*Miss Model - Play With a Purpose photos*

You may remember earlier posts about Mckenna modeling for Gopher Sports, with their childrens product division called Play with a Purpose. Well, the PWAP Fall 2009 catalog is out, and Mckenna is in it! The pictures are cute, and it's fun to see them now because she is almost a year old (in mid-October!) and these photos were taken at 6 months and 8 months, so she definitely looks younger. Below are the photos (all selling products that would be used in a daycare or nursery school type setting - cribs, nursery mirrors, and a rocking chair.) You can also see the pictures online at: www.pwaponline.com, click on Infant and Toddler.

This one was taken in June, just a few days before we went to Mexico. Mckenna is 8 months old. A funny story with this one - they originally wanted to have her laying on her back with her head facing the top of the crib, but realized in about 10 seconds that that was just not going to happen... she would just flip over on her tummy immediately when she was placed on her back. So they changed plans, turned her around in the crib, put her on her back, and again she immediately rolled over... but also popped right up and smiled like that, like "Ha! See what I just did?" The photographer captured the moment, and it's now in the catalog. Matt and I were standing right there, and we all had a laugh about that, including the photographer and the model you see in the picture (who is supposed to be a daycare worker.) Hamming it up for the audience, as always! :)


The rest of these were taken in April - Mckenna is 6 months old. Many photo shoots will have specific clothing there for you to wear, but these are Mckenna's own clothes and toys - the ball and green teether. Another funny quirky thing - Mckenna has never been "made up" for any of these shoots before, but yesterday she did a shoot for Super Valu (who owns Cub Foods, Jewel-Osco, Albertsons, and more), for their Baby Basics brand diapers, and they actually put a little bit of makeup on her - crazy! They put on just a little bit of foundation, some blush, and a little bit of pink lip gloss... I was sitting in the chair holding her as the makeup person put it on, thinking "this is so strange, yet funny!" I honestly couldn't really tell any difference - this wasn't major makeup at all - but I promptly cleaned her face after the shoot was over. What a good sport... :)