Point and shoot!

I take a lot of pictures of Jo. Partly because she's my first (and only) child. Partly because she's the best model in the world. Partly because she's so darn cute. But I've had a hard time capturing her vibrant personality in the images that I take. I mean, the pictures I take are cute, but I have to think that because I'm Jo's mother, right? 

Then we met Melissa from A Little Photo Studio at Dose last month. Our Lilla Barn table was lucky enough to be right next to her pop-up photo shoot. Not only did we get to see all of the cute kiddos getting their pics taken (and see Melissa in action), we got to take part as well. 

These are just a few of my faves from our mini-shoot with Melissa.

Seriously, I've never seen Jo's personality come out this much in pictures. This is the Jo that I see on a daily basis. And I can't stop smiling every time I look at these shots.

Then we all got in on the action. 

And here's a peek at us during the mini-shoot (taken by Dose staff).

You can see Jo's smile even from behind. I just love it!

Side note: Melissa Salvatore is also an owner of Heritage Littles. Do check them out. They have a balance bike that you can bet I have my eye on for Jo when she gets a bit older. 

Lilla Barn Photo Shoot

Jo and I did a photo shoot today with some new pieces for our Lilla Barn shop on Etsy. She did really great and didn't puke on anything, although I make two outfits just in case (one for Jo and one for the shop). She actually preferred to nibble on her kimono top. Yummy. She was probably jealous since we made delicious cinnamon muffins earlier that she couldn't have.

Did I mention that she weighed in at 18lbs, 8oz yesterday at the doctor's office? Yeah, that's the size of a ninth month old. Maybe she's sneaking muffins behind my back?

Way back when I was pregnant...

Back in August I did a test photo shoot with Callie Lipkin. She was working on a holiday project and needed help. Check out her site as she has pretty pretty pics to look at, especially the burlesque project.

As I was cleaning out my photo files in an effort to back up my computer I found these pics again. Here are a few of my faves from that shoot. Oh man, being pregnant in August was no fun. No fun at all.

All photos by Callie Lipkin, 2011.