Merry Christmas from our family to yours.

Lyndsay Stradtner2012-12-30T22:47:57-06:00December 30th, 2012|Jonah, My Family|

I love having a new baby boy on Christmas. I can’t help but think of Mary and how she must have nuzzled and smelled the top of baby Jesus’s head. How she must have reveled at his newness, his tiny fingers and toes. How he must have looked up at her from the breast and smiled, just like my baby boy does. And most of all, I think about how she must have felt an overwhelming sense of responsibility raising the son of God. I try to remember that when I get overwhelmed as I raise children of God. Happy birthday Jesus and […]

8 weeks old tomorrow | austin baby photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2012-12-21T07:47:01-06:00December 21st, 2012|Jonah, My Family|

I got ready to take a few photos of Jonah yesterday and before I could even get my camera set for exposure Taryn photo bombed us! She absolutely adores Jonah and I doubt 10 minutes goes by in our house without her seeking him out for a quick kiss or snuggle. She’s always right there to help take care of him, bring him a blanket, watch while I change his diaper, find him a toy. She snuggles with him so much and tells him how much she loves him constantly. I don’t feel like I’ve done a very good job capturing that in photographs, so I am so glad that I […]

sleep | leander baby photographers

Lyndsay Stradtner2012-12-19T22:35:34-06:00December 19th, 2012|365, Jonah, My Family|

That sweet face up there is the image of a little boy who sleeps through the night. He has been for awhile. Once we no longer had to wake him to eat after he returned to his birth weight, he’d sleep in a 4 hour followed by a 6 hour stretch. He’d get up once, maybe twice to eat and it usually hit just as Jase and I were getting ready to go to bed anyway. It was a dream. Between 6 and 7 weeks old he started sleeping straight through, between 10 and 11 hours straight. Sounds like a dream come true right? Yeah, the only problem is, he then […]

my view | leander baby photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2012-12-18T20:50:24-06:00December 18th, 2012|365, Jonah, My Family|

This is my view at dinner every night. He used to sit in the rock-n-play between Jason and Teagan Jude while we all eat. But now, he fusses until Jase picks him up and puts him right in this spot. Nosy little guy wants to be up at the table to see what’s going on. Can’t say I blame him really. Our dinner table gets a little crazy and uhm….interesting….most nights.

Anyway, this is my dinner view every night. That cute little face looking across at me while I eat my dinner always makes me smile.

the cutest snowman in the whole wide world | leander texas baby photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2012-12-17T22:42:14-06:00December 17th, 2012|Austin Photographer, Jonah, My Family|

7 weeks old. Huh?!? What?!? How did that happen?!? I swear he’s lost his newborn look overnight and has started looking like a baby. My mom sent Teagan Jude and Jonah the cutest snowman shirts. Love my sweet little snowman.

giggles | leander baby photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2012-12-16T17:01:20-06:00December 16th, 2012|Jonah, My Family|

I managed to catch him mid giggle yesterday. He started the whole silent laugh thing about a week ago. It’s so freaking cute. He’d open his mouth wide and move like he was laughing, but no noise would come out. He and Jase have a routine that every night after we finish dinner, Jonah sits on the dining room table facing Jase, they take about their day, Jonah smiles, etc. They’ve been working on adding sound effects to Jonah’s silent laugh. Sure enough, the last few days he’s been letting out giggles and a squeal or two. It’s so freaking cute. By chance, I caught one while photographing him yesterday afternoon. […]