All I Want For Christmas

Today we took Anderson to see Santa Claus. We were worried that he would fuss and cry through the whole thing but he did fine. We were hoping that he might be able to smile since we was smiling right before, but alas, he did not. Not even when mom and dad were jumping and laughing and yelling.


What did Anderson ask Santa for? Well, we think he might have asked him for his front teeth. I'm not exactly sure but he might be showing signs of teething. I know it's going to happen sooner or later, but I'm not sure if I'm ready to deal with it just yet. It just seemed like things were going well (you know, for a week - which is a really long time in baby time!) and now we might be dealing with this issue.

He also just ate his first bowl of rice cereal today! And he loved it! Seriously loved it. I think the last time he was so excited about something was when he started jumping in his jumperoo on his own. I'll have to post pics and video another time. Looks like this kid was born to eat.

Photography: Take One!

I am no photographer. But I would love to be one. I just want to be able to take amazing pictures of my child. I would love nothing more than to pay a fabulous photographer to capture all his expressions and his cuteness, but ... heh... photographers are expensive. Scratch that. GOOD photographers are expensive. I've looked at enough photographers websites to know from the very first picture if I like them or not. I'm not really into a traditional style of portraits. I love the candid ones taken at home or outside in the park. I've been scouring sites after sites for the past few days to see if I could find one that didn't require a mortgage payment for their packages. The sitting fees are reasonable, but it's the price of the prints that will make you broke.

I also think I'm a little spoiled. A lot of my mommy friends have professional pictures of their child taken and they are simply amazing. AND, a friend of mine is a child photographer who is fabulous at what she does. So much so that I've contemplated hoping on a plane to Seattle just so I could get a photo shoot with her (I've added a link to her blog: Inglin Photography).

So what's a parent to do when they're not sure if they are ready for that type of investment but would still like to capture these moments of their child. Well, they attempt to do it themselves. We have all the equipment. We just have to learn how to use it.

Today is day 1 of me trying to be my child's photographer. It's definitely a work in progress but I think I've done a pretty good job for day 1. I still have a lot to learn as far as camera basics and processing and how to set up a shot. I think we'll try to do some pics of our own, and if we're really that bad at it, we'll turn to the pros.

Oh, and how great is this hat?? Makes me want to run out and buy some more!