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Portraits: The 2-year-old's impromptu session

2/17/2013

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2-year-old portraits. Calm Cradle Photo & Design
I wasn't in a rush to take Cricket's 2-year-old portraits, seeing as she'll be 2 for an entire year. In fact, Jeff had almost convinced me we already had plenty of photos of her from various occasions within a few months of her birthday. (He just wanted to get out of his job as photo assistant/toddler wrangler, but he was right. Here are a few favorites: Holiday card outtakes, Thanksgiving, birthday, Christmas tree search, Christmas and Valle Crucis.)

Then one late afternoon last week, we strolled down to our beloved neighborhood playground. Cricket was dashing all over the place, chattering, laughing, observing and pointing out interesting things—being quintessential Cricket. Finally she sat down at a table to pretend we were having a picnic of sandwiches and fruit salad. She was wearing her "Cricket in winter" uniform—the one I want to remember her in when I think of her as a 2-year-old: a red fleece jacket, jeans, boots and bows hidden somewhere in her (always) wild hair.

I just couldn't help myself. Before I knew it, we were in the middle of an impromptu photo session. Somehow she sat at that table, smiling and jabbering away at Nora, long enough for me to get a few more images for my collection.
2-year-old portraits. Calm Cradle Photo & Design
2-year-old portraits. Calm Cradle Photo & Design
2-year-old portraits. Calm Cradle Photo & Design
2-year-old portraits. Calm Cradle Photo & Design
Initiating a game of peek-a-boo with Nora from behind the tree.
2-year-old portraits. Calm Cradle Photo & Design
And it wouldn't be right to end without a sisterly hug. (Yes, hugging often morphs into smothering, but it always starts out looking so sweet.)
2-year-old portraits. Hugging sibling. Calm Cradle Photo & Design
A few more of Cricket's portraits: birth announcement, 1 year, 20 months, 21 months and 23 months.

Nora's previous portraits: arrival, birth announcement, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, 4 months, 5 months, 6 months,  7 months and 8 months.
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Marci carisch
2/17/2013 10:07:40 pm

You are so talented and cricket is a brilliant, beautiful girl. If you and my girls are in Minnesota at the same time, I would love to have you take a family portrait for us, think about it. I'd like to take it before my face sags to my knees.

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Julia @ Calmcradle
2/18/2013 03:03:57 am

Thank you! I would LOVE to take a family portrait for you...Now we just have to figure out how to get all of us in one place at the same time!

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10/25/2013 03:19:19 pm

Finally she sat down at a table to pretend we were having a picnic of sandwiches and fruit salad. She was wearing her

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