The Loves of My Life

There are a few things that come close to the love of my son.

For one there's my fiance, Jesse. I'd have to say that he's the greatest dad ever. (Though I'm pretty sure every woman says that) But to me, he's truly just amazing.

As I mentioned in my first blog, we started dating nearly five years ago. We met when we were in eighth grade and to me? It was sort of love at first sight. When I was younger, my mother and stepdad moved clear to Burg so my stepdad could be closer to the band he was in. We now lived so close in fact, that we were living with one of the band mates in a church he had just bought and re-renovated. My stepdad was having band practice and I guess one of his band mates' friends came over and brought their son. Even at like fourteen, Jesse was a guitar GOD. My sisters and I cowered behind one of the church pews upstairs and watched. From that distance, I couldn't really even see his face, but boy did he make my heart pound.

I actually met him (Not just spied) a few weeks later when Amy, his mother, came over to visit Dan, our church mate, and she brought the kids. Jesse was in a suit for church, and Crystal, his little sister, was in a frilly dress. I was being my misunderstood teenage self sitting on one of the beds in the corner of the room drawing morbid pictures of dead birds or something.

Going with the code, I ignored him the best I could. That was EXTREMELY difficult.

We hung out all the time shortly after that, and even went to our first concert together. That was the night that he asked to hold my hand. (Such a gentleman) and I've been in love with him ever since.

James loves his daddy too. He loves his daddy's cuddles, and tickles, and how his daddy helps me take pictures!

 This picture consists of just daddy and baby! However, his shirt is REALLY cool. We got that shirt from VF, and it has a little terrier of some sort on it with shades and a tie.

 And these are the Christmas pictures! The bear on the left was mine from when I was first born, and now it's been passed down to James. For a photo like this, try to find something important to you and incorporate it into the shoot. The hat, sweater, and boots, were all from Carter's. Carter's can be expensive, but if you find outlet centers and try to spot good deals, you can save a ton of money. Another good tip is to wait until the clothes you are wanting are out of season and buy them in the size that your child will be in next year around that size. (These are JUST predictions however, seeing as every child is different and may grow faster or slower)

 The picture above and below this sentence are absolutely hilarious to me. James decided that he didn't want to wear the hat, and would much rather the bear wear it. I forgot to mention above that this picture was taken on an old chair that we had. Vintage furniture can work really well in photographs! Within the next week or so Im wanting to take this same chair outside and take pictures in the corn field right next to our apartment.

And as for the faces he's making? It really is all about timing and taking a lot of pictures to find the ones that you want. At only five months old, we can't really just tell James to stick his tongue out for the photo.

On another note, when you see that your child is getting upset while your taking photos, have daddy stand by for cuddles and love before frames, so you're able to get more photos before your baby is really just too crabby to go on.

That's all for this blog! James and I are watching Doc McStuffins and are waiting for Henry Hugglemonster to come on, so we're going to get back to that.

If there are any other wanna be photographers out there, let me know about any tips or suggestions you might have, or even questions for me!

Lots of love from Baby James and Myself to anyone that actually takes time out of their day to read my blog. 

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Thanks!