During this afternoon’s tummy time I decided to pull out the real camera. I’m kicking myself for not doing so sooner because a) I needed the practice and b) he is growing and changing at a rapid pace. And part of those changes include the acquisition of some serious infant acne. So yeah, he looks a little rough, and the extremely high resolution of my new camera doesn’t do him any favors. But he is still cute. Unfortunately I am still getting used to the focusing system of the 80d and while  it is much more sophisticated than my Rebel, it also has a bit of a learning curve.

I need to start messing with the lighting as well. Probably putting him on the bed would provide a better effect. I found a few articles online about photographing newborns, and I need to read those. He seems to do his best expressions when I’m changing him and don’t have my camera or phone handy. I need to just keep one nearby.

Luke is by and large pretty relaxed, but occasionally he can get pretty fussy. Mid-afternoon is often a rough time. He doesn’t want to sleep and holding him doesn’t really calm the storm. Yesterday he was raising Cain and Liz was trying to sleep. I was getting pretty frustrated with his noise making so out of desperation I grabbed a pacifier. And what do you know…it pacified him. He was out cold within a couple of minutes, and I put him in the bassinet where he slept for the next hour and a half.

He seems to like being on his belly. He also slept well in the pack and play this morning while bundled up in his new swaddling gear. I had to buy another box of newborn diapers at Walmart today. Ouch. Waiting for the rain to pass so we can get him back outside.