I learned some things this week.

1. If your baby turns nine months old on Christmas Eve, you won’t get his monthly picture taken until eight days later.

2. If your baby is nine months old, he won’t sit still for a picture.

3. Even if you think that your nine month old baby hasn’t changed much since his eight month old picture, he’s going to look enormous as soon as you take his picture again.

4. Even if you had three babies before him, and he’s only nine months old, time will NEVER stop moving MUCH TOO FAST.

5. Trying to take a picture of your nine month old baby with props, by yourself, will guarantee an abundance of outtakes.