Follow-Up Picture Session

I took Tristan to the photographer this afternoon to have a few more pictures taken. Since it is extremely hard to control your mobile child while trying to make him smile at the same time, I decided I should bring reinforcements, namely Victor. We got some great shots of him smiling this time! I posted a few below.

Tons of Pics!

Get some popcorn, kick your feet up and get comfy, because you're going to be here awhile. I finally finished going through all of Tristan's 9 month picture proofs and have posted them below, but beware, there are a ton of them and some are the same with different coloring! I know, I know, but I am trying to learn how to use my Adobe Photoshop to edit pictures and have realized I have a lot of learning to do!

Our photographer is going to take a few more pictures of Tristan tomorrow, but I probably won't get those posted until next week since Tristan and I are leaving for Tennessee on Thursday morning and won't be back until Sunday.

You can use the arrows and plus/minus signs on the bottom left of the slideshow to make the pictures appear faster or slower so you can skip over ones you've seen...there are some that she took of me and him in the beginning so if you just skip over those you will go to the ones of just him. If anyone would like a picture, let me know which one and I can send you the jpeg.

Hello Darlin!

Tristan had his nine month picture session today and I couldn't help but post a few of the pics. Instead of ordering pictures from the photographer, I bought a CD with all the unedited digital images from the session, so I can edit and print them myself. Hopefully, this will prove to be less expensive and I get more pictures.

I haven't finished editing all the pictures yet, but they look pretty cute so far. I don't think we were able to really capture a 9 month "signature pose", one with him standing holding onto something...so, I am going to see if she can take a few more pics of him. Tristan was not very cooperative during this session...I don't know what it is with "professional" pictures, he just doesn't want to smile! And, he is at that age that he can't sit still. Everytime I sat him upright, within seconds he was on his stomach crawling off!

All in all, the pics are cute and I will post the rest when I am finished editing. For now, enjoy these ya'll!

I Guess Children Do Things When They Want!

As a new parent you tend to do a lot of research looking for that all important timeline of events when your child should complete milestones to be considered "normal". I know that I have done my fair share of reading new parent books, searching the Internet, and talking to friends with children of similar age (and comparing). So, when your child doesn't reach a so-called milestone at the exact right time, you begin to wonder, "is he normal?", "does he have delayed development?", and so on.

Of course, your family and friends always tell you "children do things when they want to, not when you want them to" and not to worry, which is comforting to hear, but those other thoughts still linger in the back of your mind. Ultimately, you still tend to refer to that timeline, which drives you insane!

Today I think I have finally started to believe that kids don't follow a timeline and really do things when they want to. So, you may be wondering what brought about this revelation, huh?

Well, you see, Tristan had never rolled over from his back to his stomach, something that most kids do first, before they do anything else. He rolled from his stomach to his back for the first time at 10 weeks old, and I immediately thought I had an early developer. He started sitting up on his own and held his bottle a little after 5 months, began crawling around 7 months, and pulled up to a standing position at 8 months...all either early or on time (according to the timeline), but he never could roll over from his back to his stomach.

We had many sleepless nights when he would roll over from his tummy, get stuck on his back and I would have to go flip him over in order for him to go back to sleep. He was like a turtle who got stuck on his shell and just kicked his little arms and feet, waiting for someone to come rescue him.

Well, after much waiting, Tristan decided he was going to start rolling over from his back this morning, and now he won't stop! My son completed this 3 or 4 month old milestone at 9 months, and he is definitely not delayed by any means, he simply just didn't want to do it! So, I guess children really do have a mind of their own...kind of scary, considering what two minds he genetically inherited!!!!!

Our vacation pics!

Sorry for not really writing anything here about our vacation, but putting the pictures together wore me out. Check them out below...there are tons and they pretty much show what we did while in Puerto Rico!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

This was an extra special birthday year for Victor since he got to celebrate it with Tristan. We took him out to eat with my parents and Victor's Mom at Outback, of course. Tristan bought him a golf shirt and I got him a new driver, which Victor picked out...so, we knew he'd like it! Since his birthday was the day after we got back from Puerto Rico we had a pretty low-key, but wonderful day.

Victor and Tristan having fun on his b-day