Professional picture time is a phrase I dread. Why? A number of reasons come to mind. 1) Everytime we had pictures scheduled for A when she was little, she would inevitably bump her head or scratch her face the day before or day of the appointment; 2) My son usually falls into fits of crying everytime I try sitting him on that little platform to have his photo taken; 3) The Photo studios are always behind schedule and keeping a baby or toddler happy during the waiting time can be exhausting; 4) You always end up spending twice the amount than what you intended to spend on pictures of your little darling(s)!!!!
Saturday was different though. I set up the appointment to have E's 3 yr and Christmas pictures taken at Sears. Everything was looking good. He woke up in a good mood, no bumps or bruises on his face, we had plenty of time to get ready and make sure he looked appropriately handsome!! Then........bam!! His big sister accidentally slammed his thumb in the closet door. 45 minutes until time to leave for Sears and he is crying unconsolably. I tried every trick in the book to calm him down but it was useless. Finally, I handed him off to dear hubby and got myself ready. When I came back in to see if E was calm, I found him sound asleep in his daddy's arms. As adorable as that was, my child was in his pj's w/ his hair sticking up and our appointment was approaching quickly. Hubby convinced me to dress him as much as I could, throw him in the car and let him sleep off the pain on the trip to Denton. Do not ever breathe a word of this to my husband, but he was right. By the time we got to Sears, E was awake, happy and no poofy eyes!! We walked in, finished getting dressed and they took us right back. My son actually smiled for the camera and the pictures were adorable. The best part is that I spent less than I had budgeted!!! So for an outing that seemed doomed from the start - I'm pretty darn pleased with the way it turned out.
Of course, later to make up for being such a good boy earlier - he proceeded to dump the poop from his diaper onto the playroom floor for daddy to find while I was out to lunch with some friends from High School. Thank goodness I wasn't home for that one!!
The joys of parenting.....
Saturday was different though. I set up the appointment to have E's 3 yr and Christmas pictures taken at Sears. Everything was looking good. He woke up in a good mood, no bumps or bruises on his face, we had plenty of time to get ready and make sure he looked appropriately handsome!! Then........bam!! His big sister accidentally slammed his thumb in the closet door. 45 minutes until time to leave for Sears and he is crying unconsolably. I tried every trick in the book to calm him down but it was useless. Finally, I handed him off to dear hubby and got myself ready. When I came back in to see if E was calm, I found him sound asleep in his daddy's arms. As adorable as that was, my child was in his pj's w/ his hair sticking up and our appointment was approaching quickly. Hubby convinced me to dress him as much as I could, throw him in the car and let him sleep off the pain on the trip to Denton. Do not ever breathe a word of this to my husband, but he was right. By the time we got to Sears, E was awake, happy and no poofy eyes!! We walked in, finished getting dressed and they took us right back. My son actually smiled for the camera and the pictures were adorable. The best part is that I spent less than I had budgeted!!! So for an outing that seemed doomed from the start - I'm pretty darn pleased with the way it turned out.
Of course, later to make up for being such a good boy earlier - he proceeded to dump the poop from his diaper onto the playroom floor for daddy to find while I was out to lunch with some friends from High School. Thank goodness I wasn't home for that one!!
The joys of parenting.....
1 comment:
Oh my goodness -- he looks like such a big boy here. No more of that little toddler face. He looks like he's full steam headed to full pre-schooler....
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