3 months old

September 12th marked the 3 month anniversary of Elijah's arrrival. To celebrate, we spent several hours waiting to get his pictures taken. We had scheduled an appointment at Target and had timed things perfectly...he was fed, napped, changed and totally happy and smiling. Then we waited...and waited...and waited. They were running behind and an hour and a half later (with a seemingly content baby) we began our photo session. All it took was one pose to send him into a mini-meltdown. He was in desperate need for a nap, he had just fooled us into thinking he would stay in a good mood. We should have known, and we should have left after 30 minutes. I mean seriously, a 3 month old's window of happiness is so short before they need to eat or sleep (or at least our 3 month old's window is short). So we went home and relaxed for awhile and scheduled an appointment for later that day at JC Penney. Attempt #2 was slightly more successful. They, too, were running over an hour behind, but we managed to get some decent shots despite an unimpressive photographer. After getting home and looking at the photos again (I was in a very bad mood at that point), I decided I wanted to try one more time. I just didn't love any of the photos. So I scheduled another appointment at Target (a different one) for another day (Thank you for no sitting fees!). We had to take a break because he skipped his nap that morning, but we finally ended up getting some really cute pictures. Moral of the story...don't try to get a 3 month old's photos taken professionally? Leave immediately if they tell you they are running behind? If at first you don't succeed, try again? I don't know, but look at this cute baby!