Saturday was a little early Mother's Day present for Angela. After heading into the city for 4+ hours to participate in a walk to honor those who suffer from brain tumors in which the kids lasted for about the first .25 mile portion of the 3 mile walk (wasn't their fault...Daddy got to the park about 2 hours in advance by mistake and both kids were spent by the time the actual walk started!), we headed out to complete our Mother's Day gift for Angela....some professional photos of the kiddos since it has been soooo long (hasn't been a need really since Ang has taken her photography class!).
Needless to say, after Maddie only slept about an hour after the walk and Jake didn't sleep at all, I wasn't necessarily looking forward to this endeavor. It is one thing to jump around behind a photographer hoping for that one smile with 2 well-rested kids, it is a COMPLETELY different thing with 2 kids who were crying before you even left the house!
It didn't start the best way as we had a 3:30 appt, but we actually didn't sit down to take the photos to almost 4:15. Try to explain 'they are running behind' to 2 kids under 5! However, a few snacks later (and a little bribery with the kids) and they did great.
Once we actually sat down for the photos, I think you will agree, the kids surprised me! They were great...no crying, listening to everyone and willingly getting into many different poses. The highlight...Maddie was a complete Hamm! She couldn't get enough of the camera - smiling eery way, jumping into different poses the photographer wasn't even asking for...She actually was running into the picture when the photographer was taking pics of Jake only.
ohhh boy, let's just say a few more gray hairs sprouted up in just thing about the future based on these actions.
Happy Mother's Day, babe. I have to agree with Jake tonight when he said he has the greatest mommy in the world!
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