Virginia - Day 10

Today was a long day for everyone. Cade in particular. We, I say we, I mean he, got up at 7 and was OK until about 0815. He was so crabby and tired. We decided earlier this week to go today to get his pictures taken. I feel horriable as a mother that we never took him before to get them done. And I wanted some when he was still small before he turns 1. So I laid him back down for about 45 minutes thinking maybe that would put him in a better mood. And I was wrong. He slept all night, never woke up and didnt even take a bottle last night before bed. So I got him up at 0915 to eat breakfast and go to the mall. We had made a appointment at Sears to get them done. We had been there before and were satisfied with our service. However, not today. Cade was tired and crabby. His eyes were red and he just did not want to do much of anything.

We get to Sears early hoping we could get in early. At first this hag of a woman said no. They had two appointments at 1030 and ours was at 1045 and they only had two photographers. But then all a sudden she threw us into a room. So we were happpy to get this shindig going. However, it was not good at all. We said we wanted a "light" colored background because he had a dark blue shirt on. So she gave us a white background. Her camera was on a stick, not a tripod, some sort of stick and she couldnt take it off. Well when you are dealing with a child that is 8 months old and doesnt walk, the distance from him to the camera was pretty high. So all her shots of him were from a distance. I dont care if you have a zoom. You are suppose to work for your client. Then she just tried to hurry. Kept making me set him, and set him and set him, and he did not want that. He wanted to move around and crawl. There was nothing to keep his attention and my aunt and I were trying our hardest to make him smile. All he kept doing was bitting his lower lip and wouldnt crack one for anyone. The hag was too slow when he did, so she ended up getting the aftershot of the smile. Finally she said "ok, go out and wait". We both looked at each other and were like, there wasnt one picture we liked. So we asked if we could take a few more. She said no because we only get 15 minutes and there were others waiting. Um, hello?! We are paying for this. Luckily Aunt Sharil stepped in and said we were going somewhere else. It was ridiculous. She was trying to rush through everything and with kids you cant do that. I know when Becky took Jackson he was tired and they told her to come back a little later when he was in a better mood. I assumed that they would be just as accomidating. So we walked down the mall and got them done at the Picture People. And we loved them!

They were great. She got down on the floor with him, gave him blocks to play with and actually got him to smile. He was hamming up the camera. He was so happy with her, and so were we. The only thing I was dissapointed in was that I wanted to join the picture club, but there isnt a single Picture People in AL! I am really starting to hate this state. So we got some great pictures of him. I was so proud of him and I just love the pictures!