Ellen Dykstra Photography blog http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog Kalamazoo Michigan photographer of pregnancy, newborns, babies, children and pets Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:23:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Irresistible http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1233 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1233#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:23:01 +0000 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1233 I know I’ve said it before, but I love this age- sitting up, smiley, lots of personality. And look at Miss P.’s sparkling eyes and those adorably chubby thighs- don’t you just want to squeeze them?!

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]]> http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1233 10 The boom continues http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1227 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1227#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:07:53 +0000 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1227 … the baby boom, that is. Meet Miss I., petite, sleepy and adorable-

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]]> http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1227 6 What to wear- family http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1224 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1224#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:00:14 +0000 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1224 Some people have a gift for coordinating outfits, and even more difficult, a whole family’s outfits. I’m not one of those people. So I am super grateful whenever I find a source for inspiring ideas, and I found some great ones the other day. The wonderful people at Inspire Me Baby have generously put together some great ideas that I’ll be sharing here. I love this family grouping- the soft color palette, the way things ‘go’ but don’t ‘match’, the way it looks easy to wear but still sophisticated. I think it would be easy to take elements of this and adapt them to any family look-

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]]> http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1224 1 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1218 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1218#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:51:44 +0000 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1218 It’s always such a pleasure to watch ‘my’ newborns grow to be toddlers! Mr. A. has changed so much from first week. He went from dark hair to towhead, sleepy and quiet to on. the. move!

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and now- isn’t he the cutest?

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]]> http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1218 5 the cat’s meow http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1213 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1213#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:16:00 +0000 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1213 That’s what Mr. C. is looking like with his mom and dad- love this one-

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]]> http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1213 4 Cousins http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1205 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1205#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:26:20 +0000 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1205 A year old and curious about everything in the world around her- outside is the place to be at this age! Just loved the garden we were able to use in Miss J.’s yard-

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Her cousin jumped in for a few- it’s clear that good looks and charm run in the family!

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]]> http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1205 5 Sisters http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1197 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1197#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:09:10 +0000 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1197 I’ve photographed both of these adorable girls since they were newborns, and they just keep getting cuter!

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We went inside, too, to recreate an image that we’d done of S. at the same age K. is now- and I love this one of the two of them together-

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]]> http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=1197 6 Sprout http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1191 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1191#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:28:13 +0000 http://ellendykstraphotography.com/blog/?p=1191 We did her mom’s maternity session outside, so it was only fitting that we take ‘Sprout’, as she’s affectionately known, outside for part of her newborn session-

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Doesn’t she have great hair and cheeks?!

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