I was playing around with my flash and some new blankets and backdrops the other week when I thought, “I should really grab my new favorite little model while testing out my props.” Avery is 2.5 months old in these photos and is really hitting the stage where he’s just plain wiggly, a photographers dream. Not. But I thought of it as a challenge and away we went.

I let him do his thing while I snapped my camera from all angles. Legs and toes kicked frantically from the excitement of my camera. Or maybe it was my silly baby talk that got him going. I kept telling him I was going to take a bite of one of his chubby little legs, and he thought that was a riot. Either way I think I got a couple keepers. Avery’s also getting good at telling me stories with his little coos and bursts of high-pitched noises, but exactly what those stories are about, we’ll have to wait and see.

I just can’t seem to get enough of these little stubs.