Mathews Family: Pictures by Mikki--my new photo idol!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Pictures by Mikki--my new photo idol!

Mikki (Ward) Platt took pics of the girlies a couple weeks ago and I absolutely LOVE them. Makayla was feeling sick, so we were hoping we'd get some good ones of her, she wasn't in the best mood, but we ended up getting so many cute ones of her. They were both troopers! We hauled them all over the place, spent 2 hours, and three outfit changes. That is a lot for kids to take (and mom too...and I'm sure, Mikki too) But it was fun, and fun to see Mikki and her cute hubby. I really love how they turned out. Check out her blog, capturedbymikki.blogspot.com, to see more of her awesome work. Here are a few of my favorites. (Pretty much all of them) One of my very favs of Abbey is the one on her Tagged post, just below.

We ended with ice cream! These pics turned out cute.

Gotta LOVE this one...this is how she was 75% of the time...Argg!

This is my fav. one of Makayla

21 comments:

Charise said...: Your girls are so cute! And Mikki does such a great job! :) Very Cute Pics!; April 20, 2008 at 12:48 PM
Jen Hill said...: Darling pictures! I need some like those of my kids to hang on my walls!; April 20, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Evans said...: Very cute! I love the one of them on the bench! Don't know if i already gave you my email but here it is again so you can send me an invite kasse_bylund@hotmail.com; April 21, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Catherine said...: I love Miki's work! She is the most creative photographer I have ever met. Your girls are beautiful anyway though! I've had a few friends use Miki and she's especially amazing at capturing the newness of little babies!; April 21, 2008 at 2:10 PM
The Starks said...: Way CUTE!!!; April 21, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Kim said...: So cute! I saw Mikki's photography blog...does she charge a lot? I want some cute pictures of my kids.; April 22, 2008 at 10:45 AM
The Steel's said...: They turned out darling. You wouldn't even know Makayla was having a bad day. So cute and this photographer did a great job with everything. Abbey's hair is getting lighter. They are such beautiful little girls.; April 22, 2008 at 1:24 PM
Kit said...: Those are the cutest pics ever!! I seriously love them...so tender and sweet. Your girls are darling!; April 22, 2008 at 3:44 PM
Russ and Suz Adamson said...: Rach, these are the cutest pics. I love them. Is she pretty reasonable with price? Is she local? I seriously love these. They look like they should be in a magazine. Are they? :?; April 22, 2008 at 6:42 PM
John and Mikelle Hafen said...: Your girls are beautiful! Haven't seen you guys in a while! Send me your email address so I can send you an invite to our blog!
mikelleyates@hotmail.com; April 22, 2008 at 10:44 PM
mccall... said...: Hello! I'm so glad you visited my blog. Your girls are so cute! Invite me when you go private: mccallscott@hotmail.com; April 23, 2008 at 4:57 AM
Emily said...: Cute pictures! I love black and white photos always. I sent you an email with Andrea's email, I didn't think I should post it here since it wasn't mine! I do want an invite though...emilywoodland03@hotmail.com.; April 23, 2008 at 7:22 AM
Mickell said...: K those are way cute!!! I will for sure have to have her take some pictures!!! Too cute!; April 23, 2008 at 8:25 AM
Kristen Westbrook said...: K Mikki is amazing! and your girls are adorable!!!! How fun!; April 23, 2008 at 1:04 PM
Emily Blais said...: HELLO HELLO!!! How the heck are you? I have not talked to you in about FOREVER! I am SO glad you found my blog. I have to say your little family is SO cute. I love all the pictures that you have posted. You are an amazing photographer. I hope when I have kids I can take pictures that are half as cute as the ones you have posted :) I am so excited to be back in touch. Please add me to your blog so I can keep up with your cute family. emily.blais@gmail.com I can guarantee that I will be a much more frequent visitor to your blog :) YAY!; April 23, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Emily Blais said...: K I am officially retarded. You had someone else take these pictures, well... I gave you full credit, but its only because I would not put it past you to take amazing pictures. DUH, I am a good reader :) LOVE THEM THOUGH!; April 23, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Holly said...: Hey rach- Yep I'm pregnant with another girl. We are excited. Your girls are so adorable!! I love all their pictures. I love checking out your blog, with all your cute stuff and your cute digi pages. Please send me an invite. hollyvg@gmail.com; April 24, 2008 at 12:25 PM
Anonymous said...: Love those pictures, you girls really are so beautiful. I will eventually get to Gabbys tag, what a great idea. We still need to get the girls together. My email is meggers@gmail.com. Do you want to put Abby in soccor in the fall?; April 24, 2008 at 3:10 PM
Anonymous said...: i saw your post about private. add me to the list and I as well am going to go private so leave me you email on my comments (well if you would like)
jkwright12atyahoodotcom
super cute pictures!!! your girls are adorable.; April 24, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Shaun and Tonya said...: your pics are fabulous I bet you end up developing all --how hard to decide on a small handfull She really captured personalities well; April 25, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Talea Hollingshead said...: Such cute pics... Mikki does a great job. These will be forever keepsakes. jthclan@msn.com (of course we want to keep up on the goings on in your side of the world!) :); April 25, 2008 at 5:54 PM

