10th Birthday Photoshoot - 2022

 Dear Beautiful Ceyone,

You grew up so fast to be 10 years old already! I often looked at your baby photo, smiling in your sleep in that yellow blanket on a cold wintry night in Tokyo. It seemed that just in a blink you grew up to be as tall as my ears, shaping up into a young, handsome gentleman. I decided to do a special photoshoot for your 10th birthday and we went to Mamarazzi studio for this. You wore your very first navy blue suit that was made by Nana. You looked very sharp in it. I was so pleased to see you in it. 

I wore a pink saree and I was super fascinated by dressing up. Our photo shoot was very quick, just 15 minutes and we clicked several shots during that. I had also carried a few balloons and the pics came out very nice. I ended getting all the photos from Naoko San, who was the owner of Mamarazzi. 

Overall, we had a lot of fun shooting and your were a natural model.

That was the year I turned 40 and you turned 10. So we did some fun stuff with the age cards and had even more fun by swapping them. 

 

 

 

The balloons I borrowed from Deepti added more zing to the shoot and we played with them a bit too. 

Our cuddly photos are the best. I also got a few hard printed and stuck on our cupboard. 

 

 

I wanted to get the ones below enlarged and framed, perhaps in black and white. I'll probably do it at some point when we have the right space :) 

I also loved how my super cheap saree had turned out to be in terms of colors for the shoot. I was excited for my bargain purchase. 

Then after that it was your turn to get clicked with Papa. You both were wearing suits. 

 

 

A few more of our cuddles time. Of course I ended up buying all the pictures from Naoko san instead of just 10 pictures that were part of the initial package. I don't think I could decide which ones to get. 

 

I also decided that if I had the opportunity I will do photo shoot again and often with you. Perhaps an annual birthday ritual. Especially, after the enlightenment of how quickly you were growing I wanted to preserve all the days in my memories. In a few years, you'd be taller than me and will have to bend down for me to kiss you. 

May you achieve all the heights you ever dream of, Ceyone. 

Lots of Love,

Mumma