Making a Weekly Photo

For those who are still wondering where we get those cute numbered onsies, the answer is Target. Gerber sells them in packs of three. That's right, they are plain white onsies. Let me explain how we make these weekly photos.
1. Buy plain white onsies in the appropriate size.
2. Select a blanket, sheet, or other piece of fabric for a backdrop. Spread the backdrop out on the floor.
3. Dress baby in previously purchased onsie and place on the backdrop.
4. Position the camera directly above the baby and take numerous pictures.
5. Upload pictures to the computer.
6. With the help of your spouse engage baby in an activity appropriate to current stage of development and temperament at the conclusion of the photo shoot.
7. View photos and select the desired shot.
8. Have husband work computer magic to make a weekly number appear on the onsie in the photo.
9. Post on your blog.
10. Secretly smile to yourself as people congratulate you for getting such cleaver onsies to catalogue your baby's growth (Like you have money to buy clothes that your child will only be able to wear for one week - yeah right).
11. Confess to the world that the onsies are actually blank and that you did not come up with this clever idea but rather stole it from another blog.
12.  Encourage others to steal it from you.

We have lots of fun making these pictures each week, although we are running out of blankets to use as backdrops. Ruthie has fun taking these pictures as well. She can be a real wiggle-worm, so that sometimes makes it difficult to get a shot where her limbs aren't a blur.

We plan on keeping this up until Ruth's first birthday, after that we will find another way to catalogue her growth.