Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Just the Other Day

Just the other day I told Bailey, "Now dear, we are going to take your picture today and I would like you to smile."

"But Mom," she said, "you know I hate to smile for the camera." "I know, but just once, for me?" I replied.

"Um, OK, but only one" she said.

So I snapped this shot, which I don't really think is a smile and I started to try and get another one of her really smiling but...


She shook her fist at me and said "NO, MOM, you already took a picture, NO MORE or I will get angry!!"

So then I took another, and then she got angry and started to cry. "You broke your promise" she bawled, "NO MORE PICTURES". "OK,OK," I said, "If I don't take any more pictures will you please just calm down?"
She snifled and replied hesitantly, "Alright, that's a deal."
So you see folks, I really, really tried to get one of her smiling. It just wasn't in the cards for that day, or the next, or probably the next few.





2 comments:

Sue said...

The fist shaking is so bold.
She looks too sweet to be such a sassy back-talker. My kids didn't start that til around 9 months.

I really love seeing the pictures, but they are making me miss you guys alot. I am dying to hold the babies and bring them over to my house and give them some jello water (so they will know that I love them the most).

The Running Couple said...

I know. I feel the same way (though holding out on the jello water would be OK by us). I have been trying to convince Ward that we need to take a trip out there this year but it just doesn't look like it can be done.

Any chance of any of your clan :) coming this way?