A year ago, they were learning the art of gentle loving and forehead kisses; now, they’re masters at the art of making baby giggle and distracting their tiny sister from the wails and cries by smothering her in love with hugs and kisses. Somethings just never do change, do they? I wonder – ultimately – if they ever will. See how the older sisters are doting in absolute adoration of their baby sister? From personal experience, that delighted affection doesn’t subside with time; in fact, time and distance might even make it more pronounced than ever.
Right now, for Savannah and Natalie and Madison, they are playing peek-a-boo and blowing bubbles and sharing hugs and memories through the boo-boos and the spiders and the I-want-my-bottle traumas. In high school, they will be sharing fashion tips and giggling through crushes and crying together when the crush isn’t reciprocated. In their twenties, as friends-only-sisters-can-be, phone calls and emails will define that bond and the tears will be a little heavier than defined childhood owies and the teenage crushes.
But here they start: forging the bond that could be tighter than any other despite the childhood quabbles, stronger because of the shared experiences, and more joyful in the delight of it all.
Happy sister-celebration-day, a holiday of my own declaration in honor of my own sister and in celebration of Savannah-Natalie-Madison and the sister-bond that is flourishing.
It’s her turn to be celebrated. Her turn to look forward to a crayon-and-construction-paper offering after a couple years of diaper changes and midnight feedings. Her turn to receive a free carnation just for going to the florist’s shop this week. Her turn for a breakfast in bed. Her turn for, well, a day in…
Eight years ago, life looked a little different. They were facing the daily excitement of life in a big city in Africa (traffic? check. smog? check.), they were hosting 30+ teenagers from around the world every weekend for Youth Group, they were bouncing around the Rift Valley in a Land Rover and facing the goat-induced…
Lance & Kristen are leaving the comfortable, headed for a grand adventure. By grand adventure, I mean Louisiana. By comfortable, I mean North Carolina. And by headed out, I mean leaving in a couple days. Only fitting, then, that we hung out in the middle of the hottest week of the year (I don’t think…
My senior photos were the opposite of personalized. I went to a Wal-Mart photo studio where a grumpy lady told me how to sit, where to look, how to position my chin…all with the goal that my photos would look exactly like every other portrait session ever to come through Wal-Mart’s studio. Too bad I’m…
I’m sitting on an cross-country flight as I write this (my trip will be long over by the time you read this, though!) and relishing in the energy and adventures I find in travel. The people watching in an airport is delightful (today’s highlight: the overall-and-pigtailed three-year-old who never met a stranger), the inspiration of…
Glowy family photos is the most technical term I can come up with to describe the warm, sun-filled images that I love so much. Evoking all the cozy feelings of a summer’s sunset and ice cream on the front porch and the promise of fireflies by twilight, these are the bomb. Glowy may not even…
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As i told you in email…..If your goal was to make me cry, then you were successful. Jennifer, these photos and this blog touched my heart..To pick up on the bond my girls share forever was the sweetest..Thank you for your time and energy with my family…Until next time….:)
As i told you in email…..If your goal was to make me cry, then you were successful. Jennifer, these photos and this blog touched my heart..To pick up on the bond my girls share forever was the sweetest..Thank you for your time and energy with my family…Until next time….:)
Love this photoshoot! Their outfits are just adorable!