My first truly pathetic unsuccessful shot of the night---because the baby is the important part of the photo and all... but my available arm was not good with aiming the camera. I was trying to get a photo of Brendan's facial angles that make him most seem like himself to me.
I thought he looked more like Lila in this photo above. I think I was looking for more of a photo that would captured his "Birdie" appeal.
I was still getting a Lila feel, and my arm was now stuck at a very specific angle...
so I decided to try a shot from the front, and lost the baby entirely...oops!
Wait, he reminds me of Lila even more from the front...so now I was thinking that perhaps Brendan looks like his sister, dork, and that's why all the photos remind you of her...
I then decided to try to get my face closer to Brendan and use the flash...it kind of worked to get a bit of the birdie appeal in the photo...even if I look like his scary ghost aunt.
Finally, my Brendan photo with birdie appeal...which look strangely like the first photo of this blog entry...shouldn't have messed with a good thing:-)
And last but not least my fave photo from our session...Brendan is so gorgeous, so tiny, so amazing...it is a night I will never forget!!! Thanks Megalegs for entrusting me with your little pumpkin.
MY GIRLS ARE GORGEOUS!!!!
Mommy was, as always, stellar at making me feel special on a "holiday" we spent apart. She sent me a care package with 4 different outfits, one dress---pictured above--and a tiara to wear on my big day...
Here's my best beauty queen, Princess of Genovia wave...
I stopped by Ben's house to tuck him into bed before I went out for dinner with Bridget...he really was happy to see me but for some reason, he was REALLY not in a picture mood...which is weird because he usually indulges me if I beg for one good smile...
I kind of got a small smile out of Ben because of his stuffed animals which he immediately turned his gaze toward, thus giving me a halfsmile while not looking into the camera...yeah, every effort can't be a winner:-P
Yeah, it would take a miracle to keep my hair in this position above all day long...and it would of course fall in my eyes. I could handle that for about 5 seconds in the name of beauty.
and as soon as we move the hair enough to the side to avoid vision issues, we have the forehead problem again:-)
I personally like this way of wearing the style the best, with the side blown forward...but it's exactly like it was at Meg and Tim's wedding, and would not survive any wear and tear beyond a special occasion.
I kept trying though...I did not want to admit defeat. Having to try so hard should probably have given me a clue that it took too much effort to maintain.
Yeah, just because you mess up the hair and have strands sticking out everywhere does not mean it is better in hiding the forehead problem.
Alas, I think I knew I was going to cut it off in frustration eventually, so I took a photo of my fave part of style, and why I kept it around for 14 months of problems...doesn't it look cool? Yeah, I still cut it all off...
