I know, I know… he’s 10 weeks.
With William I had birth announcements out in 2 weeks. With Alexander and Benjamin, about 3 weeks.
I cannot believe Henry’s have taken this long to put together.
I DO have a good excuse. I had the “perfect” birth announcement in my head. And well, it sort of didn’t go as well as I had planned.
I went out and had 4 shirts embroidered -
William #1
Alexander #2
Benjamin #2
Henry #4
My vision? OH… my oh-so creative vision! Have William on the couch by himself with the caption, “There was 1.” Then William and Alexander on the couch with the caption, “Then there were 2.” Then William, Alexander and Benjamin all on the couch with the caption, “Then there were 3.” And then all of the boys on the couch with the caption, “Oh yes, and now there’s 4.”
I had a vision that they would all sit perfectly still and smile exactly when I told them to smile.
And then? Well… I realized I was dealing with 4 boys 4 and under. Here are some of my photos on trying to capture the “perfect” birth announcement:
Truth be told, these photos reflect perfectly this-is-our-life-right-now-with-our-4-boys and welcome-to-the-world-Henry for our birth announcement!
On to PLAN B.
What’s that? I have NO clue. Just hoping to get a good photo where you can actually see Henry among the boys! Or… maybe just one of him. After all, it is HIS birth announcement.
12 responses so far ↓
1 Sharon - Mom Generations // Aug 24, 2008 at 10:27 am
Oh, Audrey… these photographs DO indeed reflect the beauty, warmth, festive, adventurous, lively, exquisite, fun, laughter and wonderful LOVE of your LIFE with my little grandsons! I love the photo shoot! I love my boys! I love my life with them!
Love, Mom
ps Henry already knows that this is his life!!!!
2 Adventures In Babywearing // Aug 24, 2008 at 11:05 am
Oh, I can relate, you know! : ) Fun pics!
Steph
3 Nadine // Aug 24, 2008 at 11:38 am
Those were great shots. Boys will be boys.
4 BlondeBlogger // Aug 24, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Awww, they are adorable! Henry just fits right in, doesn’t he? Even that small….like he’s just playing right along.
5 Erika @ Chic Shopper Chick // Aug 24, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Look how tiny Henry is next to your other three! Oh but how precious, and what a sweet idea. It seems to me that those pictures, while not perfectly posed, came out exactly how they should.
6 Miche // Aug 25, 2008 at 11:09 am
Such cute photos! And no worries about being “late” with the announcements-you have a very good excuse with 4 boys 4 and under! I dont know how you do it…2 boys 2 and under are enough for me right now! and if it helps any, I just now mailed off Ben’s announcement…yea, that is at 11 weeks…
7 bee // Aug 25, 2008 at 11:59 am
It seemed like a good idea!
I can;t decide how I want to incorporate big bro into our birth announcement!
8 Lisa // Aug 25, 2008 at 9:05 pm
That’s great:-) You are one busy lady!
9 C // Aug 26, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Toooooooooooo cute!!! Audrey, your boys are ADORABLE!!! My, how fast they’re growing!!! I remember when you were pregnant with Benjamin…and then Henry!!! Wow! Time flies!
10 Jen @ One Moms World // Aug 27, 2008 at 12:24 am
Awww Audrey… that last photo is too cute. I love it. All your boys are such cuties!!
11 louann // Aug 27, 2008 at 8:12 am
I think it is such a great idea Audrey. I am just so amazed! Your children are beautiful.
12 kristina // Aug 28, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Cute pix. Don’t feel bad about the birth announcements. We are just now sending our s out for Ryan who is almost 4 months.
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