Mommy and Daddy Loves

Brothers

I'm getting behind with posting. There has been so much going on! Right after I got my softboxes I took LOTS of practice shots that I don't have time to edit, but I still want in our family photo book. That is why you will be seeing oodles of pictures with wrinkled backdrops. Hopefully you will also notice that the pictures get a little bit better as I went along. Not super yet, but better :)

Also, Alexander had his 6 month checkup today. I have been concerned about his head ever since he was about a month old. He has a VERY flat head on the back. I know that is common, but it still bothers me because none of my other children had this problem at all. I always mention that I am concerned about it at our Dr. appointments. Today our Doctor said she was concerned that the sutures on the sides of his skull might have prematurely fuzed together. She said the back of his head being flat combined with the forehead being much more prominant than any of our other children concerns her. She asked that we get a head CT scan to check on the sutures. I really didn't want to, but she assured me that is will only take two or three minutes and that he doesn't have to be sedated. I finally agreed. That scan will happen on Monday. If the sutures are fused he will need a surgery that will break open the sutures and attatch wire mesh that will allow room for his brain to grow. Uugh! We will be giving Alexander a blessing on Sunday and praying that he won't need to do this. I will let you know how the scan goes.

Mommy and Baby

Daddy and Baby

Drawing King

I am still trying to figure out how to properly use my softboxes. So...you will be seeing a lots of pictures of "posing" children in the next little while. It is too much for me to get the lights all set up AND the kids looking presentable, so you will probably notice dirty faces, messy hair, and mismatched clothing. That's life at our house :) Here is sweet Nicholas doing one of his very favorite things to do...drawing!

I'm still trying to figure out how to make the white sheet look white. I have a light pointed solely at the background, trying to get it brighter. When I am close up, it is fine because the depth of field blurs out the shadows and wrinkles in the backdrop, but when I move back and get more in the picture, things start looking ugly. Hmmm...

I kept asking him to look at me, so I could see how the light was reflecting in the eyes, but he didn't want to take the time to look up from his artwork, so we got a lot of silly faces like these...