Crocodile Tears

Grayer + Photos = …well, you’ll just have a see below…

In the last seven days there have been some pretty important photos that we have tried to take either as a family or of Grayer solo that he has all but dug his feet into the sand and refused.

It all started several weeks ago when I booked a photography session with Dallas photographer, Jenny Leigh. I just couldn’t wait to finally get some family pictures taken with the three of us, since we haven’t had any professional pictures taken since Grayer’s newborn shoot when he was a wee 10 days old. I was giddy with excitement (well except for the “WHAT ON EARTH ARE WE ALL GOING TO WEAR!?!” drama) and knew exactly where I was going to put up the photos in our home. Well… Grayer had other ideas. On Sunday at dusk we loaded up in the car and drove to the a nature reserve in west Plano and began taking pictures…for about 3 minutes… and then came the water works. Grayer wanted absolutely nothing to do with getting his picture taken, and couldn’t be consoled by anyone other than his momma... literally… he wouldn’t let go of my neck. After a grueling (yes, I was sweating!!) 40 minutes of this, we finally called it a night and headed home. I am PRAYING that she got even one good family picture of us, but we haven’t gotten any proofs back yet…so we will see… I’m hoping that it’s a good sign that she hasn’t called us to reschedule another outing yet!

So it continues…

On Friday afternoon, we met up with our playgroup at the Arboretum for a picnic on the lawn and some pictures of our little ones in the pumpkin patch. Grayer had a great time playing with his friends and running around in the grass, and looking at the pretty flowers and pumpkins…but as soon as the cameras came out, he was a goner! To his credit, I think some of the frustration here could have been from the two on either side of him pulling at his shoes, but who’s to say? :)

Aren’t they all so cute though? He really loves his playgroup friends!

On Saturday, we attended a friend’s Halloween party and had a great time as well. Grayer was the *CUTEST* little frog that I’ve ever seen, and even left the head piece of this outfit on the whole time! He trotted around their house playing with all the new toys and ate goldfish and rice crispy treats for snacks, which of course he loved! All was well except for the 5 minutes of group picture taking that obviously was needed to record all of the adorable outfits, but my little guy, not so thrilled!

See: precious little froggy below :)

This week reminded me of our first Bluebonnet experience, ha! (April 2011- 6 ½ months)

Gray baby, even with all the whaling, I still think you’re the best toddler (tear!) in the whole wide world. Love you sweet boy!