i saw a photo of my friend with her son the other day and it brought to mind how little pictures i have WITH my kids. i had to dig this one out from our june yosemite trip. some of my favorite childhood pictures are seeing how different my mom was.. how young she was. i want to read into the picture and see if she's happy, what she's wearing, how she kept the house in the background, little details of how we lived back then… all that. my new mission: to be in the pictures too.
thanks for all the comments on the purging post. i wasn't officially ready to start giving away but since i didn't really make myself clear- im gonna go ahead and contact a few of you via email, if they change their mind, i'll repost what i have.
i've had other little thoughts about posting lately so im hoping to get better about it again. i miss the rush. it used to be such a rush.
speaking of being in the picture– chris and i were just talking about seeing elsie for the first time in the delivery room. probably one of my all time favorite pictures. and all time favorite layouts. gee im glad i was in it 🙂 LOL
watersix 
this layout is gorgeous!
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I want to join in your mission, I want to be in the pictures too! We mothers have tons of pictures of our children, yet so few of us in those pictures. I want my children to remember how I look when they were young.
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precious photo! love the layout too!
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Oh such a precious photo of you two :o)
You made me think about beeing in photos ourselves…I am always the one behind the camera…hmm, maybe I should join you in this mission ;o) I don´t have that many childhood photos, and not many with my parents and I. The few left are in pretty bad condition….sad.
Love your newbron layout!
Have a beautiful day!
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This is one of MY all time favourite layouts too!
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you are so right. i don’t have many pics of me and whoever. i need to make this a mission ever time is take photos. oh yeah, i took a photo of my youngest & I at his school for “eat lunch w/ your child” day. in fact i have a picture every year at that event. love your LOs ;D
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OMG this is really a beautiful lay out you made. Love the pink and the picture is just perfect. I can undrstand why you love it so much. Bye Irene from the Netherlands
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that layout is fantastic. so gorgeous. it’s great to be reminded to get in photos with my kids.. it’s easily forgotten. I really want to make sure when my kids grow up they remember the fun times we had and have proof 🙂
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this is one of my fave of yours as well…no doubt elsie will cherish it too when she’s a little older.
and I didn’t post on your purge post since I thought you’d be making a new one…too late to join in?
thanks again for the continued inspiration!
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great post jamie, it’s something that’s been on my mind lately too.
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Hey Jame,
Love that photo of you and Elsie. Yes I agree that we need to try and get in front of the camera and not always behind it. Hugs to you all from Montana.
Love ya!
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Great pic and great layout, Jamie.:) I’m on that same mission, too. And thanks for the inspiration..love how you can convey so much in your layouts with just one photo and all of the bits and baubles you add.:)
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I always loved that layout you did of Elsie! And that picture of you two is beautiful 🙂
I didn’t realize the purging started so I didn’t comment (regarding the purges) on the last entry! Hope I can still be included in your purge? 🙂
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YAY!!!! I’m glad you will try to be in front of the lense instead of always behind them….you will definitely treasure the moments captured and your children will be soooo happy to be able to have these memories preserved of their Mommy to look back on too!!! 🙂
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love that photo of the two of you, jamie.
i need to be better about this too.
i love what you wrote about digging deeper into photos of your mom.
i love looking at them too.
thanks for the inspiration!
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what a GREAT first photo of your daughter!
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I am the one taking the pictures and I’m never in them too. My dad was the “photographer”. I have a lot of pictures of my mom but only a few of my dad. I wish I had more pictures of him.
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I just love your photography. I wish I could take pictures like you.
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I can’t wait to see all the pics with my Jamie in it! I coincidentally was going through all my old pictures and I have tons of you and I young. i miss u! let’s get together soon and take pics of us and our girls 🙂
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ahhh..didn’t realize the purging started either…I was waiting for a giveaway! Bummer! But thanks for sharing your thoughts…I totally agree, I think my husband and kids went to Legoland this summer, not me! Ha!
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Great LO! I hate that I have no pics of me and my youngest ds when he was born! We had a BAD camera back then and I had put them on a disc and now don’t know where it is 😦 I have made it a point to have more pictures with ME in them too! I’m thinking about purging some stuff too. I want to get rid of some of the clutter and things I know I’ll never use! Have a great weekend!
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I too am never in the pictures with my kids… there are months with my daughter, that I am no where insite. But when my hubby finally does take a pic of me… well, it is most often blurry and out of focus. Oh well. I guess I should just set the self timer 🙂
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luv that photo of you two – you should TOTALLY have more pictures with you in them with the husband you have!
I’ve never seen a husband so in love with the camera (call me jealous) and wanting to take photos!!! 🙂
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Love the photo!! And finally i see a picture of your beautiful haircut!!
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Love the intimate picture of you and Elsie. Beautiful layout!!! I too regret not having a picture of my daughter as a newborn. I had a an old
camera with a generic film, and when my husband took our picture together,
the camera spewed it out. So no newborn picture of her. Why do things happen in the right time? “Sigh” Anyway, you’re fortunate to have good
pictures during your special moments.
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I have this same problem. I’m never in pictures with my kids either. =)
LOVE that layout of Elsie’s birth! So sweet!
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super sweet, soft layout… love it to bits Jamie!
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Hi Jamie,
Sounds like you are all keeping busy. Devin loves to look at Elsie’s pictures :). So funny you mention looking at old pictures and I was just looking at one of my mom and I and was thinking WOW look at my mom she was about my age in this picture. I was checking out her clothes etc. So crazy we are all grown up, when did that happen?
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The LO is awesome. I have a picture of me and my son at the exact same angle as yours. I so agree with you that Moms need to be in pictures more, I think we are always behind the camera, we forget to get in front of it.
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your last post of elsie looks like she’s already looking at the pics of you and her 🙂 …good point jame, i do the same thing when i look at my baby pics, and come to think of it, there arent enough pics with my mom when i was small. so thanks for shedding some light… i’m adapting your new mission: take more pics of me and the girls.
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i so agree w/you and ming. i have all these pics of muelu and the kids, but none w/me. and i do the same thing when i see pics of me and my parents when i was young. i look for changes in my mom- hair, clothes, did she age… i’m gonna say that i second this motion, take more pics of the kids AND me. thanks jame.
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Oh, what a beautiful picture, and a wonderful LO.
Yes, I’ve thought about that lately too…to be more in the pictures….my kids might think I was absent all the time when they look at the pictures 30 years from now….but I was just behind the camera…
Have a great weekend.
Hugs
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Hi, I would love to take just a couple things from you, old or new! Love your stuff and check your blog all the time!!
Please throw my name in when you get around to your purge 🙂
Nikki
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Love the pic!!! You are so right though. We need to be in more photos. I always thought you were pretty good about being in them….you do have a photographer for a husband.:) I need to hand the camera off more….hey, maybe Chris could do some ‘husband’ classes!! ha!
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