We all need a good cry every once in a while. Unfortunately for this typically happy little guy, it was the hour and a half I was hanging out with him!
What is a photographer to do? I kept following him around, I ignored him, I even sang to him… but nothing. However, I was sneaky and did catch this when he was snuggling with his mommy!
As you can tell- big brother was EASY. In fact in the six sessions we have had, he was the very easiest for this one! That’s how life is- when your brother will not comply, you comply even more to be the “really good kid”! He was outstanding!
Oh well- looks as if I will have to try again on the images of the two boys together. Mom has a great sense of humor but I am betting I cannot convince her to put those on her Christmas card!
Oh and if you are worried that little H. might have ben sick or had something really wrong with him… don’t worry. Mom texted me ten minutes after I left to say he was smiling and happy in the car. He then had three shots and a couple of pricks at his afternoon doctors appointment and not so much as a tear! Good thing he got all those tears out with me. 
Ahh- you just have to take life with a good sense of humor.
Oct 29th, 2008
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- Kristin wrote: Okay, I know the crying was probably very traumatic for the mama-- I know I probably would not have been able to hold it together if it were me-- and a challenge for the photographer. But as a neutral third party, I have to say that the crying pictures just crack me up. Look at those little clenched fists! Look at that big brother trying not to laugh in the second shot! Big brother definitely has some ammo for the future in these images. One could envision a holiday card making some reference to "naughty or nice..." Oct 29th, 2008, 4:10PM
- Hannah wrote: ok...I am cracking up looking at the first couple of pictures...seriously! I have no idea what got into him that morning but that was not my normally easy going child! (sigh!) I have to say, my lil man J did awesome! P.S. I think I will order one of those crying pictures just b/c it was what it was that morning! Nevertheless, my boys are my heaven on earth! heehee! Oct 29th, 2008, 8:10PM
- dana wrote: ebs - only you could capture a tender moment like the one snuggling with mom to make the entire session a success. that is precisely why you are so good at what you do, true talent and a true blessing. I especially love the second one of the lil guy crying - he appears to be in exactly the same position, mouth open and hands clutched, with his clothes magically changed. I felt a grin and a twinge of anxiety come over me as I thought of the mom standing behind you trying to make faces or anything to make him smile-anything! It is definately a day to remember. Oct 30th, 2008, 12:10AM
