"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, that's why we call it the present."

Monday, February 1, 2010

*Skyla Jean*

Where do I start....My sweet little Skyla Jean. I can not believe how much love I have for this little girl! She makes me smile and laugh everyday of my life. When I look back at the last 19 months of her life it amazes me at how far she has come. I'm not going to lie, the first 10 months of her life were extremely...um... ROUGH for all of us, those of you that know us know exactly what I mean. She was the most beautiful little baby girl I had ever seen but she was very sad and sick baby. When I see pictures when she was in the hospital and we almost lost her it makes me cry every time and it puts this ache in my heart. As soon as we figured out what was going on with her little body she blossomed into this outrageously fun, energetic, feisty, amazing little girl and I am so grateful for all of our family, friends, nurses and Doctors for getting us through the struggle.
During the last couple months I have been so distracted with moving and then going right into the holidays that I forgot to take Skyla's 18 month pictures and have her go in for her 18 month check up. So I decided to take her in the back yard and follow her around with my camera, I got a couple of cute shots so here you go:
(I've been playing around in Photoshop with different editing styles...let me know what you like and don't like)




Black & White or Color?


She is kind of starting to talk now, here are a few of her words:
"LET GO!" (this is the most popular, usually she is saying this when her and Hunter are wrestling and she wants him to Get Off.
"Baba" aka Baby
"Uh Oh!" (When she drops something or knows she's in trouble)
"Hi"
"Peas" aka Please
"Mama" and "Dada"
"Kyla" aka Skyla
"What's That?"
"Bye Bye"
"Nigh Nigh"
"Uh Huh!" aka Yes
"Mm Mm!" aka No
Tickle Tickle Tickle (over and over again)
"Juice" "Eyes" "Nose" "Mouth" "Ears"
"WOW!"

Her Dr. appointment is on Friday and I'll let you know her Stats...I'm so excited to see how much she weighs and if she is now off the charts in the opposite direction...She is such a chunk now! Love it!

11 comments:

Tammy K said...

she's a beauty!

Sunshine and Lazy days said...

little Lala is getting so big! She has changed so much in just a few months! She is looking like a little girl, no longer a baby girl! That is crazy how fast that happens! Oh, little lala! :)

Daisy said...

It's crazy how time flies isn't it!! soak it up cause it just keeps going by faster and faster very day! But I have to say she is to cute!

SFHS Class of 2000 said...

i love the fourth from the bottom in the b/w it is so pretty. And then the last one is adorable with her smile and the bright colors. Good job on your photo taking jame. You are so good at it. I can't believe our babies are so big now...where did the time go?

Unknown said...

LOVE THEM!!!

Mike and Karen said...
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ANeibaur said...

She is such a beautiful little girl! And I am very glad to hear that she is so healthy after having such a rough start.
I can see how that adorable little face would bring a smile to your face everyday :)
As far as your photography goes Jamie, your doing a great job. My only recommendation would be to study natural lighting and be aware of where the sun is hitting your subject. "Open Shade" is something you will want to look up. It's amazing the difference you will notice once your more aware of what the light is doing.
Sorry if i'm talking your head off, i don't know how much you have studied about photography, but from one photographer to another, I can tell you it's so rewarding to see the difference it makes. :)
Love you Jamie!

Mike and Karen said...

They are all so cute. B&W, color, all of them. She is growing up so fast! Thanks for the update.

patty323 said...

She is a beautiful little girl I cant believe how fast they grow.

The Nielsens said...

Great job on the editing! Darling girl

Tom and Angie said...

SOOOO cute! Your take really good pictures! I love the last one the best. Her hair is adorable. I love them all really. Please come take some of Ella?!? She will be two soon!!