So we had a very busy but very productive couple of days. Wednesday we had doctor appointments. Emi is now 8 lbs 3 oz. and doing very well! She is even sleeping long stretches at night (7 HOURS one night!!!!) and overall is an amazing baby, at least during the day. ;)
Thursday (which is technically today but this may not be published until tomorrow), we had pictures made, which entailed driving an hour away. I honestly was not sure how this was going to go. It was our first "family road trip" since Emi came along.
Getting out the door was nothing less than a major production. Diapers, wipes, extra clothes, toys, a whole bagful of clothes for the pictures, food for snacks and lunch, juice, comb and bows to fix her hair, drinks and trail mix for the adults, making sure OUR purses had everything we needed...and last but not least, making sure we had both babies.
Finally, we were all in the car...except for their dad. He was on the phone. Five minutes later HE joined us and we were off. It was actually a pretty nice car trip. It went through some very country areas with cows and horses, so Camila had a lot to look at. Emi did very well, screaming only when we were two houses down from our destination.
When we got there, the photographer was very nice and ushered us all inside. Her studio is at her house, so I think it was a little more comfortable for Camila. She clung and whined just a little at first, but I asked her to stop fussing and just listen a minute. To everyone's surprise, she said "Okay" and listened. I explained we were just going to play and take some pictures for a little while, and that everyone was going to stay there and she would be okay. After that, she was much more agreeable.
To make things better, the photographer asked if she could reward her with candy. Her parents said anything to get good pictures. Since she very rarely gets candy, and has never had M&Ms at all, it worked like a charm. Every few pictures she got an M&M if she listened and smiled, and I think they're going to come out SUPER cute. They took family pictures, some pictures of her and her daddy, some pictures of her and Emi, and some pictures of Emi alone.
The pictures with Emi were slightly hazardous. When Camila was asked to kiss her, she nearly laid on top of the baby, which Emi did not appreciate at all. At one point the photographer was determined to get a picture of Camila holding Emi. We ALL warned her that Camila doesn't really hold her and we haven't pushed it. Holding babies scares some adults, and at 18 months, she's hardly more than a baby herself. But she insisted we at least try, so Camila was positioned on the floor, Emi laid in her lap, and everyone ran. Emi stirred and let out a cry, and was nearly airborne as Camila jumped and tried to fling her off. Thankfully no one had run very far and their mother caught Emi quickly. That was the end of that.
Other than that, though, everything went incredibly smoothly. At the end, their mother offered to let me take a picture with the girls. I admit I had JUST been thinking that I definitely wanted a picture made with them at some point, but had thought there would be too much going on that day and hadn't wanted to ask. I wasn't dressed exactly right, but I had dressed nicely since they would all be dressed cute, and I didn't want to walk into a restuarant as the slob tagging along with all the cute people. I had a pink tank top under a black cardigan and Camila had on a little pink dress, so we matched well enough. They took some of just me and Camila and some of me, Camila, and Emi.
I can not WAIT to see how they turned out. The photographer said it could be up to a week before they were edited and ready for selection.
So anyway, that was the first two days. It is now actually Saturday and yesterday was a bit of a different story, but I will try to tend to that tonight while I am babysitting. :)
When we got there, the photographer was very nice and ushered us all inside. Her studio is at her house, so I think it was a little more comfortable for Camila. She clung and whined just a little at first, but I asked her to stop fussing and just listen a minute. To everyone's surprise, she said "Okay" and listened. I explained we were just going to play and take some pictures for a little while, and that everyone was going to stay there and she would be okay. After that, she was much more agreeable.
To make things better, the photographer asked if she could reward her with candy. Her parents said anything to get good pictures. Since she very rarely gets candy, and has never had M&Ms at all, it worked like a charm. Every few pictures she got an M&M if she listened and smiled, and I think they're going to come out SUPER cute. They took family pictures, some pictures of her and her daddy, some pictures of her and Emi, and some pictures of Emi alone.
The pictures with Emi were slightly hazardous. When Camila was asked to kiss her, she nearly laid on top of the baby, which Emi did not appreciate at all. At one point the photographer was determined to get a picture of Camila holding Emi. We ALL warned her that Camila doesn't really hold her and we haven't pushed it. Holding babies scares some adults, and at 18 months, she's hardly more than a baby herself. But she insisted we at least try, so Camila was positioned on the floor, Emi laid in her lap, and everyone ran. Emi stirred and let out a cry, and was nearly airborne as Camila jumped and tried to fling her off. Thankfully no one had run very far and their mother caught Emi quickly. That was the end of that.
Other than that, though, everything went incredibly smoothly. At the end, their mother offered to let me take a picture with the girls. I admit I had JUST been thinking that I definitely wanted a picture made with them at some point, but had thought there would be too much going on that day and hadn't wanted to ask. I wasn't dressed exactly right, but I had dressed nicely since they would all be dressed cute, and I didn't want to walk into a restuarant as the slob tagging along with all the cute people. I had a pink tank top under a black cardigan and Camila had on a little pink dress, so we matched well enough. They took some of just me and Camila and some of me, Camila, and Emi.
I can not WAIT to see how they turned out. The photographer said it could be up to a week before they were edited and ready for selection.
So anyway, that was the first two days. It is now actually Saturday and yesterday was a bit of a different story, but I will try to tend to that tonight while I am babysitting. :)
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