{"id":335,"date":"2009-02-16T17:47:04","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T00:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/?p=335"},"modified":"2009-02-16T17:47:04","modified_gmt":"2009-02-17T00:47:04","slug":"blessing-portraits-and-2-month-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"Blessing Portraits (and 2 month update)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02.15_blessing02.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I finally got Spencer&#8217;s blessing portraits finished, and thought I&#8217;d share. He was very cooperative (unlike his sister was 3 years ago). He even flashed a smile for one of them. I still haven&#8217;t gotten my studio back together yet, so I just used a bean bag chair as a backdrop\/baby poser&#8230; it worked well enough.<\/p>\n<p>Bridget was pretty interested in helping me, so I let her hold his feet for a couple of shots. Never mind that she was freshly washed and all ready for bed.<\/p>\n<p>He doesn&#8217;t smile much yet, so this was pretty exciting.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02.15_blessing03.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is more consistent with the look he usually has. Still adorable, if you ask me.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02.15_blessing07.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And this is a compare\/contrast with Bridget&#8217;s blessing picture. What do you think? Pretty similar?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02.15_blessing01.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The helpful big sister&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02.15_blessing04.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02.15_blessing05.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02.15_blessing06.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, Spencer had his 2-month appointment with the doctor on Friday. He&#8217;s growing well&#8230; already 11 lbs. 5 oz. (41%) and 23.5&#8243; (73%). We figure he&#8217;ll be a pretty big boy. He does need to work on his babbling\/cooing, smiles, and head control &#8211; he&#8217;s a little slow in all of those areas. Being three weeks early though, apparently he&#8217;s granted a bit of a buffer. So we&#8217;ll kick his butt in gear and get him working on it! &#8230;then we&#8217;ll start on the ABC&#8217;s.. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally got Spencer&#8217;s blessing portraits finished, and thought I&#8217;d share. He was very cooperative (unlike his sister was 3 years ago). He even flashed a smile for one of them. I still haven&#8217;t gotten my studio back together yet, so I just used a bean bag chair as a backdrop\/baby poser&#8230; it worked well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bridget","category-spencer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}