Olivia's 6 Month Photos

On Olivia's 6 month "birthday" I took her to JC Penny to get some photos of her on her own. I actually had a Groupon for a photo shoot at JC Penny and had no idea they even had a photography studio but was very pleasantly surprised by the results. Luckily, Olivia had enjoyed a 40 minute nap from the time we dropped Sofia off at school and the entire drive to her photo shoot, so she was in a fantastic mood for her pictures and every one the photographer took shows a great big smile! They are so cute and other than her ears, she looks so much like Sofia in photographs! I actually don't think she looks a lot like Sofia or has a similar personality when I am with Olivia, but in photos she really looks like her big sister!

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:






Olivia looking out from under her blanket and wearing the outfit Mom made


Sitting on Great Grandma's blanket





This is what I see every morning in the bathroom mirror (although neither of us are as scrubbed and dressed quite as well)


The attempt to replicate the photo of my Grandma and Mom


Olivia plays with her feet a lot, so I'm happy the photographer captured this shot. So cute!


I asked the photographer to take this shot that looks very similar to the one of Sofia at 6 months