A couple days ago I finally got to go meet Miss Lulu.   Andrea is one of my best friends and pregnant Andrea was one of the most entertaining experiences I’ve ever had :-) 

I shouldn’t really say that because it was a really rough pregnancy as far as nausea goes- but once she got over the nausea stuff (wasn’t till like 7 months- poor girl), she was pretty funny.  You know I love you Andrea :-)

Anyway- I just knew Miss Lulu was going to arrive while I was in Seaside…I just knew it!   She did….that little sinker….the nerve…..  just kidding.   I went straight to Kirksville from Seaside, so I wasn’t able to actually meet Lulu until she was almost two weeks old.  Nonetheless- I got to meet her and she was absolutely perfect :-)    She looks exactly like her daddy and she is the first baby girl on his side for I forget how many years, it’s a ridiculous amount, like 30 years or something. 

Her newborn shoot was….well….long, ha!  Very successful though.  I didn’t bring my space heater (vital for newborn shoots), but I thought surely Andrea & Gerrit would have one.  Um- nope!   No noise maker and no paci either.  I almost drove to the next town to buy all three!!!!  I really didn’t think Andrea would be one to follow the “rules” (dumb rule) and not give her a paci… GEEEZZZ Andrea.  Tell poor lulu not to worry- Aunt Lissy will go get her a paci :-) 

See that’s the fun part about doing newborn shoots for friends.  They say they aren’t doing paci’s yet and instead of saying, “ok- that’s fine.  We’ll just keep going”   I can say, “ARE YOU KIDDING ME???  How do you expect me to do this shoot??”   hahahaha :-)  Actually- you can most definitely do a newborn shoot with out a paci….it just makes things MUCH easier and MUCH faster if you have a paci to calm them down.  Like when you finally have them placed perfectly in a bucket and everything is ready to go…but then they start crying….if you have a paci- you pop that in their mouth and calm them down.  Then you slowly take it out and BAM- picture snapped and done :-)   Sometimes they might be too mad to take a paci- but those are the times you just take them out a feed them a bit.  It just nice to have the paci to get them through those little crying spurts. 

Just sayin….  :-)

I think Lulu ate for approximately 4 hours of her 5 hour shoot.   That girl is a EATER!!!!  Again- that’s the fun part of doing friends shoots- we can just sit and talk while she eat’s

It was fun to see the beginning of her personality.  I think she’s going to be feisty and I love it :-)   

Anyway- I’m sure they all just want to see her pictures and not read about what I have to say, ha!  SO- here we go!!!  Little Miss Lucciana Trotta :-)

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