Sandi Heinrich Photography: A Downtown Walkabout With My Girl Everly!

Sometimes procrastination works in your favor… like when Everly’s mom Lindsey and I talked for weeks about scheduling Evie’s one year photo shoot. As it turns out, it seems we were supposed to wait until Evie was actually thirteen-and-a-half months old and able to walk on her own two feet because what started as a photo shoot turned into Everly’s first downtown walkabout! Lindsey and I had long agreed it would be fun to dress Everly in her colorful birthday outfit and take to her to some of the places downtown where we did Lindsey’s maternity shoot. Unfortunately, my favorite of those places was lost forever to a fire just after Evie’s birthday in March – an unfortunate consequence of procrastination! Instead, we decided to venture into downtown’s alleys looking for textures and grit – the perfect juxtaposition for this bright and happy little girl! However, little Everly seemed to think her mama and I were crazy for taking her sweet, pretty self into those dark and grimy alleys and mostly used her newfound motor skills to haul herself into Mama’s arms! It wasn’t until we settled in for a sweet treat at Mallard Ice Cream that this little social butterfly began to show her true colors : )

Our adventure started well…

then quickly took a turn as we ventured into the first alley. This is Everly thinking “Why the heck are we here and what am I supposed to do now, ladies???”