Baby talk

We are officially in countdown mode until Baby Hoemann arrives! Well maybe ‘we’ is a little strong. I don’t know about Bart, but I am in countdown mode. All of my remaining doctor appointments have been scheduled; the nursery is all set and stocked with diapers; and Isabelle has been busy practicing taking care of her baby brother.

In the nursery

It seems like Isabelle understands that she will soon have a sibling. She talks about her baby brother a lot and gives my belly hugs and kisses several times a day. It will be interesting to see what happens when he arrives though. Will she feel sad that she isn’t the center of attention anymore, or will she be as helpful as she is now? I know there will be at least a little of both, but Isabelle is such a sweet, caring little girl. My guess is that she will love helping out. Heck, she already bosses me around. She’ll be a great big sister.

Practicing changing a diaper - thanks to Steph for the great photo!

 

I didn’t have professional photos taken when I was pregnant with Isabelle, which is something I have regretted. This time around I decided to hire the same photographers that shot our wedding to take maternity and newborn baby photos (once the baby is here). As expected, I was more than pleased with the results. Here are just a few of them.

Showing her belly like mommy.

Professional photos taken by Angela Burke: www.onethousandwordsphotography.com

You can see more photos on our photo website at: http://hoemannfamily.shutterfly.com

No pictures, please

I think Isabelle must be at a challenging age when it comes to taking her picture. Though, even when she was a crawling baby, she would see me with the camera and crawl over as fast as she could, then try to stick her finger on the lens or grab the whole thing from me. I can’t tell you how many videos I have of exactly that scenario. At that age I think she was just fascinated with the camera. That’s why I have so many extreme close-ups or photos that look like this:

These days it doesn’t seem so much that she’s fascinated with the camera, but more like scared of it. If I get a good photo of her these days (not to mention her actually smiling in it), I’m lucky! I’m excited for this phase to end (if it ever will) so I can capture my cute little girl the way I see her most of the day. In the mean time I’ll continue to take her photo for documentation purposes just so she can’t ask me later in life, “How come you never took my picture?”

I tried desperately to get her picture in this cute dress...

...and this was the best smile I could get.

Me: "You look so cute. Smile!"
Isabelle: "NO!"

"If I'm really quiet, maybe she won't know I'm here."

"Are you seriously taking my picture, AGAIN??"