Anthony has turned five months.  Anthony has some great accomplishments to boast about: he is a roll over master, he is a baby-push up pro, he is a champ at grabbing his sweet chubby toes, he is a winner of the Cutest Drooly Award.  And he is just adorable.  Yahoo!  Time for another photoshoot.  Wait, he has one more: he can… drum-roll…

... he can crawl.  Yep.  Usually that one presents a challenge both for a mom - nothing is safe anymore!  Time for serious babyproofing the house! aaaaahhh!  - and for a photographer. Oups, the subject is no longer in a picture. Would you like an empty picture frame for today, mom?

Yet, this wasn’t the challenge we faced today.  

Anthony missed a nap.  A huge no-no in a baby world, though it is hard to tell from this sweet little face.

DreamComeTruePhoto 5 moth old baby boy sweet smile

Oh, wait, not so little: the doctor refused to assign a percentile to Anthony during their last appointment! He may have started in this world as unusually tiny newborn, but now this baby-giant is breaking all percentile records with his weight and height records.  97%?  98%?  Don’t ask.  Those are too small for this big boy! 

Nevertheless, the missing nap still caught up with him at the very beginning of our session.  "Happy dude" took a sudden flight and we’ve got Mr. Sleepy and Mr. Grumpy instead.  

As it turned out later, Anthony was coming down with a virus, so Mr. Happy had a very good reason for abandoning us so suddenly.  

No worries, mommy!  We can always try again, once Anthony feels better and ready share his delightful smile with us again!