When My Baby Dreams...

Any moms out there who are artsy but don't have a ton of time on their hands? Or perhaps a parent who likes to think of new ways to create the traditional annual calendar for the grandparents each year? You might wish to check out what Adele Enersen did while on her maternity leave. She created scenes made of fabric and household objects, placed her baby in the scene, and then took pictures of her. Instead of making a calendar, she published a book titled, When My Baby Dreams...! I honestly have to say that I have not yet seen the book other than on Amazon (here is the link if you want to look at it) but Mamma plans on checking it out from Howard County Library very soon. However, my Aunt Darryl told Mamma about an article she read about (here's the link to the article from MSN) Ms. Enersen and there were a bunch of pictures from her book in the article. Then Mamma decided to give this new idea a try! Continue to scroll down for some pictures from her attempts. I really enjoyed having my picture taken (most of the time). Some of the scenes were ideas that Mamma got from Ms. Enersen's book, while others were of her own creation. The bee scene was my favorite. For some reason I really enjoyed wearing that little dress. I think it was because of the way the fabric felt on my skin. It made me smile! Mamma said that this was a very fun project to do on her maternity leave. However, if she could do it all again she would start taking pictures of me in these scenes a little sooner when I was sleeping a lot more (maybe at around 2-5 weeks). I ended up being awake for most of the pictures which made it hard to snap the perfect pose! All of these pictures were taken when I was between 7 and 9 weeks old. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed posing for them!

It's amazing what you can do with a tshirt, some old socks, a table cloth and blankets. My little dress was one that my Mamma wore when she was just a baby.

Hanging on the line!

May your days "bee" joyful! (My picture for May in the calendar :) What better way to "recycle" old maternity underwear!

This was an "E.T." recreation. I just loved feeling all of the animals piled around me and cried when Mamma took them away!

This is one of the pictures where I got tired of being photographed. You can see how the pictures were taken, and then had to be cropped. All of the photos were taken on the floor of my bedroom. Mamma stood on a step stool and used her iPhone 4S to snap the photos.