Last Saturday (February 16) at eight days old, Lydia had her newborn photo shoot with Kristeen from Kristeen Marie Photography.
We turned Randy's home theater room, which is Chicago Bears and Purdue themed, into a temporary photo studio filled with countless girlie headbands and props. This is pretty funny when you consider Randy said there was no way his back room was going to turn into a kid zone. Wrong! In fact, looking at his room today, we've got diapers, wipes, a Nap Nanny, a play mat, a car seat and a sway machine (a modern take on a swing) taking up space. But like I said in my last blog post, Randy is putty in Lydia's hands.
Any way back to the photo shoot, Kristeen was amazing and has a knack for working with babies. Given she doesn't have any kids of her own yet, she is a true natural. Lydia doesn't like getting her diaper changed or being naked (let's just hope she still likes keeping her clothes on when she is a teenager) so I was concerned how the shoot was going to go. We cranked up the heat and with Kristeen's patience and soothing tactics, we got some great shots.
The shoot took about three and a half hours and Kristeen took over 900 shots. During that time, Lydia only peed and pooped once. And thank goodness it was on the photographer's stuff. After all, I don't know how we would have washed the Chicago Bears tutu Auntie Amy bought Lydia. (We had some Chicago Bears-themed photos taken for Randy's room.)
Below are some shots from the shoot. You can view more on Kristeen's blog. We should have a complete photo disc within a week or so.
