3 month pictures...

95% of the time our son is a happy, easy going baby. On September 20th we had his 3 month photo shoot at 5:30. This was the day he decided not to be that happy, content baby. Every afternoon he takes a nice long nap at his Mimi's house. On the 20th, he refused to take that nap no matter how hard she tried. I wasn't that worried yet because I knew he would sleep in the car since you could tell he was tired when I picked him up. He always sleeps in the car. That day he stayed awake all the way to Versailles. Once I got home I fed him and put him in his swing thinking a full belly, swinging, and calming music would do the trick. Nope. That booger stayed awake the whole time. Thankfully Matt was able to slip away from work to help me get myself and Reagan ready. So for Alex hadn't been fussy, just wide awake. At 5:30, Hilly walks in and the fussing begins! By the time she left at 7, I was stressed beyond stressed and so upset that we didn't get any good pictures of him. As she was walking out the door, Matt put him in the bath tub and he was his normal, smiling, happy self. If only we had thought to just take the tub out back, we might have gotten a few with him smiling. Matt pointed out that our pictures will just show real life, both sides of our baby. By the next day I was still disappointed but resigned to the fact there was nothing I could do about it and luckily we have tons of candid pictures of him smiling.

Last night Hilly posted a few "sneak peeks" and I was surprised at how well they turned out considering his mood. I pick up the rest of them at lunch today. I am sure some will make me laugh at how mad he is but hopefully a few of them are good. I am just hoping we captured one smile. If not, she can try again on December 18th at his 6 month shoot! And we have a family session on November 5th at Mark Kidd so out of all of them, surely we can get one good one! :)

Here are a few of the sneak peeks she posted:

Not smiling but thankfully not crying. He looks like he is ready to punch someone. Probably me for putting him through the photo shoot!

One of the "not happy" ones. But I love the blocks. If all else, this one makes me laugh.

An attempt at a family picture. Clearly Alex is wondering what in the heck we are doing.