Disaster of a Photo Shoot

I wanted to have Katelyn's 1 year photos taken by the photographer who took her newborn photos.  We used Livia Marie Photography out of Sun Prairie, WI.  Apparently I was too exhausted from having a baby and feeding her every hour to post her newborn photos...I'm such a slacker.  Here are two of my favorites.

How cute was she???  That photo shoot wasn't easy either.  6 day olds are supposed to fall asleep easily, and you can put them in funny positions, and take photos of them (and laugh a little)...sort of like your drunk friends in college.  Katelyn was having none of that.  We were able to trick her into closing her eyes for just long enough for Livia to snap the photo.

Anyway, back to the most recent disaster.  K cried the whole way to Sun Prairie, and there was traffic on the Beltline, so it took an additional 10 minutes (our past selves would laugh at that compared to DC...but with a crying baby, 10 minutes extra is like an hour extra).  She was cranky the whole time we were there only wanting to be held by me, we were getting near her bed time...oh, and she smacked her head on a bridge.  Mother of the year right here folks.

Livia had this cute bench that K was sitting on.  K decided she wanted off, and instead of catching herself with her hands, she caught herself with her face!  Here is a photo of the damage.  It ended up looking worse after it scabbed over.

She also cried the whole way home.  I thought it was a complete waste of time and money.  But I remembered how K was difficult even at 6 days old, and Livia did an amazing job then.  I just needed to have faith.  The following day Livia posted this picture to her Facebook page.

"Hey, I'll bet it would be lots of fun to fall off of this
thing...it's ok, I'm pretty sure my face will catch me"

She did it!!!  Al and I gazed at our computer screen.  Somehow Livia was able to capture the 1/2 second of happiness from that evening.  Here are a few more...

We are very pleased with our "disaster" photos.  I imagine some day Katelyn will be good for a photo shoot...maybe when she is 35.