the challenge of a 9 month old and taking pictures.

I laugh that I just posted on her nine month post that we never feel tired or exhausted. 
Today.
I was tired.

But it was mommy's fault.
not Quinn's.

I expect our usual photo taking sessions to be the breeze they have been in the past.
not so much.

In the period of an hour and a half, I blew up about 25 balloons, made a decent amount of trips up the stairs quickly to take them to her room, and then proceeded to try to capture a picture of a speedy baby for about an hour of that time (and it's always warmer upstairs in our house).  So, I guess it's no wonder I was sweating like crazy and exhausted by the end of it.

Taking pictures was a constant battle of catching a speedy crawling baby.  Always happy, so that helps.  But constantly catching, trying to put into a decent place (which goes from perfect place to a that will do place).  I try to find small things to give her to stare at with amazement, that usually keeps her in place, but then there is the I really don't want that in the photo though situation.  She loves the camera, so as soon as I pick it up she heads my way fast to attempt some camera theft, and I end up with a lot of pictures like this...

a little blooper preview of her birthday invite photo.

Todd came home at 3:30 today... I took a 45 minute nap. :)