Raphael's Glamour Shots

I try to get photos taken of my kids taken frequently. At this age they are growing and changing so much they change sometimes from month to month. I was looking at Henry today and he looks older. I am sure nobody else can see it, but spending all my time with him and being his mother I noticed. My Mom got me this amazing photo deal when Cosette was a baby where I could take her to get her photo taken once a month and I could get and 8x10 for free and 50% all the prints, photo CD, etc. It was an amazing deal. I definitely used it and have pictures from almost every month of her life from eight to 18 months. It is incredible how much she changed within that year. I loved having all those photos of her because those photos bring back vivid memories of that time of her life. I loved having the opportunity to get her picture taken often and I have tried with the boys to get their photos taken as well. Hence, getting photos of Raphael at six months. I try and hit birth, three, six, nine months, 1 year, and once a year after that. This awesome young woman in our Ward is taking a photography class and was willing to take some photos of Raphael. They turned out really cute and it was special because I grabbed some "props" for the pictures that had significant meaning for him, like the stuffed animal we bought when we found out we were pregnant, and a blanket a friend gave me for him. Which bring back special memories when I look at the pictures with those props in them.




















Really wishing I had put on make up and worn different clothes. I was not planning on being in these pictures. We had been at Gardens by the Bay that morning and it was hot, hot, hot! I am never dry here. I had forgotten Cosette's school uniform and it was just kind of hectic. Looking through these pictures reminds me of what was going on that day. 


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