I love, I love, I love my calendar boy!

A couple of months ago I submitted some pics of Jaden to be in the 2010 Hope Calendar and he was selected as one of the kids to appear in the calendar!  

Here's some info:  

Life's Images Partners with It's My Heart for 2010 Hope Calendar

The Hope Calendar is published by photographer Debi Gomez (Life's Images) as a charitable fundraiser.  Over $9,000 has been donated to charities in the first 2 years.  The calendar features Houston area children in an inspirational photo calendar reminding all of us to hope

for a cure...

for a better life...

for the simple pleasures of a child's smile.

The 2010 calendar is themed "Hearts of Hope" and the calendar sales benefit It's My Heart, a non-profit organization providing support, awareness, education and advocacy for those affected by Acquired and Congenital Heart Defects.

So his "photo shoot" was Monday morning and the kids were supposed to be "well rested, fed and clean", so I loaded him up on breakfast, was happy that it was scheduled well before naptime and wiped him down with a wet wipe before we went in.  Well!  Of all the days for him to decide to be shy!  He sprawled out on the floor, rolled around and had his hands over his mouth.  But he soon warmed up enough to sit on the sticker (the mark) and have some pictures taken.  Probably helped that I was

 bribing him with money to sit still....that kid is all about loose change for his bunny bank right now!  But he was soon needing quarters instead of pennies so what started out as bribery ended up being extortion by a 2 year old!  =D

Here is a picture that Debi, with Lifes Images, took back in 2008.

Amazing how much he's grown in such a short amount of time!