I don't really do too many "Mommy Things". It's not that I'm against them, or think they are silly, most of the time they just don't occur to me. I grew up in a house with two older brothers and a single dad, so I'm pretty clueless when it comes to the whole mom bit. I know I had a phenomenal mom, but she passed away when I was 7 years old, and well, I just don't know that I paid a whole lot of attention up to that point on how to be a mom. And, my wonderful stepmother came into my life later, so that just leaves me, well...clueless. I spent the majority of my pregnancy praying for a resilient child. In my mind, this thought was so that I could take my little one on all kinds of adventures. Maybe, though, God put it in my heart to pray this for my child because He, in His sovereignty, knew she would need to be resilient in order to survive! This definitely isn't a pity party, so please don't take it as such...it's just life as I know it. I've spent my whole entire life trying to pretend it hasn't affected me, and the one thing I will say about motherhood, is that it has proven more than anything, that I need my mommy. Perhaps she would've at least put a bug in my ear that it's the "Mommy thing to do" to get professional pictures taken of your child. Hmm...hadn't thought of that. We didn't even get the professional shots from the hospital. We take plenty of pictures of our little bugaboo, as can be seen on our Smugmug site (and trust me, this isn't NEAR all of them).
Last week, though, as we were in line at Babies 'R' Us, a saleslady approached us as we were in the Exchanges line to get Laurel's picture made. I couldn't really get away, because I was trapped in this line with a whole stack of things to return, so we listened to her little promo and walked away with a ton of coupons. Later in the week, the idea returned like a light bulb flashing over my head. Perhaps this would be a good thing to do with a baby. Get pictures made. What a novel idea. No sitting fee, so what do I have to lose...30 minutes of my life? As my day off approached on Friday, I began to plan it out. On Thursday, however, Laurel woke up with this bright red spot on her lower eyelid. The perfectionist in me reared it's ugly head. On Friday, the spot remained, so I decided I'd give it one more day. I was bummed. I was really looking forward to this mommy moment. By Saturday, her eye was looking better, and I had to get a grip on reality and realize if it wasn't a spot on her eye, it would be a scratch, or a booger, or something. So, we called and made our appointment, and off we went to Babies 'R' Us.
The photographer was amazing! She won Laurel over in a heartbeat, and got these shots. Laurel was so excited during the whole thing her little legs and arms just kicked and waved during the entire sitting!
Ahh...a successful mommy moment. Perhaps we will try more of these as I figure them out.
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