As we did last year, we took Emrick in for professional pictures in order to mark his birthday. Last year we were more on top of things, and had his pictures taken the day before his birthday. This year we weren’t quite so with it, so he didn’t have his “birthday” pictures taken until today! Close enough, I guess.
The result was similar to last year’s: not as many pictures of him smiling as we would have liked, but still enough really cute pictures that we were glad we did it. Plus, it’s Emrick. Even when that kid isn’t smiling, he is impossibly cute.
I also liked our photographer better this time (we went to the same studio as last year). She was low-key and listened to my and Marcus’ suggestions for getting Emrick to loosen up. As many of you know, Emrick is wary of strangers and does not warm up instantly, so we knew going in that we weren’t going to get a hundred pictures of Pookie’s most charming smiles. But I think we got some good ones anyway. The photographer, by the way, introduced herself as “Sam,” and I repeated that to Emrick and hoped he would look at her and start to feel comfortable with her. It was only later that I realized how confused Emrick must have been. After all, he has an aunt named Sam, whose lap he has sat in and whose flashcard he sees every day! And this brunette with the bun in her hair? Yeah, THAT AIN’T SAM!
After the session, they take an hour to edit the photos and get them onto a disc. So we got lunch and then headed back to the studio. When we were called back to look at the pictures with “Sam,” Emrick was suddenly all smiles with her. She was familiar to him at that point. Oh! If only they offered a free, let-your-kid-get-to-know-the-photographer-for-an-hour-before-the-actual-session-starts package.
Anwyay.
Here are a few of the pictures.
That first outfit — the one with the dog on the sweater — is an outfit that my Uncle Eric and Aunt Harriet gave to Emrick after he was born. It is sooo darling, and I have been excited for him to wear it for so long. It is such a perfect Autumn Ensemble. We plan to take him outside with it and get more pictures.
Here is the full set of pictures in a zip file: https://marcusandshona.com/word
I am making a New Fall resolution to update the blog more frequently. And I am resolving to keep that resolution.
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I love the third one! He is just too precious!
Positively Autumrick!