{"id":1971,"date":"2012-06-27T19:17:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T00:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2014-03-07T11:34:03","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T17:34:03","slug":"catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine&#8217;s first 5 years | MN baby and child Watch Me Grow photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>5 years ago I met Catherine for the first time.\u00a0 She was only a few weeks old and sweet as ever.\u00a0 I connected with her and her parents &#8211; Vickie with her amazing smile\u00a0and Carl with his fun ideas.\u00a0 I had only hoped I&#8217;d get the chance to work with them again as Catherine grew.\u00a0\u00a0 I was thrilled when they asked me to photograph Catherine again at 6 months and again at a year.\u00a0\u00a0 From then on we&#8217;ve been doing 2 sessions a year, and now I can&#8217;t believe she&#8217;s five years old!\u00a0 Here are some images from her very first photography sessions with me&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1978\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1978\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/mcelroy1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1978\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1978\" title=\"McElroy1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy1.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy1.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy1-245x480.jpg 245w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy1-307x600.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newborn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1979\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1979\" style=\"width: 704px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/mcelroy6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1979\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1979\" title=\"McElroy6\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy6.jpg\" width=\"704\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy6.jpg 704w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy6-225x480.jpg 225w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy6-281x600.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">6 months<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1980\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1980\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/mcelroy12\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1980\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1980\" title=\"McElroy12\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy12.jpg\" width=\"850\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy12.jpg 850w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy12-272x480.jpg 272w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy12-340x600.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1 year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1981\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1981\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/mcelroy18\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1981\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1981\" title=\"McElroy18\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy18.jpg\" width=\"850\" height=\"1182\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy18.jpg 850w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy18-345x480.jpg 345w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy18-431x600.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">18 months<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1982\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/mcelroy20\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1982\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1982\" title=\"McElroy20\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy20.jpg\" width=\"850\" height=\"847\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy20.jpg 850w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy20-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy20-481x480.jpg 481w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy20-602x600.jpg 602w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy20-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2 years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1983\" style=\"width: 771px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/mcelroy25\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1983\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1983\" title=\"McElroy25\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy25.jpg\" width=\"771\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy25.jpg 771w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy25-284x480.jpg 284w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy25-355x600.jpg 355w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2 1\/2 years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1984\" style=\"width: 655px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/mcelroy30\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1984\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984\" title=\"McElroy30\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy30.jpg\" width=\"655\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy30.jpg 655w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy30-299x480.jpg 299w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy30-374x600.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3 years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1987\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/mcelroy35\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1987\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1987\" title=\"McElroy35\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy35.jpg\" width=\"850\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy35.jpg 850w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy35-429x480.jpg 429w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy35-536x600.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3 1\/2 years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1985\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/mcelroy40\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1985\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1985\" title=\"McElroy40\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy40.jpg\" width=\"850\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy40.jpg 850w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy40-561x480.jpg 561w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy40-702x600.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4 years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1986\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/mcelroy45\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1986\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1986\" title=\"McElroy45\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy45.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy45.jpg 800w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy45-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy45-480x480.jpg 480w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy45-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/McElroy45-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4 1\/2 years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And now, at age 5.\u00a0 Hasn&#8217;t she become the most beautiful little girl?\u00a0\u00a0 At our latest photo shoot last week in Minneapolis, Catherine arrived wtih her parents, full of energy and happy as can be.\u00a0 She handed me a little gift bag holding some drawings that she made for me, some paper cutouts, and a few random things that she must have thought I&#8217;d like \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 So cute!\u00a0 She was a doll, full of smiles and giggles &#8211; can&#8217;t wait til next time.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s Catherine, such a big girl at age 5!<a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/2012-06-25_003\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1973\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1973\" title=\"2012-06-25_003\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_003.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_003.jpg 800w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_003-640x316.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/2012-06-25_004\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1974\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1974\" title=\"2012-06-25_004\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_004.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_004.jpg 800w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_004-576x480.jpg 576w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_004-720x600.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/2012-06-25_005\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1975\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1975\" title=\"2012-06-25_005\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_005.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_005.jpg 800w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_005-640x316.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/2012-06-25_006\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1976\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1976\" title=\"2012-06-25_006\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_006.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"995\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_006.jpg 800w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_006-385x480.jpg 385w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_006-482x600.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/2012-06-25_007\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1977\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1977\" title=\"2012-06-25_007\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_007.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_007.jpg 800w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-25_007-640x452.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/catherines-first-5-years-mn-baby-and-child-watch-me-grow-photography\/2012-06-22_001\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1972\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1972\" title=\"2012-06-22_001\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-22_001.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-22_001.jpg 800w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-22_001-617x480.jpg 617w, http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2012-06-22_001-771x600.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 years ago I met Catherine for the first time.\u00a0 She was only a few weeks old and sweet as ever.\u00a0 I connected with her and her parents &#8211; Vickie with her amazing smile\u00a0and Carl with his fun ideas.\u00a0 I had only hoped I&#8217;d get the chance to work with them again as Catherine grew.\u00a0\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[88,85,1,87],"tags":[187,206,205,202,201,204,156,171,209,207,208,203],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2280,"href":"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions\/2280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kariphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}