9 Month Portraits

I decided on a whim today to take Finley for his 9 month portraits. I had not found the time yet and since today was a rainy day and Finley had taken a long nap this morning I thought this afternoon would be a good time to get them done. As you can see some of them are already on the blog page. Here are a few more from the sitting, followed by the story behind the pictures...






















So deciding to take Finley to get pictures taken by myself was probably one of the worst ideas I have ever had? I do not know what I was thinking? Nate had been with me for the 2 previous portrait sessions we'd done. The actual picture taking was ok but then you have to sit there at the end and pick out what you want and Finley was having none of that so I decided in a hurry but then the studio was short staffed so I ended waiting another hour before she got my order down! As you can see Finley did not smile for even ONE picture! Though he had a great nap today he just was not (obviously) into getting his pictures taken. It pretty much looks like I was torturing him (and that was torturing me!). Another mom was there with her 4 kids (ranging from 8 years to 4 months!) and we exchanged our thoughts on how pictures are such a nice idea and then when you actually go take the kids you realize what you had just gotten yourself into. She and I were both frazzled by the end of the ordeal. I can honestly say that though I think Finley looks cute in any picture (he's my child therefor of course I am biased!) I am not entirely happy with how these turned out. Part of the experience this time was that we had a different photographer than we have had before and though she was nice enough I feel like she missed some opportunities for better shots. My smiley boy just was not there though and both of us ended up frustrated at the end. Does this mean we will skip 12 month pictures? Probably not, I will just be wiser are take along a helping hand!! Today was just one of those days that I hope I don't have many of!