Fancified for Five

Yesterday was your five month birthday and we marked the occasion by getting all dressed up in your new, hand smocked dress and heading to the mall for a photo shoot. This dress was commissioned by Lemur (your grandmother) and designed by your Pa and me. There are thirteen primroses on the dress --a very auspicious number promising good luck -- and beautiful details all over. The hem lets down which means you'll be wearing this dress for a good number of years.

You were stingy with the smiles yesterday which was okay with me even though I did bark like a dog and shake my hips like Elvis to prompt you to give us one of your gummy ones. You weren't buying.

So here are some of the highlights. You'll notice we don't own these. They're officially copyrighted by the Portrait People so we're just borrowing a few...