Tuesday, August 12, 2008

What I've been doing the last two days!

There was a sale at my lab on photo albums (smaller ones mostly used for portrait sessions).  I thought I had to take advantage of the sale since I haven't printed any of Chick's pictures (and she turns two on Thursday!).  I hadn't even edited her pictures....there was just a big pile of 3,000+ photos I took of her 1st year of life.... I planned on making a 20 page album and ended up with the album's maximum number of pages - 50!!  And I promised myself I would only put about 3 images per spread, and I probably averaged 3x that!  I should be getting the album by the end of the week and I CAN'T WAIT to show you!!!  I designed all of these pages and edited the photo sessions I did of her, but I didn't have time to edit the majority of these so don't judge!  I just picked out a few of my favorite sides to share, and their edges will be trimmed down for the album and won't have my logo on them. : )

She is such a beautiful little baby and I am so proud of everything that she does.  Looking back on all these pictures has put me in such an amazing mood.  We've had such a great time being parents and living out here in D.C.  And here's the proof!! ; )

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9 comments:

Jessica said...

How fun! Those are beautiful! Happy birthday on Thursday to Vanessa! Jocelyn still asks for her sometimes and it makes me sad :-(

Valerie said...

I loved seeing all of the photos. They are all awsome! Where do you do your photo albums?

Lollidale Farm said...

I can't believe there were so many pictures I've never even seen! I love all of those newborn pictures of her! They kids couldn't stop saying "AAWWW!" She's a sweety! I can't wait to see the album!!

Ashley McNair said...

Oh my gosh, Andrea. These are all so cute! I have about 10 favorites. What a cutie Vanessa is!

Dawnie said...

Oh my gosh there are no words for how awesome all of those pictures are! First of all, you are such a beautiful young mommy inside and out. The pictures of you and Nessa remind me of what a sweet gorgeous person you are. Also, I love seeing the softer side of Dan in the pictures of the two of them. He is such a cute dad and I love the one of him and her foot! All of those pictures were amazing. I don't know how you're going to trim anything down because they're all so good. I am glad that you're happy there in DC but I miss you soooo much. If we lived close we could just sit and scrap book for our kids all day together with awesome American Crafts stuff that I could get for us for cheap ;) Love you!!!

Julia said...

Ohmigosh those were SO fun to look at. What a beautiful little girl and a beautiful family! Y'all will cherish that book forever. There were so many pictures I hadn't seen..like her blessing ones. LOVE them. Awesome job!!

Andrea Hatch said...

Thanks you guys!!! You are so sweet! I was so excited to show off my little baby!

Valerie - I do my albums through my lab that I print all my enlargements through, you have to have a pro account with them to order their albums....But there's tons of other companies out there that offer albums that come with templates that you just drag and drop!

Ashlee said...

Her blessing pics are SOOOO precious! Love them!

Andrea G. said...

That is a big project... but one you'll cherish forever. It's just so hard to eliminate any pictures when they're all so priceless. I love it. As always, it is a work of art with great sentiment. You guys are great parents and your little family is absolutely stunning.