10 days old

So I just couldn't get myself to pay 350 dollars to get newborn pictures taken of Cord. I thought hey, I have a nice camera now, I can totally take pictures myself. Holy nightmare!!!! First of all, Cord was on lights for the first 3 days. Then It was so overcast for 2 days after that and I couldn't get good lighting in my house. By the time I finally got a chance to take them Cord wasn't sleeping all of the time anymore so some of the poses I wanted just wouldn't turn out with him wide eyed and awake. I borrowed a bench from my friend that looked like a little bed. I thought it would be so cute but they didn't turn out either. He pooped and peed all over everything. Naked pics are so hard! Then on the pose where Travis is holding him he started freaking out crying which is so not like him. I was like, forget this!!! Then I noticed that his belly button had torn almost all of the way off!!! I felt soooooooo bad!! Then I started to have a break down because I was never going to have another newborn again and I missed the chance to get good newborn pics!!!

I was heartbroken and decided to give up on them. Then yesterday he was really sleepy so I decided to try it again. He got a cold in his eye and started to get the baby acne and I had to put a onesie on him to protect his belly button but I tried it anyways. He was soooooooo good and you can't even see the cold in his eye or the acne. They didn't turn out at all like I imagined they would because I still have no idea how to use my camera, but I'm still happy with them. I just had to get pictures of his awesome curly hair before it falls out!! Hopefully it stays:) It's crazy to think this baby phase is over for us but.......IT SOOOOOO IS!!! I'm so glad I got newborn pics of one of my kids! They just don't look newborn for very long and I love that I have these and they look just like him. Sometimes your kids don't even look like themselves in pictures but I feel like I got to capture this moment and freeze him in time! What a sweet baby! I love him so much!