We couldn't let another year pass by without a visit to the Pumpkin Patch! This tradition started when Cameron was about 8 weeks old and I use the annual photos to measure the girls' annual growth and visual changes.
We put off taking a photo this year until after Douglas arrived. Since he was almost two weeks later than originally expected, I was beginning to wonder whether we would be able to pull it off before the pumpkins disappeared. However, this Sunday afternoon turned out to be a beautiful day, although a bit overrun with mosquitos. We managed to get some great photos of the kids. (How strange to say "kids" instead of "girls" now.)
This is Cameron's first Pumpkin patch photo since she began wearing glasses in August, but they don't hide her beautiful blue eyes at all!
Another year older, Brenna still has her confident smile.
Welcome Douglas! Only nine days old, this will be the first of many years of "birthday" photos for him.
These girls really love and dote on their baby brother, sometimes to the point of arguing over who gets to hold him and rock him.
While at the CLUMC pumpkin patch, a lady offering "free photos" asked if she could put my son in a basket. We didn't know at the time that she is a kids photographer just giving back to the church. These next two photos are from my camera at an off-angle from her, but you can see how she carefully placed him in the basket.
I must say that in other photos, his little ears have never stuck out like they appear here! It must be the angle I took the photo. I never would have thought to put him in a basket like this. How creative!
I can't wait to receive the actual pictures taken by the photographer tomorrow or the next day. Depending on how she captured the image, I may consider using one of these for his official birth announcement.
