Pictures and our grand adventure

So after hemming and hawing over if I could afford it or not I finally broke down and made an apt to get newborn pics of Christian done (yes, he was a month and a half already but thats close enough). I also decided that I wanted my other "son" in them with him. My border collie/heeler mix, Wyatt, has been my son for the last 9 years and I didnt have any neat pics of him, and since C shares a middle name with him it had to be done.

So tuesday morning at 7am we wake up and get dressed. I pack a bag for C and a bottle with only about 2oz in it to force myself to breastfeed should he get hungry. I need to get comfortable doing this in public.

So at about 8 I get wyatt, Christian, my purse, a diaper bag and the stroller into the car. Quick pit stop at a friends to pick up some plain onsies (how could i lack these?) and we are on our way.

By the time I get into reno I realize I hadnt eaten anything and neither had wyatt. So I stopped at mcdonalds and grabbed some breakfast then back on the road we went. About half way there C started crying inconsolably so I had to do the binky plug and drive trick (which is only possible with long legs and arms!).

Finally we made it to their street and I ended up having to double back 2-3 times...neighbors ere looking at me weird)..but i couldnt find the address they had given me! I finally broke down and called my friend Steph who had had her pics done there before and she described what the house looked like. I saw it up the road and finally parked (they had given me 343 instead of 434).

I let wyatt out and he trotted up to the front door as i unpacked c. Besides being swelteringly hot in there (because C was in a diaper for most the shoots)..it went smashingly well. Wyatt cooperated like a champ...C cried a lot...and I ended up using my coveted 2oz to calm him down.  I took pics of Danny, the photog, taking pics of C.

Wyatt did great, he was a bit nervous but he laid there like a good boy. Christian started flipping out near the end so we wrapped it up. Because Wyatt was such a good boy I took him to the dog park nearbye.

By the end of the day we were exhausted but it was totally worth it. I will get my pics in a couple weeks but they gave me these sneak peeks:

Pictures taken by Lemaire Photography
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