Zayd's First Photo Shoot

In an effort to provide Zayd with tangible babyhood memories, Khalid and I decided to take a trip to The Picture People for a photo shoot. It seemed that everyone I've ever know with children warned me pre-Zayd just how difficult it would be to get out of the house with a newborn. It seems that they inevitable need to be changed or nursed right when it's time to leave. There is also the high likely hood that your child will spit-up all over you and whatever outfit you attempted to wear. Because of this, I make it a habit to bathe myself, bathe Zayd, get Zayd dressed and in car seat (50/50 chance), then hurry up and throw my clothes on. In my previous life I'd likely have makeup on for a photo shoot, but I didn't get that far.

After a few honest to God tears and some un-Ramadan like rants from my end, we finally left the house. I'm also finding out that I'm a little more anal than I thought about being on time..... I think it's the law school in me. I just knew that if we we got to there too late, they'd tell us that our session had been cancelled. The thought of having to get everyone dressed and prepped again made me want to curl up in a ball and rock from side to side.

My fears were totally unfounded. Once we got to the shop, we still had to wait before starting our session. Of course, by this time, Zayd is in a deep comatose sleep. He's in the type of sleep where no one or nothing can disturb him. Khalid and I try everything to wake our sleeping child. We sing, we rock, we lift him up and down. He'd give us short periods of semi-alertness before dropping his head and heading back to snooze land.

With all these factors, it is safe to say that our pictures were decent at best. On many of the pictures Zayd looks half-dead, and Khalid and I have the tell-tell signs of sleep deprived new parents. All I can say is that we tried.

We're hoping for better luck for his three-month shots....