picture me {im}perfectly.bossy

if you know me, 

you know that i tend to be bossy.

quite bossy.

i'm the oldest of four children, 

so i think it comes naturally to me.

in every circumstance but one.

when i take photos of people 

other than my children

i tend to be the exact opposite of bossy.

i become laissez fair.

i know. 

do you even believe it?

hardly, i bet.

but having that mellow attitude 

isn't really good for me 

when i am taking photos.

i know that being bossy isn't the best thing.

but it really does come in handy,

sometimes.

and for me, it's when i am taking photos

of people other than my children.

for instance, 

my sister and her husband came for a visit 

and brought along my little nephew, baby E. 

so of course, we had to schedule a beach shoot for them.

and my bossyness just came out naturally. 

typically, when i take photos of those besides my children

i feel very anxious and intimidated

but not with my sister!

just ask her.

i was as bossy as bossy can be.

but it worked because i think she's used to it.

and you know what? 

she responded really well to it. 

and i think her husband 

just rolled his eyes and went along with it. 

but in real life, 

i do tend to be too bossy.

so be sure to picture me {im}perfectly.

how cute is this shot?

so cute.

i had such an awesome time 

shooting them.

and i can't wait until they come and visit

so we can do it again.

this was the very first time i got to meet 

sweet little E.

and i soaked up every little moment i could 

with that darling baby boy. 

head over to erin's blog

where she reveals her {im}perfect mothering 

when it comes to her kids' nap schedules.

picture me {im}perfectly

is a weekly project to reveal that we don't have it all together.

i will post a 

picture me {im}perfectly

blog post every wednesday 

where you will be able to link up to your blog

revealing that:

you are not picture perfect,

your kids are not picture perfect,

your house is not picture perfect,

your crafts are not always picture perfect,

let's 

encourage, 

inspire and 

remind 

other women 

that none of us have it all together.  

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and feel encouraged. 

1491. seven minutes to catch up

1492. really, really loud music in the car

1493. wonderful talks about Jesus

1494. seeing and hearing what He is doing in others' lives

1495. hot dogs for dinner