Julie, Mary, Enzie, Janel, Luca, Chris and Linda thank you all for the kind words! You are all so encouraging.
This boy is always moving at the speed of light, and so I did a lot of planning in taking the photos. I did one round but found the light was too strong, so I came back for another quick shoot. I knew just where to have him stand and where to have him look and had my camera set up and ready to go.
I could see that it was taking all of his effort to remain still and calm for the minute it took to take the pictures. Then when I quietly said "OK, we are all set," he suddenly burst into animation running and yelling to his friend that he was on his way!