….the block that I grew up on that is. Recently an old friend and neighbor contacted me about photographing her 1 year old son. When I asked where she was living these days she responded by saying that she had recently bought her childhood home. Coincidentally, her home is on the block that I grew up on. So… it was back to Northeast Philly for me. It was fun catching up and talking about all of our crazy, always interesting and fun neighbors. We had a great block with lots of friends and great stories.
I actually hadn’t seen Ellen & Antonio since I photographed their wedding 7 years ago! It had been quite a while….. Anyway, their son, Ami, is so adorable! I had so much fun photographing him. I could have stayed there all day. But, alas, I wore him out and he eventually fell asleep.
Anyway, just for fun…. here is a photograph from their wedding! I couldn’t easily find one of us as together as kids… though that would surely be funny.
This is the first photograph I took of Ami. We were indoors and I had to use my flash. It definitely scared him a bit at first though he did warm up quickly. Clearly, he wasn’t expecting the partially blinding light! Sorry, Ami!!
After a bit of playing, it was snack time. Ami chewed on a banana and I tried to make him laugh at the other end of the table. I love kids because they actually laugh at my jokes. 🙂
This may be tough to see… but it is actually a squirt bottle with water. Antonio squirts it at Ami and he loves it. Too funny!
Time to do a little reading. The Never Ending Story…. always a good choice.
More playing…..
And then, just like that, all worn out from playing, he fell asleep. Maybe dreaming of Fantasia?? 😉
