kara elmore photography

hats

...a necessity in our home.  But not for the warmth they provide - but rather for the cuteness they provide! ;) Which seems SO vain.  But I'm not meaning it that way... (or maybe i am...) I just think kids look SO dang cute in hats!  I inherited a hat from my grandpa this past weekend- and I'm using it on my boy once it gets back from being re-shaped.  OHHH so excited for that!  I've had this in mind for several months now. It needs to warm up!!!

We ate some cupcakes on Sunday because our little outing got snowed in.  The kids were SO sad.  So to make them feel better, we broke out the sugar! ;)  Whose not happy with some whip cream on their nose???

And then today - I found this hat and LOVED it with my baby's red hair.  But I didn't think through the process of having a 9 month old wearing a hat, on top a table... quite the tricky situation preventing her from jumping off in excitement!

She's so funny with her ONE tooth that likes to bite and attack ANYTHING in sight... all in excitement and ravenous fun!!!

Anyone out there colder than Utah???  Oh wait - yes, Joanna is below 0.  Anyone else???

Back by popular demand...

... the famous curls!

Yes - it's true!  I couldn't go another day without curling my girl's hair.  And it seems it's a favorite to the rest of you as well! ;)  SO LIVE ON SPONGE ROLLERS!!!!  All 30 of you!!!

I am DYING over this image!!! It is my favvvvvvvvvvvvorite....  ready???

 

I reeeeeeealllly need an entire wall of black and white images!  I have an entire stair well that NEEDS that love, right???  Ohhh how I ADORE this image!!!!

And these crack me UP!  Little peek a boo girl!  Don't let the lovliness of these photos fool you.  As all photogs know, getting them to look like this while you're the mom AND the photographer????  Quite a rarety!

I have so many other images to share - but Nate is starting our show - and even though it's 11:32 - I MUST get in another episode of Prison Break! ;)

Does she look WAY old to you, too?

My little girl (#1) will be FOUR in two weeks!!!!  We attended Joanna's (see post below) little girl's birthday party who had CINDERELLA come - and my little thing LOOOOVED it!!!  So we contacted her and she's COMING to our party now!  This girl (Cinderella) is FABULOUS!  Totally looks like her!  Anyway - I wanted to post my girl's birthday party invitation.  Nate looked at it - and he said "it's like we can see what she'll look like when she's 16!"  She DOES look SOO much older.  I think part of it is that her hair is straightened (took like 15 minutes, and it was curly again after her nap).  Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd... I put on a WEE bit of lip stick.  JUST A TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINY amount.  Enough to *glisten*. ;)  But I'm NOT a stage mom!!! ;)

It almost makes it sad to see her look this old.  A few nights ago she walked from her room into my room and I just started LAUGHING!  This LITTLE TINY person... with a giant head!!!  Not that she had a BIG HEAD BY ANNNNNY means!  But you know - it's the typical little kid... just SOOOO cute - little lollipop boddies!!!!  I LOVE this stage!!!  As a parent, you really have to step back, and remember they're still little!! I think I expect too much from her sometimes.  My boy will say "mom, she's only three!".  And then I'm like.. YA - she's IS only three!!!!  So that's why I laughed - because as I watched her walk, I realized how little she was.  Just this little person, with a cute head and big eyes - and the sweetest little personality.  Right Lilian??? ;)

I have many more pictures to post from this weekend - but I've GOT to watch an episode of Prison Break.  I'm only on season two... So NO ONE is allowed to spill their guts on Monday! ;)

Nineteen

nope.

Not the age of this lovely girl.

nope.

Not how many children they have (ha!  That would be funny Joanna!)

nope.

Not the years they've been married.

Degrees.  That would be the DEGREES it was outside when these were taken!  I think I made a record for the FASTEST photo shoot in town!  And if we had an option to wait, we would've... but they're from NEW YORK and were driving back.  And this was her CHRISTMAS PRESENT!!!  Ohhhhh love that!!!

