Mattias was one tough customer!
I’ve known his Mom, Ellen, since 6th grade. We’d lost touch in high school when I went into my rebellious stage and she was still a scholarly student… in hindsight we never really realized how and why we drifted apart except probably none of the same classes (I was the artsy fartsy photo girl, she was in all the AP courses) Thanks to my darling bride Samantha who works with her husband we were reunited. Sam described her wedding photographer and it instantly struck a chord to her! So now here we are 20+ years later right where we left off. Only now she has a husband and son, we both have mortgages, taxes, careers… but never lost our zest for giggling, planning our next outing, even the simple things like swapping recipes!
So one day out of the blue Ellen says “I think Mattias has reached the terrible two’s stage” I didn’t really believe her until she started sharing stories of his defiance, then our photoshoot the other day where his favorite two words were “no way!” Although we bribed, we begged, we tried to make it into a game, sang songs, even my finger puppets didn’t magically give me a few winning smiles. He didn’t really even want to sit down anywhere! Ellen’s candy bag was the savior to what you see below!! We have a lot of ‘Abercrombie’ looking faces, very fashionable this kid. His piercing eyes would steal my breath in the few moments that he would look at the black box covering my face. Gotta be fast on the trigger with this age! I consoled his Mommy that by the next shoot it’ll be a totally different experience. This age is truly the most difficult for capturing kiddos.
I had to blog this because I am extra proud of what we got considering just how much he was on the go. The best part about children is although it seemed we were torturing him to change into his outfit, or try to sit him down, or make him go from spot to spot, when all was said and done we went to Ruby’s after… he didn’t hold an ounce of a grudge to the camera lady who tried to be so controlling of him! Children remind me of dogs, their unconditional loving ways no matter what just happened! I got a big hug and a “goodbye Auntie Jen Jen” as we parted. Awe!!!
