"The Picture Lady"

Yesterday we had a photographer, Spanki Mills, come to our house and take pics of the kiddos. It was so much fun and Spanki is awesome!! Taylor kept calling her the "picture lady". After each session she posts a few pictures on her blog that we can share with our friends, so here they are...

This was all done at our house, inside and outside. She brought a ton of props that were so much fun to use. Taylor even got to eat the lollipop (which she's eating again for breakfast this morning!) I love that she got Taylor and Jacob together and separate. I know I'll love having these to look back on! If you are in need/want of a great photographer check out her website and blog. www.spankimillsphotography.com

6 Days Old

A few more pics...

Visitors

Here are some pictures of friends and family that have come to meet Jacob.

Big Sister, Taylor

Granny Snow

Grandpa Snow

Mimi

JoJo

Daddy Jack

Aunt Cherry & Uncle Kerry

Papa Doug

Kaki

Maria & Hunter

Angela & David

Tara & Jennifer (giving him his first bunny ears!)

Miss Shauna aka Donut Buddy

Nikki & Brian

Laurie & Matt

Uncle Brandon

Aunt Rebecca

Jaxon (Ms. Jessica not pictured)

Jacob Tilson Alarid

He's here!! Jacob Tilson Alarid was born July 22, 2009 at 9:12am. He weighed in at 9lbs 4oz and 20 1/2 inches long. We are all so in love with our new little boy! I'll post more later but here's a few pictures to start with...

Laurie's Baby Shower

My good friend, Laurie, is having a little girl in September. Her baby shower was this past Sunday and was beautiful! I can't wait to go over and visit soon and look through all her goodies :) I missed seeing most of them since I was busy trying to take some pictures and make sure Taylor wasn't terrorizing anyone. Tay was actually very well behaved (or course!) and made herself useful by carrying presents to the bedroom after they were opened. I think she only technically opened one present that Laurie wasn't ready for yet! We'll work on that :)

All of the food was delicious and very cute. Susan's home is just beautiful and the shower was really nice. It was so much fun to see the excitement in Laurie, opening all of these new, adorable baby things. I can remember my shower for Taylor and how overwhelming it was to get home and wonder where to put everything! I'm so excited for her and Matt and I know that they will be wonderful parents to this little girl.

Mommy - to - be, Laurie

Food - yum!

Jenn P. & Jenn O.

Jess & Laurie

Taylor carrying gifts away

Look at all the baby gifts!!

Laurie with a quilt made by Joyce P. - it's adorable!

Cherene, Joyce, & Jennet

The littlest guest, Baby Clint

Steph, Jenn, & Clint

Laurie and her mom

Laurie with the Grandmas.

The Grandmas

Such cute clothes!!

Melt your heart cute!

"Melt your heart" That's all I could think of when I saw this picture of Taylor.

I took her outside wearing her sundress on Saturday to practice taking pictures with our new camera. It's fun to be able to take a lot of shots really fast but you don't really know what you got until you put them on your computer and go through them all. There are a ton to discard, but when you come across a really good one, you just stop. That's how it was with these two pictures. The other thing Eric and I both thought was, "She's getting so big! She's a little girl now, not our little baby." I guess that's good though since there will be a new baby soon.