Joanna - my darling friend that I've known since HIGH SCHOOL - or Junior high - can't remember.  She looks as young as she did back then.  With her fabulous curly hair and gorgeous skin.  And teeth so beautiful.  And the kindest husband who was great for the shoot!  (not all men LOVE photo shoots!) And FABULOUS, and I mean FABULOUS kids!  I miss her.  I love emailing her.  I LOVED taking her pictures.  I love that it was her Christmas present.  And I love that she is a good person.  And I mean good!!!  The type of person you want to be like.  She's a GREAT mom!  I have appreciated our friendship together for years now.  We would go to JAKES over the top with our other darling friend SHERRY when we all worked at the FAMOUS R.C. Willey!  We would get cheese fries and talk about boys! ;)  Yes Chris (her husband) was mentioned, and Nate too.  Don't worry boys!  ;)

Chris adores her!

 

Look at those cold cheeks!  And little hands burried in the cape!

This little thing - ohhh love her.  She is so beautiful!  And she was SO cold!  Everyone was!  Bless them! We weren't sure if we were going to get this... but we did.  And I'm happy! ;)

But I think we got it because her mom was talking her into it right here! ;)

These boys cracked me up!  The oldest wanted pictures with each sibling.  Ohhhh the sweetest thing you could see!

And let's end with these lovely eyes!

Joanna - I have a few more to proof, then your gallery will be done.  Thank you my dear friend for asking me to do this!  I loved it and I love you!!!

just because my wrinkles are gone!

Well - they're not really GONE.... they're just photoshopped... and then made vintage! ;)  This is a picture Nate took of me on my THIRTY SECOND birthday!  Which is SOO bad that I'm printing a picture of myself that is not TRUE!  My kids will be like - MOM - you looked SOOO young, you didn't have PREGNANCY MASK SPOTS (aka age spots???) and your wrinkles.. they're gone!  Kind of like the Big Bad Wolf - "Why Mother, what lovely skin you have!"  "Why Mother, what lovely eyes you have!"

And on and on!

I know what picture I want of myself... and this isn't quite it.  This is too "posed" for what I was thinking.  But - AGAIN - bless my husband's heart.  I set the camera and positioned myself and he shot  - ohhhhhhhhhh about FOUR images and I looked like the Wicked Witch!  AHHHHH!  So one last try and I thought - oh well.  At least they're documentation of what I KIND OF looked like.  I'm going out to visit a friend in a few weeks.  So maybe I'll get what I'm after.  Until then - enjoy "prefab" kara! ;)

For Lisa...

My beautiful friend Lisa has been patiently waiting for some little snippets of her baby boy photos!  But because of my computer trauma, I haven't posted any... let alone given her the password to her gallery!!!  And to top it off, Nate and I "borrowed" her husband this morning when we decided - on a whim - to REARRANGE two rooms in our home!  So her husband came over and VERY graciously moved some furniture up and down the stairs for us. 

So here are just a few little peeks of baby E.  Ohhh he is beautiful!  That gigantic fluff of hair!  Every mom's dream!!!

But now - for my ABSOLUTE favorite... and really - my NEW FAVORITE picture of the month...possibly the year...

Giggles from big sister!  Ohhh how I wish I had this for my wall!  I know how Lisa feels - seeing these images of her newborn baby.  You forget the newness of a baby - the itty, bittyness!  The wrinkles, the little bits of new skin, the belly button, the big fluff of hair, the constant "concerned" look.  But the best thing about a new baby is the sweetness they bring to your family.  To see how your first born looks at their new sibling.  Now that is priceless!  Something we love to relive each day... UNLESS that sibling gets attacked by SPIDER MAN when they're two days old when mommy goes to change a load of laundry... ya - that would be MY story! ;)

I love my two new clean and organized rooms - and my LOVELY new computer with beautiful new software.  Ohhhh love it!

MIA... Nate's fault. ;)

I hope everyone had a FABULOUS Christmas!  I have SOOOOOOO many things to share... so many pictures. And two clients that are patiently waiting.  BUT... the Christmas gift that Nate gave me (LOVE him!) caused a FEW problems on Monday night... so things are being delayed a bit on the computer end of my life.  I was transferring some data over to my new computer (YAY!!!) and ACCIDENTALLY said bye bye to a few things! AHHHHHHHHHHH!  So I've been restoring them - and working my tail off doing so (if the FBI can do it, then why can't I, right??).  I'm using Nate's tablet to write this, and honestly was SOOO proud of myself for figuing out the whole "remote access" thingy. ;)  So hopefully the Clark and Gregory galleries will be ready this weekend. 

Pictures soon - hopefully by tomorrow!  You should SEE the jammies my mom made for my kids for Christmas eve. AHHH so amazingly fabulously vintagey great!

More soon...