Charlotte NC Wedding Photographer. Lindsey Lee Hartsell

We did our annual trip to the pumpkin patch a few weekends ago.  The boys love going to Riverbend Farm in Midland, NC.  It is such a cute and fun place for families!  Pinking pumpkins can get a little tricky when you want to get big pumpkins, but must carry them, a gigantic 9 month old, diaper bag, etc....but we managed:)  We do Sharpe's photos every year in the patch, so I was excited for Shepherd to get his taken, too.  Here are a few snippets- them together and us as a family was nearly impossible, but they are still cute.  Happy Tuesday!

 Are 9 month old babies supposed to be so HUGE?! Sharpe almost 3:)  True story- I really wanted Sharpe to wear this outfit that he had from last year...but it was too short- but there was plenty of room to move the buttons down(3 inches +).  We threw him in the car to go to the pumpkin patch and I moved the buttons down on the way to the very bottom.  Got there, put on outfit....it was still WAY too short.  Didn't bring anything else.  Hence these highwater photos.  I have a feeling this is going to be the story of his life, guess he should start getting used to it:)

 See Sharpe year one pumpkin patch photos here.

School.  It was time for it to start.  I love my boys.  I love being with them, I love teaching them things, I love learning with them....But school (pre-school aka mothers morning out aka 3.5 hours of childcare) is VERY necessary for our life.  And by very necessary, I mean SOMEBODY IS ABOUT TO GET SHOT IF SCHOOL DOES NOT START RIGHT NOW!  After Labor day?! Who's idea was that?! (please, tell me I am not alone in this?!).  Anywho:)  Even as I write this I realize I'm sad when they are in school because I don't get to see them! Amazing what 3 weeks of childcare will do for the psyche!

I wanted to post their first day photos before Christmas got here.  And I never posted Sharpe first and last day of school last year pics...so here they are!  And here is Sharpe's FIRST first day of school if you want to look back.  And Second year of school.  I love looking at pics and comparing them to what Shepherd looks like!  They are right about 6 weeks apart as far as their birthdays go.  So they share the same season of clothes, I just have to remember Sharpe had 6 more weeks of winter than Shepherd has with the way his birthday falls.  So, all that to say Shepherd is starting school about 6 weeks earlier than the age Sharpe was when he started.  These are my sweet little guys!

 Sharpe First Day of school and last day of school 2013-2014.  I would say this was a crazy growing year- not just in how he looked (little bald baby) but in his language and capabilities as well!  Sharp has A LOT of words for his age and he just blossomed at school!  He loved talking about the classroom pet- a goldfish and hanging out with his favorite teacher Ms. Hunter.

First Day of School Fall 2014.  Sharpe and Shepherd both go to school!  I think Sharpe only grew up!

 What is crazy is even though this was just 20 days ago I took this photo, Shepherd is sitting up completely unassisted, crawling ALL OVER THE PLACE, bonking his big ole head on anything he can find and going from his back to sitting up all on his own.  The amount of development in three weeks is so astonishing to me!

 Personality+.

 Always entertained by his brother.

 Love these little munchkins!

It's been quite some time since I have posted some family photos.  Shepherd just had his 6 mo. birthday around the same time Sharpe turned two and a half.  I like that their years and half ears are easy to keep up with! We hope to go take Shepherd's "official" 6 mo. picture in the stroller this week. We have them of Sharpe at the same milestones.  Not gonna lie, I look at these pics and my first thought is: we look tired.  Well,  that's not entirely untrue!  It's wedding season, we are working on something big for the business, Joe just started his real estate career in June, and we have a million summer projects we are trying to get accomplished before an even crazier fall ahead.  So, yes, tired is probably the right word if I am keeping it real....but this is us!  Two boys, a crazy, full house....but we are loving every minute with our sweet guys.  Missing: Darby.  She will be in the next shoot for sure.  Maybe then Shepherd can sit up on his own and I won't have to worry about him having bobble head and can focus on getting her in the photo;)

It's a miracle. Two children smiling.

are 6 month olds supposed to be almost the same size as 2.5 year olds(I swear their heads are the same size)?! In this house, I guess so...it makes Sharpe seem small...but he's off the charts on his own!

still my number one stunna;) love this sweet boy.  He is a super special little personality...and he got a big boy haircut.

FINALLY, 7 weeks later, posting some of Shepherd's newborn pics and his birth announcement!  As usual, I had grandiose plans of all the shots we were going to take, but alas we had the snow-mageddon and life was just crazy...and we forgot how super intense those first days home can be…so we just sorta got what we got when he was 11 days old.  I am still thankful for these shots…he is already SO HUGE.  If I had to guess, I would say he's close to 14 pounds now at just 7 weeks.  We grow 'em big around here!  Enjoy some of these shots of our sweet boy and new family of 4.  Still hard to believe!

We took pics of Sharpe in this stroller every three months his first year, so starting the same tradition with the new guy.

Super attractive shot of all my kids;)  Pretty sure this was right after Sharpe had to get a "talking to" because he wouldn't get near the baby.  Yup, it was one of those photo shoots.

Trying to get a baby, a 2 year old and a dog all to cooperate.  Darby just wanted to give kisses.  Then we FINALLY got Sharpe to give the baby a kiss.  I'm telling ya, those first days he wanted NOTHING to do with the new kid.

"Family Shot", I'll take it.  Boy do we look tired (and puffy!!) but hey!  That's us with an almost two week old:)