America's Next Top (Baby) Model

I know it's been a few days, and I can't give a real reason as to why I've been absent. Partly because I was lazy. Starting off with great news, Elliot has been signed on to a modeling agency. I'm very excited, yet very cautious. I don't want to reveal how much we paid to get him signed on, but Jeff and I thought it over very carefully, and decided this is what we want to try with our son. I did do my homework before we went to the office Saturday. Knowing the cons, we thought "Why not take a chance and see what may or may not happen, rather than not do anything at all?" So we're taking a big risk. Elliot has his first shoot on November 19, so my nerves will be on edge by then. The woman we spoke to was really nice and excited to work with Elliot. Apparently, she and my mom lived down the hall from each other in college (small world), so that makes her more realistic than superficial.

Now I know what you're thinking: "Every parent thinks their child can be a model." That's very true, yet Jeff and I see potential in our son to see his face grace the cover of a magazine-local or national. The lady at the agency says she can see Elliot in movies and television shows. I think she was blowing smoke right there. I don't disagree entirely, I just disagree realistically. We're not going to move to Hollywood right this instance with rock hard assurance he'd crawling on the red carpet as soon as the plane lands just because someone outside the family says he could be in tv and movies. I'm also glad that Jeff and I are on the same page as to where modeling might take Elliot in the future. If he gets a couple of jobs and money is coming in, we agreed to create a savings account for Elliot for his college funds. Yes, even if my boy has a well known face that girls will go crazy for- he will have a college education. Also, when we move out and Elliot has a bit of money, we will only touch it as a last resort in terms of needing to pay for utilities and rent. This would be not an act of selfishness. This would be so we could keep a roof over our heads. But like I said, this would be as a last resort.

I really hope that this isn't a waste of money. But we shall see...