Cue the flashback music . . . doodoodoo, doodoodoo, doodoodoo . . .Back on September 27, it was picture day at Emily's day care center. All of the kids had their pictures taken, and they also took "class" pictures. The babies were first up, bright & early at 8:30 am. I don't know about the other babies, but at this early hour, Emily is happiest asleep. (This explains that sleepy, distant, annoyed look on her face in the pictures.)
Cue the music again to bring us back to the present . . . doodoodoo, doodoodoo, doodoodoo . . .
Yesterday, when I picked Emily up from day care, I learned that the pictures had arrived. We think that they turned out pretty cute, although it is a look on her face that has not really been captured on camera before. This is Emily's annoyed face, "Hey, I was happy taking a nap. What is going on? You expect to smile for the camera right now? I'm not in the mood." (I think it looks like she might be getting ready to pop the photographer right on the nose. Look at her left hand.) We can tell that these were taken a little too early in the day for her taste. When we take Emily to get her pictures taken, it's usually in the mid-afternoon, when she is wide awake and ready to explore.
She is also used to Daddy & me being there, looking like idiots to make her laugh and smile. Yes, Emily is a very smiley baby and doesn't need a lot of encouragement to perform for the camera, but when we go to the Picture People, there are lots of new and exciting things to look at and taste. She needs us to be goofy to get her attention on the camera and away from the camera's tripod wheels, or the space shuttle launching, or that piece of fuzz over there, or all the people watching her get her pictures taken, or the other baby that just came in the door, or the clown making balloon animals, or the bottle in her stroller that she didn't get a chance to finish, or whatever she happens to notice for the first time and is insisting that she explore and investigate. Emily's teacher said that they tried to get her to smile, but they were unsuccessful. We think Emily was just already annoyed by the early hour and was not going to smile for anyone, even if she had just seen Auntie Mandy's feet or her Grandpa B was making funny faces at her. Yes, even though she is cute, wonderful, and usually very smiley, Emily can also be very stubborn. (Hmmm, I wonder where she gets that from.)
Her "class" picture was taken later in the day; Emily is actually looking at the camera (you're going to have to take our word for it, since we're not posting her class picture). She's not smiling, but she's looking at the camera. In fact, she's the only baby looking at the camera. She is very used to cameras (as if you didn't already know that) and so she knew where to look. She just wouldn't smile. Goofy grape!
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Personally, I think I would have trouble smiling for a picture at 8:30 a.m., too. And I think it's hysterical that they posed a baby sitting at a desk!
She's looking quite "scholarly"! (Either that, or she's planning her escape!)
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