Photo Shoot

Garrett finally had no bruises, bumps, marks, or illnesses all at the same time so I finally brought him to Target to get his 1 year pictures done (at 14 months). I dropped the other 3 off at Laura's a block away so they were not a distraction during the session.

After waiting about 40 minutes, (and yes, I had an appointment) it was finally our turn. I brought him in and he did not want to be separated from me. They took a few with me in them but he would just not cooperate alone. He either had his thumb in his mouth, was leaning for and looking at me, or was throwing a huge basketball to me. I wouldn't mind a straight-faced shot of a kid this age but he didn't want to be alone for even a few seconds. At one point I stood behind the photographer to try to play peek-a-boo but he started crying. The photographer was not much help either. She did a few raspberries or what-not at him and said his name but that was about it. Her ability as an actual picture taker or creativity with pictures is not in question, but her ability to interact with or relax a small child was.

At the end I was just sitting there (feeling hopeless) holding him and gave him his little stuffed puppy-dog (which he's not attached to but I think is just adorable) to hold. He put his thumb back in his mouth and that was the last picture she took and happened to turn out really cute. I was not hopeful about the outcome of these photos. I figured I would have to reschedule and bring the kids with me to make him less scared.

About half hour later they finally showed me the pictures and surprisingly they were decent enough to order. I think maybe the one by himself, I'm holding his hand or something. So here are some scans of those photos.