Lights, Camera, Action!

 It was August 15 at 8:00am on my way to work that I got a call from Christopher Gray Casting. They had seen a picture of Myer and wanted to interview him for an upcoming role in the movie “What to Expect When Expecting”, staring Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Rock, and others. Immediately, I thought we may have the next Macaulay Culkin, and I could even visualize his name in the credits slowly scrolling up the screen. I was flattered to say the least that a reputable casting agency had chosen my baby to audition. I mean, we all think our children are the cutest in the world, but for someone else to choose your child amongst potentially thousands of others is a real compliment.

Well, my mom and I drove Myer to the set that afternoon to meet Mr. Kirk Jones, the director. By the way, he has directed others movies like Nanny McPhee, Everybody’s Fine, and Waking Ned. We didn’t get to meet Mr. Jones right away though because he was in the middle of filming a scene with Chris Rock.  It took an hour to film one scene of just him walking through the park.

 I started to appreciate actors a little more that day because of the length of time it takes to film. Anyways, Myer and two other babies waited very patiently for their chance at stardom. Finally, we were on. 

On the set, "What to Expect, When Expecting".
The blonde lady has the child that ended up getting the role.

All the moms carried their babies to the director and he took one look and said thank you and that we would be notified the following day if we got the part. Well, Tuesday went by and nothing. I knew they were filming the scene on Thursday so I figured if we didn’t get the call by at least Wednesday, we were not what they wanted. Wednesday, came and went and again nothing. Thursday, the same.  Well, then I started convincing myself that they were behind in filming. If it took an hour to film one scene, then they were for sure backed up. Finally, I got a hold of the two other moms and was told that one of the babies had gotten called on Friday. This baby was the biggest of the three and had the most hair, so I was thinking that Myer just didn’t resemble the actor they wanted to pair him up with. Oh well, our tiny piece of Hollywood was gone. However, Myer did get a $30 paycheck in the mail for his 1 ½ hours of time that day for the interview. How many people can say that their 5 month old earned $20/hr?  I bet not too many! At any rate, we put that pay stub in his baby book and can’t wait to tell him of the adventure we had that day. I also think my days at being a stage mom are over because I prefer sporting events to movies anyways. Hopefully, our next experience will be on a field or court or both!



Forget Movies, here is my future sports star!



 



Holy Crab!



Lights, Camera, Action!

It was August 15 at 8:00am on my way to work that I got a call from Christopher Gray Casting. They had seen a picture of Myer and wanted to interview him for an upcoming role in the movie “What to Expect When Expecting”, staring Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Rock, and others. Immediately, I thought we may have the next Macaulay Culkin, and I could even visualize his name in the credits slowly scrolling up the screen. I was flattered to say the least that a reputable casting agency had chosen my baby to audition. I mean, we all think our children are the cutest in the world, but for someone else to choose your child amongst potentially thousands of others is a real compliment.

Well, my mom and I drove Myer to the set that afternoon to meet Mr. Kirk Jones, the director. By the way, he has directed others movies like Nanny McPhee, Everybody’s Fine, and Waking Ned. We didn’t get to meet Mr. Jones right away though because he was in the middle of filming a scene with Chris Rock.  It took an hour to film one scene of just him walking through the park. I started to appreciate actors a little more that day because of the length of time it takes to film. Anyways, Myer and two other babies waited very patiently for their chance at stardom. Finally, we were on. All the moms carried their babies to the director and he took one look and said thank you and that we would be notified the following day if we got the part. Well, Tuesday went by and nothing. I knew they were filming the scene on Thursday so I figured if we didn’t get the call by at least Wednesday, we were not what they wanted. Wednesday, came and went and again nothing. Thursday, the same.  Well, then I started convincing myself that they were behind in filming. If it took an hour to film one scene, then they were for sure backed up. Finally, I got a hold of the two other moms and was told that one of the babies had gotten called on Friday. This baby was the biggest of the three and had the most hair, so I was thinking that Myer just didn’t resemble the actor they wanted to pair him up with. Oh well, our tiny piece of Hollywood was gone. However, Myer did get a $30 paycheck in the mail for his 1 ½ hours of time that day for the interview. How many people can say that their 5 month old earned $20/hr?  I bet not too many! At any rate, we put that pay stub in his baby book and can’t wait to tell him of the adventure we had that day. I also think my days at being a stage mom are over because I prefer sporting events to movies anyways. Hopefully, our next experience will be on a field or court or both!

Mrs. Judy's House

We’ve hit another milestone in Myer’s life that I felt the need to blog about since he has taken his first steps (figuratively of course) towards socialization. On Monday, Aug. 1 at 5 months of age, Myer started daycare outside the home. While he seemed to take it all in stride, I was not as thrilled to leave him as you may imagine. Ultimately, the empty feeling brought back NICU memories when I had to leave the hospital each night without him. Now with that said, I seemed to get through that difficult period so I know I will persevere once again in due time.  It will just take some adjusting to the new routine.

Myer’s daycare is not actually a daycare like you’re probably thinking. He is actually being cared for by a woman in her 60s in her home with 4 other children. I found her online and her references spoke volumes about her experience. She has been in the business for at least 15 years, so she has seen it all. Right now, she cares for all boys and her 6 year old granddaughter so Myer is amply entertained throughout the day. In fact, I think he was sad to go yesterday since our home is “boring” compared to the liveliness of Judy’s playhouse. At least that is what I keep telling myself so that it gets easier to drop him off each morning.

I drop Myer off around 7:45 in the morning and then watch the clock throughout the day counting the hours til I leave to pick him up. I usually get there just before 5:30. Currently, she feeds him 3 bottles while he is there, but I know that will change as his food intake expands. Speaking of food, we have started him on rice cereal and fruit and let me tell you … he is not a fan.  I can definitely see some improvements, but we still have a long way to go.  So far, he has tried apples, peaches, carrots, sweat potatoes, and bananas. I think his favorite may be sweet potatoes, which is very odd since Chad and I do not dig the orange starch.

I’ll provide more updates as Myer’s daycare days continue, but until then I only have 7 hours and 29 min til I pick him back up today!! Good thing I’m busy at work or else I don’t know how I’d make it through the day.