the camera compromise

after baby was born, i told honey i wanted to take her to get newborn pictures.  i love newborn pictures.  y'know, the really bizarre pictures where it's all black and then a baby is sleeping horizontally on a muscle man's shiny white arm. 

don't know what i'm talking about?  here's an example.

weird huh?  this one is way more bizarre.  where is that floating arm coming from?

told you

see that kid's expression?  i read on the blog i stole this from that the reason the kid is making that face is because she's in the process of relieving herself.  newborns are precious.

there are also the ones where the kid is dressed in some over the top weird hat.  like this.

check it out.  there are tons.

but i also love the ones where the newborn is in some strange crochet contraption...

but i really love the ones where they're photographed in some really unlikely situation.

sleeping?  yes.  sleeping in a basket placed as the centerpiece on a nicely set table?  questionable.  newborn, how did you get there?

okay, so i admit, i picked some of the more exaggerated pictures, but still.  newborn photography is pretty strange and i still love it.  so i wanted my kid photographed naked in a hat, basket, etc.  they just look cute.

unfortunately, honey was opposed.  my blogging sister's friend even had a photographer in the area she recommended so i thought it would be a breeze.  well, honey didn't want to pay $200 for a session and then even more to get prints.  especially since i would be wanting it every six months i'm sure and it would probably just feed a bad, addicting habit.  so he said, "i'd rather just spend the money on a really nice camera and take our own."  i told him it really couldn't be replicated.  i mean, where am i going to find weird hats and a safe way to hang my crocheted kid from a tree in a field?  and how do i get my baby daddy's arms so finely chiseled?  but joking aside, i considered it.  maybe a week later i came to him and told him i'd like to spend lots of bucks on a nice camera and he said "hmm, i like that idea!"

boring story short, we researched cameras and bought one.  while we were waiting for it to be delivered, he complimented me on my great idea.  i should have played along.  but i didn't.  i had to know.  have you really thought this whole time that i came up with the idea to buy a camera instead of periodically taking our kid to a pro?  well, turns out he had.  he'd totally been congratulating me on my brilliant idea.  my genius stanford husband.  he sure cracks me up sometimes.

that week, we tried out a few practice poses with baby and it was a major fail.  she's very wiggly.  honey was sad she was too big for newborn poses.  i told him that's what you get for not jumping on my wagon for a few weeks.  your kid doubles in age and then she's too big.  especially since our kid lost her newborn face when she was only 9 or 10 days old.  she's very mature looking now.

monday afternoon our camera came!  here is a picture of honey opening everything up!  he looked so cute.

so monday night while i was holding our child, chris got antsy and started snapping away with our new camera.  i held up the blanket with my chin and extra hand.  it was very official looking.  don't you think?

but we got some pretty good shots...

and then we put her on the bed.  like so.

i love this picture.  pretty funny looking huh?

and we got some pretty pictures like this

i love love love this one

so, needless to say, it was very unofficial but to have a few prints to frame around the house and whatever, i think it's pretty alright.

ps- i think this one might be my favorite...

isn't my kid pretty?