An Original in Orange
pamelamyers | March 14, 2013
Sam already picked out her own Easter dress this year while we were at Target (no sneak peeks of that dress, you have to wait until Easter!), but when I was at Carter’s a few weeks ago, I saw the most perfect dress for her to wear. I couldn’t resist buying it and figured I’d find an occasion for Sam to wear it. As I posted before, we were taking her Easter pictures recently and we asked her if she wanted to do more photos in a pretty dress. She excitedly said yes and happily got dressed. It was so cute. She was smiling like crazy and kept saying she looked like a princess. We agreed that she looked like the most beautiful princess ever.
Here is one of the first pictures. She wouldn’t let go of the little cat puppet.
This one shows the impishness on her face that is ever present in her personality.
She kept her arms around her back in a lot of the pictures. Mark and I thought she looked like she was trying to put on a typical model pose.
It amazes me how in some pictures she looks so sweet and innocent and young…
…and in the next looks so grown up. This is one of our favorites.
I love when Sam smiles because her smiles can light up a room, but I also love her more serious, pensive looks.
But yeah, the smiles are the best!
And the outright giggles are even better!
It was almost impossible for us to decide which pictures we liked the best. She was such a good model and gave us so many wonderful expressions.
I could look at her all day long. It still amazes Mark and I that we created such an amazing child.
We really try to not focus on her looks when we talk to her because she has so many wonderful qualities. I am always telling her how smart, how funny, how caring she is. How clever and and talented. But we also tell her how pretty she is, because, well, she is. And I think it is important for a little girl to feel pretty. I just try to not focus on it as being the most important thing. I know that in some ways life will be easier for her because she is pretty but I want her to think of her looks as an afterthought. Something she is lucky she has, but not essential.
One final shot…our cheeky girl! She is going to be a heartbreaker someday!
