Right Now

My wonderful husband, baby strapped to himself, just baked brownies AND walked into the room with the mixing bowl so I could have the little bits of batter that remained.  Does it get any better than this?  Ahhh, I picked the right guy.  :)  

Sometime I will post about the tragic and overwhelming events to hit our family in the last two weeks, but for right now I will revel in what is right with the world.  My family.  I love them more every day, in ways that I couldn't have anticipated even a few years ago.  My friends, who have shown me their love in support in ways that I have never experienced.  My little guy, who brings me so much joy.  I am learning to savor the moments.  All of those little moments that I never used to notice.

Portraits

So I realized that the reason I didn't like a lot of his photos, other than the fact he's not smiling, is that they had him propped up at a weird angle, which I didn't notice at the time.  So he looks a little uncomfortable in most of the leaning-back ones.  Here are just a few!

3 Months Old!

Of course, Mr. Smiley Man decided to not really smile much during his session at the portrait studio today. Not sure what that was about. I think he must be tired. We got there within 45 minutes of him waking up from his nap, and he just ate, but he still wasn't nearly as alert and interactive as usual. Oh, well...the photos were still pretty cute. 

I managed to get some really cute photos of my own 2 days ago---so many shots of him with big smiles that it'll be hard to narrow down the best ones! I'm starting to wonder how much it would cost me to set up my own portrait studio at home---I have a good camera, but I'd need the lights and backdrops. Then at least I could get him when he's happiest, right after waking up and eating!

 

Do I really look that frazzled?

I thought I looked pretty good today. I mean, I showered and everything! And I was wearing clothes that were free of spit-up and drool. But for some reason when I was at Target today with the little guy (we went to the portrait studio) I was getting all kinds of sympathetic comments from people. "You've got your hands full, huh?" Several people offered to help me get him in and out of his car seat. And when I was almost back to the car, and older gentleman walking past said, "Don't worry, they'll grow up soon." Elijah wasn't even screaming, or all of this would have made sense. I didn't think I was stressed out, either (except by the fact that I had to pay full price for the portraits since I forgot my coupon). So the only conclusion I could draw was that I must look really tired or stressed out, by normal people's standards. I guess not sleeping for more than 3 hours at a time for 3 months will do that to a person, I don't know.