Quotes of the Day!

Summer 2011
Jocey Hobsen {a family friend and Jo's sunbeam teacher} Brought Jojo home from church one Sunday. She stopped by her parent's to grab some veggies. Jocey asked Jo, "Does your dad like zuchinni?" Jo looked up confused and said, "My dad likes BIKINIS!" to which Ben {Jocey's husband} replied, "I bet he does!"

May 2011
"She's slow as a poke!" --Makayla, in regards to how slow Abbey was eating her dinner

April 2011
We were just leaving Abbey's first T-ball practice. We got into the car and we were talking about things and Abbey says,
"Mom, how do you get a goal in baseball?"
hmmm...We better go over the basics!

April 2011
We were on our way to church {late as always, 9:00 church is KILLING me} and Abbey asked if we were late.
"Yes." I said
"Why are we always late? Is it because we have too many people in our family?" Abbey
"YES!" I said
haha!

February 24, 2011
I was explaining to Abbey that Harvey has RSV and what that means. She looked at me and said,
"I wish I could have that for him." It was one of the sweetest, most tender things I've heard. Abbey loves her baby brother and would do anything for him.

November 21, 2010
Makayla had her shirt on her head today
{and didn't want to put it on}
"I'm showing my nips!"--Makayla...honestly, where does she get that? WHO says that??
About 30 seconds later, "I farted." --Makayla
{she loves announcing that lately. She used to be embarrassed...lately, not so much}

She's a CLASSY gal, that Jo!

October 21, 2010
Abbey came out at about 10:30 {after being in bed since 9} to use the bathroom. RJ went in to check on her, and she had his glasses in her hand?? He asked her what she was doing with his glasses and she just stared at him. She grabbed the toilet paper, used the last square to wipe, and without tearing it from the roll, flushed it down. The whole roll started to follow! She got up and went back to bed, all without a word!

October 15, 2010
Mom- "Makayla what do you want Santa to bring you this year?"
Makayla- " A REAL baby like this one." {points to baby brother}
Mom-"Oh, that might be a little tricky. How about a new baby doll?"
Makayla- "NO, a REAL baby with a real nose and mouth and ears. Like this one!"

October 16, 2010
Makayla to Papa-- " What are you going to be for Halloween, Papa?"
Papa- "Oh, an OLD Papa."
Makayla--" You already ARE!"

August 2010
RJ had recently had a PPI{Personal Priesthood Interview} with Abbey, and they set some daily goals. He was telling Makayla at FHE that next Sunday she was going to have a PPI with daddy. Sunday came, they had their PPI, Makayla came out and said,
"PPI's are DUMB!"
"PPI's are done?"--mom
"NO, PPI's are DUMB. I'm not doing that again."--Makayla
Apparently it wasn't as fun as she was expecting.

May 2010
Mom, "Makayla you need to brush your teeth before church."
Makayla, "Why?"
Mom, "Because your breath stinks."
Makayla, "I LIKE my breath!"

