Playground Photo Shoot

We're fortunate enough to have a very talented photographer friend who randomly ran into Dave & Sophia at the Library Park in Cambridge. Thanks Sheraz!!

Here are some of the great shots he took:

The Dismount...

I'm kind of a big kid now...

Who took my swing?

I'm walking, yes indeed!

Look at all the colors...

Sophia's Portraits - 9 months

We finally got around to getting professional shots of Sophia done. I so wish I had done it earlier, as the "Mamas" from Two Mamas Photography were amazing. The best part - they are very affordable and give you the CD of photos when you're done. They'll clean up 10 shots they like best, but you get all of them.



The 20-minute session was done on Cambridge Common (my choice); Mandy and Renee jumped right in with Sophia. It was fun,

entertaining and we got some great shots. I've posted a few; you can check the rest out on my facebook page.




We did most of the shots in a beautiful dress given to us by my high school basketball coaches (thanks Web & Mary!)












We also did some fun diaper shots - gotta love the gDiapers with ruffles - an outfit in a diaper:








And finally - my personal favorite:

Father's Day

Sunday was Dave's first Father's Day. In general, he is not a big holiday celebrator, but we thought it would be fun to mark the day with some treats.

I had posed the question to some friends on Facebook earlier in the month about their favorite Father's Day gifts to give or receive. I got a ton of wonderful ideas (homemade and otherwise).
The one I settled on was a photo set of Sophia holding up the letters DAD.
I enlisted the help of my neighbors Brendon & Katina (who are far more creative than I will ever be!) to help set the scene and manage Sophia.

Now that she is sitting up on her own, it is fun and easy to engage her. These were two of the great test shots:

and


Then it was game time. At first, I thought just handing her the paper would work. Silly me - she has a penchant for the crinkly sound of the paper. Sophia quickly decided it would be more fun to eat and crunch than hold:


But we were able to get a bunch of great shots once we mounted the letters on cardboard. Here are the final ones we landed on:






Dave was thrilled- I framed the three shots in a nice wooden frame.
Sophia also gave us both a lovely gift - 2 long naps, which enabled both Dave & I to get long runs in and then subsequent veg/nap sessions on the couch. A perfect day all around.