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:

Outdoors in Newport

With temps skyrocketing in Boston, we escaped to Newport as quickly as possible Friday morning for the long weekend. We weren't sure how long we'd be able to stay down at the beach, given last week's shenanigans with Sophia being sick and becoming much more aware that she was sharing a room with mom and dad. After some creative curtain hanging, it all worked out.
In the meantime, we tried to be outdoors as much as possible.
Here's a video of Sophia playing on the grass at our favorite park overlooking the Newport Bridge:






It was also our first adventure in the "new" (to us) backpack. We took Sophia for a little hike out at the Norman Bird Sanctuary. It heads out to the place we call "Pride Rock" overlooking 2nd beach.

Ready to Hike:


Snuggle time with Mom on top of the rock:


Loaded back up and ready to roll:


And we also learned that Sophia really CAN sleep anywhere: