pictures!

I know you all (my loyal readers) love to see pictures of Adelaida, and I'm not the best photographer in the world. So, when I learned that a friend-of-a-friend, who happens to be a professional photographer, was going to be visiting Albuquerque and looking for clients during her visit, I convinced Dale to do a photo shoot. (I had to promise not to buy the cheesy school pictures for Adelaida this summer, and it was only kind of hard to pass them up!)

Tracy came to our house in June and did an hour-long photo shoot with our family, even getting a couple of pictures of the dogs! Adelaida smiled through almost the entire session -- there was a bad setup where we were looking directly into a bright, hot sun that she wasn't a fan of, but other than that she was smiling and laughing the whole time. (Thanks to Libby for keeping Adelaida's attention focused in the general direction of the camera, and for the adorable pictures of Adelaida covering her face and putting her arms up!)

Enough words -- I know you want to see the pictures :)

You can see all of our pictures by going to this website http://fullyalivephotography.smugmug.com/Family/Parkes-Family-2010/12729703_yqNPE and entering password Parkes2010ABQ

If you are in Albuquerque and looking for a photographer, I highly recommend Tracy! She is easy to work with, very sweet, great with kids, and reasonably priced. Oh, and the pictures are pretty good too :) Tracy lives in Illinois right now but is planning to move to Albuquerque in the next year and may even come out for another photographing visit before she moves here. Check out her website at http://www.fullyalivephotography.com/