Owen's Maternity Photos

We had our maternity pictures done on Saturday. I had to keep up the tradition of getting them done for Owen just as we had them done for the other boys and I've been running short on time lately. Luckily it didn't snow as the forecast said it would, so we had no problems in getting to the studio to have them done. Actually getting them taken is a completely different story, though. The boys are GREAT about taking pictures at home... they love the digital camera and are more than willing to stop what they are doing, look at the camera, and make cheesy faces. In fact sometimes they beg me to take their pictures... but put them in a setting where they have to behave & pose and you come out with a different result. Every professional picture session turns into a nightmare--- sure, we come out with some good pictures in ways that we hadn't previously expected, but getting to the end result leaves us with doubt that we will get good shots.

Both boys were cranky & uncooperative and just wanted to run around in circles and jump all over the backdrops repeatedly even after we told them to behave like something other than apes. Getting Jaxson to hold still was a chore and, of course, the couple moments that he did want to pose, Jayden wanted to run around and not listen, so we didn't really get pictures with both of them together. :( We got some pictures, most of which Jaxson cried through, and while they will make for good stories later I'm still holding out hope that one of these days I can get all my kids to sit down at once and take a picture with all smiles. Ha! Anyway, here are our favorites...

The whole family. Oddly enough, my belly looks really small despite the fact I feel huge for 36 weeks. Anyway, this was the best shot we could get... and you can tell Jaxson was NOT happy about sitting still for even a second.

Now this one is hilarious... The truth behind this picture is that Jayden's upset because Dad yelled at him to stop running around the expensive equipment and Jaxson's mad that he has to pose for a picture. The running joke & story we will tell?? Apparently, they just don't want a little brother. Ha! I can just see the captions for this one... "Can you take him back, Mom? We don't want him to come & play!!" or "But we wanted a little SISTER!!". Classic photo... and I'm just smiling through the chaos. :)

The only kissy picture we got. Jayden is very proud of his big brother status and loves to give Baby Owen kisses. He actually asked me the other day, out of the blue, if he could give me a hug and kiss... then proceeded to ask if it was okay to give Baby Owen a hug and kiss too. Rambunctious and aggressive as this one can be, he's also very much the loving, doting, & caring big brother. :)

Me: "Where's Baby Owen??" Jayden: "Right there, Mom!"

This is the ONLY picture we could get of Jaxson standing remotely close to the belly on his own accord. He wouldn't kiss or touch the belly even though he does it no problem at home. He did proudly stand there with his "cheese!" face and it was too hilarious for us not to get a copy of. How he contorts his mouth like that, I just don't know...

Picture of the hubs and I... it doesn't scream "maternity" as he's not really doing anything with the belly that you can see, but it turned out to be a cute one of the both of us nonetheless.

Posing with the wall letters for his room. I thought this was cool to incorporate his name into one of the pictures... and I think it will be a great addition to put in his nursery. :)

I'd been looking for a reason to wear this dress again (it was my wedding dress) and the red seemed fitting as Owen is due in February and is therefore our (early) Valentine. :) The first picture is my favorite.