So we went to get pictures this morning… of Mallory. Our appointment was at 9:30 over at Portrait Solutions. They did a good job last time and weren’t nearly as expensive as the first pictures we had taken by the professional photographer. Don’t get me wrong… I’m glad we did the first ones… but that’s not something we can keep up and still afford to feed her. I kind of had a feeling as we left the house that it wasn’t going to be as easy as it was before. Some sort of sixth sense I think that kicks in as you mature as a parent. I think subconsciously I realized that Mallory had not had her morning nap that she takes after breakfast on the weekends. She also “matured” a lot and silly stupid stuff seems to get us “silly stupid looks” instead of laughing and smiling. Not to mention that she’s walking… er running now and so it’s not as easy as plopping her down and hoping for a smile.
The girl did the best she could though and I hope they pay them well given how goofy they act in hopes of getting a smile. Not to mention that they were packed and so there were quite possibly 2 or 3 thousand people in the lobby watching her roll around on the floor and try her best to make Mallory smile. I don’t think we got ANY pictures where she is truly smiling, but we did settle on some where she was either pointed in the right direction (a profile shot) or had a smirk on her face.
On the positive side, less pictures and even fewer good pictures mean that picking out a few wasn’t nearly as hard as it was last time. We walked out spending less thatn $100 which my wallet appreciated. That’s with 4 or 5 poses. I can’t remember because I was trying my best to keep Mallory from invading the other children’s photo shoots while Angie decided. Their printer was broken, so we’ll get a call when the prints are done. We’ll happily give you one… you just have to come visit us. How’s that for bribery. We’ll get some on a CD as well, so we’ll try to post those to the site soon. (That’s not an excuse not to come visit by the way.)
Now that we’re home. . . Mallory is napping. Angie and I are going to the Titan’s game tonight for date night. (It was her turn, so she picked the date.) Mom and Barry are coming over to watch Mallory.