Family Photos

Back when Brody was around 6 weeks old, we did our first set of Family Photos. The 6 week ones were done at your typical portrait studio, 15 minutes of snapshots and then pressure to buy as many pictures as possible. I'm not really complaining because I loved the pictures they got of him and you can do it at a relatively low cost.

However, for his 6 month photos, we decided to go a different route. I came across a photographer via facebook who had done some adorable pictures of a 9 month-old girl who was the daughter of someone I volunteered in college with. I thought she did a really great job and contacted her about doing Brody's pictures.

Check out her blog & facebook site:

Sarah Jayne Photography

http://sjaynephotography.blogspot.com/p/portfolio.html

I really loved the idea of doing outside pictures and Sarah had a great place to do them. We met her there (about 45 minutes away) on a very warm, mosquito-ey (I know that's not a word), morning. Brody didn't sleep as well as we would have hoped on the long car-ride to meet her. So of course these would be red flags for disaster. But our Brody? Nah, he's so good at this stuff...or so I thought!

We started off on the grass, he didn't seem to like the feel of that too much, so we moved him onto a blanket. Sarah had this hilarious Cookie Monster toy which honestly made me laugh out loud, yet Brody reacted like this:

Then of course I was a mean mommy and put this adorable hat on him (which Jason hates by the way), and I got looks like this.


So...off went the hat. And I still got a look that said, "Mom, I'm sitting in a bucket, c'mon!"

But Sarah was patient, and spent over an hour photographing him while Jason & I tried to get him to smile as much as possible. When he doesn't have a camera in his face, he can't stop giggling. But that morning, he definitely wasn't in the mood.

All in all, she got a ton of great pictures along with some funny ones. My favorites are definitely the action shots, where not everyone is looking at the camera.

I'm very happy with the pictures and feel like our money was well spent. As part of her packages, we have the copyright release on the photos for printing as many as we want! And who wouldn't want a million pictures of this adorable little guy?

Brody is 7 Months Old

Babies grow fast and Brody is no exception. However, I honestly think his biggest month of change occured over the last month. Looking back at my post at 6 months, Brody wasn't crawling or standing and still had zero teeth.


Today, Brody crawls like a pro, pulls himself up on everything and has two very adorable bottom teeth.



His new found talents have made him quite an explorer. He loves all the things he can get into around the house. He's discovered the dog bowls, toys and tries to even steal the bones away from the dogs while they're chewing on them. Luckily he hasn't been bitten yet! We do keep an eye on them but the dogs are pretty good with him. He's constantly falling over and bumping his head on things, but handles them surprisingly well. He came home with his first accident report from daycare when he tried to pull himself up on the shelves and bumped his eye. It was a small bruise that went away in a day.

He's also doing a good job of forming sounds (instead of just squealing) and I think he loves the way his mouth moves when he says "ba-ba."

We haven't weighed him this month, but he definitely getting bigger, including his appetite. He now eats baby food 3 times a day along with 5 bottles of varied amounts. He food selection has greatly expanded and he's made it through most of the fruits and veggies for his age group. In the next month or so he'll try some meats and practicing with a sippy cup.

He's still doing great at daycare and has become really good friends with a girl in the room (his girlfriend). They sit facing each other giggling non-stop and now that they're both on the move, they chase after each other. It's adorable. She's also a tall girl and has a very similar personality to Brody, so it's a natural match!

Ladies Man

Who knew you had to worry about boys at such a young age? I came home to a note from Brody's daycare teachers that went something like this:

Brody was kissing a friend today! He "crawled" over to her, grabbed her head and kissed it.

Now, Brody doesn't know how to kiss yet. So I imagine it was really an open mouth full of slobber on her head. He really knows how to turn on the charm!

I imagine with a cute little man like him, we'll have lots of these stories down the road. However, I'm not looking forward to the day when it's no longer cute that he's kissing girls and a little bit scary.