Abbey and I were looking at my friend Hailey's blog and she had pictures of her adorable baby, Lincoln under the Christmas tree.
"Did she get her baby for Christmas, or did she pump it out?"-Abbey
{I'm still laughing!}

November 22, 2009
We're sitting in sacrament today, and Makayla looks over at me and says, "If we didn't have bums, we couldn't go potty!"--
Good observation Makayla...good observation!

August 2, 2009
In primary today, the bishopric was announcing the new theme for the month which has to do with temples. He was discussing how the temple "sticks" your family together.
"Does anyone know something really sticky"-Bro. Guerisoli
Abbey's hand shot straight up and she yelled,"popcorn!"--
This is so cute because her papa makes her "sticky popcorn" AKA marshmallow popcorn and it is her favorite thing, and it's VERY sticky.

June 15, 2009
I was watching Harry Potter the other night, after Abbey had gone to bed. Makayla was up late {she napped that day}
She saw Dumbledoor, "SANTA! I love Santa!"--Makayla
She saw Haggrid, "JESUS!"
She asked who Harry Potter was
"Harry Potter"--mom
Daddy walks in
"What's he name dad? That Teeter Totter?" -Makayla
She saw Professor MgGonnagal -- "Who's that?"--Makayla
"Professor MgGonnagal"--mom
"MgGonnagal?"--Makayla
Asks again MgGonnagal's name--
"What is her name?" --mom
"I don't know... Grandma??" --Makayla
This girl cracks us up--
Good ol' Teeter Totter {AKA Harry potter!!!} Ha

Everyday--
"I'm gonna do ballet and golf!"-- Makayla
She cannot WAIT until she gets to start ballet--it's all she talks about.

May 7, 2009
"My sandwich tastes funny."--Abbey
"Why? it's just cheese and mayo."--mom
"JUST CHEESE!! No Manners??--Abbey
{Manners as in Mayonaise--I guess she doesn't know it's called Mayo}

April 29, 2009
Makayla was on a tootin' spree, stinkin it up all night.
"mell me! I'm rotten!"--Makayla {while waving her hand over her nose}
If an S is the beginning of the word, she often leaves it off {mell=smell}
So funny!

April 22, 2009
Abbey and her friend Halle saw a big Coke truck
"That looks good!" --Halle
"Yeh, But I love Dr. Pepper. It's my favorite drink."--Abbey
"What's that?"--Halle
"It's a kind of Rootbeer, but it tastes better going down your throat!"--Abbey
Yes, she has inherited my love for DP and Yes, she really has tasted it...just a sip here and there

Winter 2008
This is too funny so I need to write it down. Broc and Julie adopted a darling baby boy last August. He's African American and Abbey never seemed to notice or at least never said/asked anything about it. Broc and Julie were babysitting Abbey and Makayla and Abbey was playing with baby Tyler. She looked up at Julie and {very matter-of-factly} says,
"Well, it looks like you are going to have a brown baby!"
So funny! Like she was just waiting for his skin to turn light and decided it just wasn't gonna happen!

Last few days {April 10-12}
"She lookes so DAPPER!"--Abbey
and this is a good thing. She says it when her barbies are dressed up fancy.

Potty training week- {March 25-April 1}
Everytime Makayla sits on the potty and looks down to see pee trinkling in the toilet
"I got POTTY POWER!"- Makayla

April 1st
Makayla is sitting by me and lets a HUGE, squeaky toot.
"Whoa tooters!"- mom
With a very concerned look, "I poop!"- Makayla
Run to potty
outcome: Makayla's first Shart :)

March 23
Abbey watching American Idol with me--{In her most "adult" voice}
"He is such a TALENT!" --Abbey Mathews
It cracks me up, she takes bits and pieces of things we say, and puts it together in her own unique way.

February 23, 2009
Trying to get Makayla to take a nap
{and she wasn't happy about it}

"I not talking to you mom!" --Makayla
"Why because you're mad at me?" --Mom
"Yup!"--Makayla

{Then, of course, she continues to rattle on and on and on...and finally falls asleep--an hour later!}