When Emma was 5 weeks old, I took her
to Magenta Photo Studio for a newborn photo shoot. Magenta makes beautiful
pictures but is ridiculously expensive. Seriously, you need a second mortgage
on your house to be able to afford their packages. Since I had a gift
certificate from my baby shower I had decided to go ahead and try them. It
ended up costing 5 times the amount of the certificate but it was definitely
worth it. I had 3 of them framed and hung around the house, including my favorite black
and white one of me holding baby Emma. I figured it would be unfair to not have
the same photo shoot for Alex. I could
imagine an older Alex complaining about the lack of pictures of him “Mom, why
is there a bunch of pictures of Emma on the wall and none of me?!?!”. And I
loved that black and white picture so much that I figure it would be so cool to
have the exact same one with Alex. So I took a third mortgage on my house and
headed to Magenta ....
And here are the ones from Emma’s photo
shoot 2 and half years ago:
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When we finally got the pictures back (not
only do they charge you an insane amount of money but they also take over 3
weeks to give you your pictures) I realized that I had 6 good ones of each kid
and 4 of them were similar poses so I made a picture wall!
I could stare at that wall all day long
(which I do, incidentally, since I spend many hours breastfeeding my noob baby
every day). I’m so happy I had those newborn pictures taken. They are that tiny
once in their lives and it lasts only a few weeks. It goes by so quickly, with
the millions of things to do, that sometimes it’s hard to remember how small
they were. This is the best reminder I could get <3
Speaking of having your picture taken
(since I usually take my own pictures), Emma had her yearly “school” picture
taken at daycare a few weeks ago. I like that they have their picture taken
every year like in school. Emma loves to look at the group picture and name all
of her friends. I can see another picture wall in our near future ;)
