Skip to main content

Photo Shoots

Kristin gave me this great idea to take a picture of the babies on their "birthday" every month from the same angle in order to give folks an idea of how much they have grown. January marked the first birthday photo where they are actually smiling. Of course, it takes both of us acting crazy and at least 30 pictures to get the money shot. And we have to time it for when they are awake and in a good mood. And now we want smiles. And they both need to be looking at the camera. You can see where I'm going with this. This is all no small feat, so I'm always relieved when we get a good one for the baby books! We inevitably also get some hilarious ones in the process, and always have to include a few with the parent who is working with them :)




As you can see, they are very good with taking instruction. Here they are listening intently to Daddy.



A little further parental intervention was needed,

Before we got the money shot!

January 5th, 2010

We also try to get pictures of each of them alone, and we got good ones that same day...



Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Silas' Blog

Well it's been a busy 3 years since I last posted! Stay tuned as we may have more posts coming now that it looks like I have a new contributor... Silas recently read a book called "Starting Your Own Blog", and now he is bound and determined for us to let him start his own blog! We convinced him that he should start out by drafting content and a posting calendar. We made templates this morning and he wrote his first "post" today!

Summer Nights

As we hit the end of July we are relishing the relaxed summer nights around here. Walks to the corner store after work- Kitten snoozes in the window- Playing outside after dinner- And after dinner bike rides in the park aplenty. The best part is when they ride down the "big hill" out of the woods and we make the loop home. These are the days.

Today

Today I went to a yoga class for the first time in far too many years. It felt wonderful and pushed me out of my comfort zone. I can't wait to go back! Today Derek gave Silas his traditional mid-summer haircut. Today the weather was perfect and we enjoyed bike rides (them) / a walk (me) in the park after lunch. Today Zoe chased the cats until they succumbed to her love and adoration. Today I put the garbage on the curb for weekly pickup and realized that we didn't have any! We recycle and compost far more than we throw away. I am grateful to be able to teach Zoe & Silas these habits. Empty trash barrel Countertop compost bin  Backyard compost bin that we bought at Town Hall Food compost, including the hair from Silas' haircut today! Today I checked on the rooftop vegetable patio garden - it's doing great! Today we went school supply shopping so that I can enjoy the last month of summer without worrying abou...