My brother, Bryce, surprised us by coming in town with his sweet wife, Haley, and their two sons… one of which (Caleb/7 weeks) I hadn’t met yet. My introduction to Caleb Bryce Carter was short, but oh so sweet. Welcome to the family sweet boy! You are precious and look like your daddy!
One of the best brothers in the world.
Yours truly.
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Abbs: love these. lil baby boy carter is cutie. ( January 6, 2009 5:02 pm )
Lauren Larsen: such nice words. thank you both for your time and interest. it means so much to me. ( January 6, 2009 9:10 am )
Charlie Pratt: Just gotta say, more often than not, I come back to this site to see faces and just sit and smile for a bit. Excellent. ( January 6, 2009 12:37 am )
stephen: ha. nice...what a cutie. blogging is so much better than posting to flickr because it tells a better story. ( January 5, 2009 4:47 pm )
The Larsens, Peabodys, Wheelers, Hai & Joel spent New Years Eve over some great dinner, camp fires and Rock Band. Here’s a little photo story of our night.
:::Red plaid wool jacket. Always wanted one of these babies.:::
Mr. Peabody
don’t mess with this.
Chef Medea
East Texas Matt.
Hunt’n boooots.
Our version of “hunt’n boooots’
Maybe this guy will wear hunt’n boooots one day.
Sometimes I make my way into pictures.
I spy a smiley-faced cheese burger.
Joel
:::A moment (2 hours worth) of Rock Band:::
The Choir.
Our extraordinary little drummer girl.
Wheeler being Wheeler.
Our little Rapper.
Medea in action. The woman can drum!
Friends.
Abbs: cute! lil mammas!!! i loveeee rock band! ( January 6, 2009 5:04 pm )
Janine: I love the picture of you three girls. For now on, I will refer to you three as my girls. Love your Indiana MOM ( January 6, 2009 4:25 pm )
chris m: thought you were switching to Canon? ( January 5, 2009 3:04 pm )
I’m sorry Life… you might hate me for dressing you in this when you’re older! (Mom, thanks for saving my Christmas outfit for my kids. It was quite ridiculous(ly) (cute) looking on her and I’m sure you’ll thoroughly enjoy these pics & the fact that you saved my baby clothes for my kids
. You’re a great saver. And a great mom! Love you.)So, you guessed it! This red and white outfit was what I wore on Christmas when I was about Life’s age. So… here she is in all her Christmas cuteness!
:::Pre-Christmas with the Larsens:::
Little smarty! She watched me open her gifts… like she knew they were for her or something
Honey and Big Daddy got her an American Girl baby doll. I think we might have a spoiled child on our hands? Or maybe just… well-loved. (& yes, the doll & Life are almost the same size.)
:::Christmas morning:::
Sporting the new cool-weather suit on our mid-60s degrees Christmas morning.
“A Real Muffin”
Abbs: those make me tear. her outfits are adorable - and praise god she had her first christmas...seriously. so glad your mom saved that. ( January 6, 2009 5:06 pm )
Rebeca Carpenter: Love these pictures and Life's Christmas outfit. She is just precious! I am so happy to add your photography blog to my list of photography blogs I follow. (I am an obsessive photographer wannabe :) ( January 6, 2009 3:37 pm )
Vanessa: Lauren, I love your images and blog! Keep posting- it gets me through some slow days at work. :) ( January 6, 2009 4:12 am )
Heather Kimball: Jack has that red outfit in gray! so cute. I love her stripes as well. She is precious and I am glad she had a wonderful first Christmas. ( January 5, 2009 10:54 pm )
The McFadden family came to Dallas for the holidays and ended up making some time to come out for a Family Portrait. I met this family for the first time (except for the wonderful Kayla and Jay) and felt like I had known them forever. [Thank you all for praying for Life (and us) when she was so sick. It's amazing how trial brings people together. Thank you thank you thank you for everything...]
Hope you all enjoy seeing these beautiful people…
Bill 'Pops' Carter: You are a beautiful family and it looks like you have fun together! Bravo Mom & Dad, stay young with your younguns ( January 12, 2009 10:11 pm )
Bill 'Pops' Carter: You McFaddens have a fine family! Way to go Mom and Dad! ( January 12, 2009 10:07 pm )
Jay Carlson: Lauren, thanks so much for shooting us! these are just beautiful pictures. J. ( January 6, 2009 5:06 pm )
Shelby: Daaaang I like that location. ( January 5, 2009 10:07 am )
Bill 'Pops' Carter: One of these days she'll have hair and then we won't have to look at Eisenhowers picture to know which one is Lifey! ( January 12, 2009 10:19 pm )
Bill 'Pops' Carter: My special ladies! ( January 12, 2009 10:16 pm )
Bill 'Pops' Carter: Looks like a happy crew! I never saw so many teeth at the same time! Good looking bride and groom and all the blessings in the world to the one of you! ( January 12, 2009 10:14 pm )
Janine: That face of Life's is priceless. I just want to kiss those cheeks. ( January 9, 2009 7:22 pm )
abby: you are a wonderful mom. what a fun question to ask. ( January 9, 2009 3:20 pm )
stephen: so cute. ( January 9, 2009 1:20 pm )
Amelia Palmer: Love the photo and your new site! Bravo!! Two beautiful ladies...isn't it fun to watch her grow and change. :-) ( January 9, 2009 11:28 am )