He Works Hard for the Money....

2 weeks ago a friend of mine called and asked if Miller could model some of the clothes for her spring/summer 2012 catalog. I paused for a minute, remembering the fashion shows that my mom used to force me to do for The Gingerbread House and Barefoot Darlins with my big brown paci in my mouth, and then I said OF COURSE! I could not wait to see how Miller would do.
Knowing Miller, I knew I needed to explain the process to him. He is not one to be happy about changing out of his Auburn t-shirt into a smocked jon jon and especially never happy about having 'posed' pictures made. So I decided we would have a practice round....

yep...this is what I got...

Whew! When Miller broke out this cute little number, I knew I would have my work cut out for me! I told him that was a wonderful silly smile, but I needed to see some teeth!

I was dying

I got teeth alright. I decided we might need to take a break...you know, models never like to be over worked...especially not 2 year old models.
Later that day i brought up the subject again. I told Miller that Randi and Jenna Beth wanted to see his sweet smile.

"Money Shot"

That's when I got the "Money Shot". That sweet little smile melted my heart! I told him that was exactly what Randi and Jenna Beth wanted to see! We practiced our sweet smile several more times that day for Daddy, Jannie and Pop. He was a pro! Casey and I joked about making him start his career at the age of 2. He said, "Hey, ya got to start somewhere!"
The next day was his big debut (haha!). He did great about changing clothes and pretty good about smiling. It worked out well because Randi said she like "un-posed" shots better than "posed".
Randi and Jenna Beth's designs were beautiful! The name of their line is Posh Tots. These ladies are so talented. I am so glad that they decided to do this, and let me come by for sneak peeks every season ;) You can check out their website here.
At the end of Miller's session, he was allowed to pick a toy from the toy chest. They had Lightning McQueen, big trucks, candy and sweet little things for girls too. What does my child pick?? THE PINK HELLO KITTY CHAPSTICK! Ha! Whatever makes him happy. I actually knew he would go for that right when I saw it because of his obsession with chapstick.
I will be sure and post the pictures from Randi when I get to see them.