What is it with baby socks? Why won’t they stay up? My socks stay up. Granted I don’t spend my days trying to kick them off, but still…. I have found one option here in Germany that works most of the time, but wouldn’t you know it? The best pairs of socks that really stay on Ezra’s feet are ‘hand-me-downs’! And, of course, there is no tag, no name anywhere! So, if anyone has seen socks like these & knows what brand they are, please, please, PLEASE let me know!!!
My friend, Susan, posted on her blog a year or so ago about taking pictures of her children & using a king-sized flat sheet as a backdrop. This seemed like a brilliant idea to me! ( Thanks, Susan!) Why pay to go to a studio every month or so when you can just take pictures at home? (Not to mention that we don’t have Sears or Pennys here & I hate to think what the studio in town would cost!) It really is the best of all worlds: #1 – you can work around your baby’s schedule (sure you know that 10 am is usually a good time, but what if the night before is a rough night & suddenly 10 is right when he or she needs a nap?), #2 – you can take the pictures in your own home so the baby is comfortable (not to mention that some photographers are really good with babies & others just aren’t), #3 – with digital cameras you can just take a zillion pictures & you are bound to wind up with one or two good ones, and #4- it gives me a chance to take pictures which I rarely do any more (I mean photograph-type pictures not just snapshots). Obviously, the one downside is that they aren’t the same quality as the kind of pictures you would get from a studio since you don’t have the same lighting, etc. All in all it was a good experience today. Granted, my subject is immobile & there is only one subject to contend with. The more subjects & the more mobile they are, I’m sure the trickier it is to get good pictures. All the more reason in my mind to not chance it on a studio more than once a year or so. So, anyways, all that to say, here are a couple of my favorite ‘black sheet’ photos of Ezra from today!
Ezra is getting really good about holding onto things, although he is not perfect at holding himself in the standing position just yet!
A new dinosaur outfit! I love the socks – they are just too cute! Thanks, Miss Krause!
Look at those baby blues!
Sleeping baby boy!
So good at sitting up now!
Toes are delicious!
Babies are just about the cutest thing in the whole wide world!
Play time (please note his awesome ’90s outfit – light washed jeans & striped shirt. It’s all coming back – just you wait!)
Mmmmm….Kangaroos are mighty tasty!
Bath time in my new chair from Tena! So much fun!
