Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Mini Photo Shoot

A few week ago I staged mini-photo shoot for Eli and here are some of my favorite shots. He was about 2 1/2 weeks in these pictures so he's grown and changed so much just since then. It sure is hard to take pictures of an infant who is constantly squirming, flailing and sporadically crying. My neighbor Cristy gave me some good tips and I think I got some decent shots. She is more of a pro when it comes to infant pictures and will hopefully take some of Eli and Ethan. Since these pictures, Eli has started smiling and holding his head up much more. He is getting more interactive and when sitting in his bouncy seat is constantly cooing and kicking his legs. Ethan loves dancing for him and trying to make him smile which Eli does all the time as he loves watching Ethan.


Yesterday was Bryan's birthday and we had a nice family celebration. Ethan was so excited to come to the grocery store to buy cake and ice cream as a surprise for Bryan. Of course, no 3 year old can keep a secret and the minute Bryan walked in the door Ethan ran over screaming that we bought him cake and ice cream. Ethan was excited to light the candles on the cake and belt out Happy Birthday. It was really cute and he seemed to understand celebrating someone ELSE's birthday, yet he knows that once Bryan's birthday comes, his is only a few short days away. Every morning he asks me if it is his birthday. On Friday, he is bringing in a treat for his class and I will be reading a "birthday book" to his class.

3 comments:

Cristy said...

Happy Birthday to Bryan! The pictures are cute, I like the first one the best :) Thanks for the compliments. I would love to take pictures of your cute little baby!

B&B said...

Eli is so cute!! Can't wait to see more pictures of him. Glad #2 time around is as much fun!!

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