christmas pictures...

Because we like to procrastinate, our christmas picture became quite the ordeal... originally we were going to start a picture tradition of taking jayme (and future lil white's) to the mission inn to see the lights and take out christmas card picture there; however, time got away from us and with ryan leaving for work in canada for 2 weeks, we are out of time and had to make do with our christmas tree as the backdrop... only one problem... we didn't have a photographer. not such a big deal when its adults or kids that can respond accordingly when you say "smile" when its time for the camera to snap a 10 second delay self portrait... with a 6 month old however, she had an agenda of her own. after 10 snaps and deer in-the-head-lights looks later, ryan opted to put her baby einstein on the computer in front of us, then we could time out her laughs/smiles with our picture... after 5 minutes spent putting the dvd in and getting it started, we realize its the lullabye dvd (no smiles, just yawns)... fast forward to 10 more snaps and a teething baby sucking on her dress, her fingers, our fingers, my hair, her shoes (she tried anyway)... we tried in vain for a couple more snaps (59 in total to be
exact)...
in the end (30 minutes later), we decided to go with a couple non-traditional pictures for this years card... maybe next year we can plan better and make sure we have someone behind the camera with the mission inn as the back drop???? here are the out-takes...

"had enough guys... and this bow needs to go"