Family Pics June 2011

How do you define irony? Well, to me it goes a lot like this...

I have been waiting years to take a professional family picture. With 4 kids under 9 years, I was either pregnant, or we had an infant that would be hard to photograph. Even now, I debated waiting a little longer till Paige could run around and be more mobile. But I decided I had put it off long enough, so we made an appointment for a Saturday morning and I spent weeks shopping and trying to piece together decent outfits for everyone. Here's where the irony comes in-

Friday night Paige ends up sick with a tummy bug that had been going around. She started throwing up about 10pm and it continued till around 2am. Sam and I were exhausted from changing blankets and clothes all night, but for most kids it had been short lived and I really didn't want to cancel our appointment - who knows when I actually would have gotten another one?! So we all got up at 7 and got dressed. We were driving to the destination, and right before we pull in, Paige throws up all over herself. Because I tend to have this kind of luck a lot, I had brought an extra outfit. So I changed her real quick, and said "let's get this done." It didn't take longer than 30 seconds out of the car to realize the wind was hurricane strength. (ok, not quite, but you get the idea.) And on top of it all, Sydnee turned on her usual "I will not look where you tell me, stand where you tell me, or do anything that I don't choose myself" attitude.

So here we go, the pictures we were able to get with a baby who was miserable and sick, a three year old who is stubborn as can be, and winds that nearly blew us all over!