine how cranky she was come evening time! But overall it was a good trip, I am sure we will do it again next year.


Chris and my dad on the beach.............Makena with Daddy


My little starlet on a walk through the park. She thinks she's so cool with her sunglasses!


Makena and Papa watching the birdies


Melissa and her boyfriend Jonathan


First time swimming in the ocean


Exhausted--ready to go home...

Happy Halloween??

Not quite yet! But I thought it would be fun to see if Makena fit into her costume from last year! Haha--she was 4 months last Halloween--but the costume was a little big then! Now its a big snug, but she actually enjoys playing dress-up now!!



That was then...


This is now!

sink play

I was messing around with the camera today and got a really cool pic of Makena playing in the sink. My mom is redecorating her bathroom with yellow accents and was looking for a picture that would go in there. Kidding around, I told her just to put up a picture of me! Haha! But then we thought a picture of Makena would be fun. So I started playing around today and decided on black and white, but wanted the yellow bow to stand out. I think it turned out pretty cute! For more pics of today's photo session, click here.