Pride & Joy

I took Colin to have his 2 year portrait made last week. Needless to say I left in tears and was so stressed. He was not interested to participate at all. After 15 minutes of wrestling and fighting with him I told the photographer, WE ARE DONE! My mom could tell how embarrassed and upset I was with his behavior but we continued on. One of my biggest regrets is that our family; Sean, Colin, and myself, never had a family portrait together . . . it really causes me a great deal of heartache. I hardly ever take photos with Colin so I decided to jump into the pictures this year. Here is a picture of the portrait that I picked up today . . . can you tell I have a death squeeze on him? Do I look stressed or what . . .

So when I look at my little stinker, I realize how much I just love him and how thankful I am to have him in my life. I also forget about the stress of the photo session because the end results were so beautiful. Again, a picture of the portrait . . . I just love black backgrounds!

I know his daddy is looking down on us with a huge smile on his face, a tear in his eye (I too have them as I write this), and a great deal of pride for his little boy . . . oh how I wish he was here with us.