When I was in jr high I was gone for two weeks in the summer. I went to Mountain TOP (church camp) for a week, came home for one night, and then left for a week in Panama City with Christy and her family. When I came home after the first week, there was new carpet going in my bedroom and the hall, but I had no idea that I was coming home from the second week to a whole new bedroom. There were sunflowers everywhere and it was one of the happiest, most beautiful rooms I had ever seen. This room began about a 5 year obsession with sunflowers - the kind that starts out strong and ends in burn-out - and I really haven’t loved them as much since. Until I saw this outfit.

Coco Bonbons Maisie Collection for Summer 2008 was this beautiful combination of sunflowers, yellow, brown, green and cream and for some reason I knew it would suit Norah perfectly. Originally I had in mind that she could wear this for her beach pictures, but when I tried it on the night of our beach photo shoot, the straps wouldn’t stay up and I knew it would be a bad idea. So I waited. Until today.

The straps are still a little big (it’s an 18 month size) but the rest of it fit perfectly. And her personality just shined while I was photographing her. We shot for all of 15 minutes and got probably 20 “keepers.” I am thinking one of these could end up as my “one-year” picture of her on a canvas. You’ll have to tell me what you like!





I am a sucker for a black & white

And the strap is falling off her arm here, but I still love this picture. If I can photoshop the strap, this might make the one year canvas.

I was torn about shoes with this outfit. It does have green dots that are the same color as the green shoes, but I’m still not sure it’s the right look. I put brown shoes on her first, but they were too boring and I didn’t like the way they looked at all. I am typically in favor of bare feet, but I think she would have sat down immediately if she was barefoot because we were outside and it was rocky/uneven.