Monday, August 24, 2020

Diana is 12!

 Happy Birthday to our Diana Mary- she is 12 today!  One more year until we have a teenager (but as we always joke, she was born a teenager- ha!)

 

 For her birthday gift this year, she wanted to do a dance photo shoot and we were able to make that happen this weekend.

 

We secured Chuck Swierad- a photographer we know well and who does lots of work for Mrs M at LDA.  Mrs. M also insisted on being there so she could correct Diana's feet and help us pose her.

 

 We we all had a blast- it was one of Diana's best days of her life so far (as she said) and got a kick out of the whole process.  I am excited to blow some of these up and make some canvases but for now I am sharing them digitally.  I also made a little slide show you will see at the bottom of the post.

 

Diana is 12...not yet a woman and not really a little kid anymore...we have seen so much maturity over this last year...I guess one of the silver linings of COVID.  She is settling into her skin and calming down while getting more and more focused.  She still has her passion and fire and hope that will never die and I am enjoying watching her grow...without further ado...This...is....12

 

The Black Swan

 











 









 

 

and The White Swan...

 






















The photos were shot in downtown Manchester NH- we were at the Public Library, The Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences and the busy street nearby!







10 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday Diana!! Wow what a fun experience for her. Her pictures are so beautiful and will be a treasure for a lifetime.

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  2. Happy 12th birthday to your Diana!!! It looks like she had a wonderful day! Our girls have their birthdays so close. My second daughter turned 12 on August 14th... they sound like they would get along great. I laughed at your "born a teenager" comment, LOL!

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  3. She looks oh so grown up!
    This is so very cute!
    Your daughter is beautiful!

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  4. Happiest Birthday Diana! A lovely lady inside & out! Happy day to you too mama, what a joy to watch her grow :) XO!

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  5. Oh this needs to be a photo book too! So pretty!

    Patty
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  6. Happy Birthday to Diana! What an awesome birthday gift! I love it!

    She looks so grown up in these pictures.

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  7. Those pictures turned out so great!! You can tell her love for dance.

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  8. Oh what fun! These are just incredible.

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  9. Those are fantastic pictures of your beautiful Diana! You can tell she loves dance!! Happy birthday Diana! I hope it was a great day!

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