One of my favorite photos is a hand-colored photograph of my Grandma holding my Mom when my Mom was about 1 or so. It was hand-colored by my Grandpa and I've been told that process is really very difficult. It looks fantastic and so I tried to have the photographer take a similar photo of Olivia and I. I don't think I resemble my Grandma, but I do love that the photo looks similar. I also wanted to get photos of Olivia wearing a few of the outfits my Mom made, including the beautiful hand-stitched dress Sofia wore home from the hospital. It looks amazing on Olivia and I loved the photos that were taken. Also, I brought along the pink blanket that Olivia's Great Grandma made for her and had photos taken with her sitting on it as well as looking out from under it. I also included one of the first knit outfits my Mom made for Sofia that she wore at 6 months too and it looks just as cute on Olivia.
Here are some of the photos:
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Olivia looking out from under her blanket and wearing the outfit Mom made
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Sitting on Great Grandma's blanket
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This is what I see every morning in the bathroom mirror (although neither of us are as scrubbed and dressed quite as well)
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The attempt to replicate the photo of my Grandma and Mom
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Olivia plays with her feet a lot, so I'm happy the photographer captured this shot. So cute!
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I asked the photographer to take this shot that looks very similar to the one of Sofia at 6 months
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