The first attempt

I asked Derek to set up a mattress in the studio and deluded myself by thinking it would be easy to get a nice picture of all three kids this way. The girls love to play with Eli when he is awake. I thought they would come right over if I set him down on the bed. I was wrong. They know what the camera means and can be real pills about cooperating with me. Oh well.

Eli is too small to shy away from the camera.



I got this one of Charlotte. I think it shows the big kid she is becoming and a little bit of her new 4 year old attitude. She has become much more confident and sure of herself in jsut the past few months, which I think is a good thing for her. She can be a little mouthy sometimes, which is not always such a great thing for me and Derek. I am sure it will get better by the time she's 16.



Gracie loves to kiss the baby and tickle him and play with him. She puts both her hands flat on his face, one on each cheek, and cradles his face. She did that the other day and then turned and informed me, "her likes that." (She defaults to the feminine pronoun most of the time.)



The big allure of the mattress was jumping, which I anticipated. We took a whole series of jumping pictures. These are just a sample.