Nate is feeling much better from his mysterious virus he had earlier this week, thank God! So, when our plans for today changed, I decided to see if the Picture People had a last minute opening for today since he is due for his 18-month photos and September is almost over already. Luckily, they had one so we decided to give it a try. Surprisingly, Nate did better than expected. He has a lot of stranger anxiety lately, as is not unusual for an 18-month old, so I expected him to scream the whole time. I remember Ben being very cautious and upset from around 9-18 months as well whenever we'd go and take photos. But, we lucked out and got a fantastic photographer who spent about 15 minutes playing with Nate to get him comfortable before the session. These are still not his most smiley since he was a tad standoffish, but I am just grateful that he didn't cry at all!
Nathaniel Joseph at 18-months...
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