Holiday Pictures : FAIL

I can be really uptight. About some really stupid stuff. In efforts not to sweat the small things, I have decided this year to not stress myself out and turn into a psycho this week in order to get Christmas cards out on time. So when you don't get yours, don't think I have forgotten you. I haven't!

We aren't really photogenic people. The Mr. and I look like we've been captured mid-seizure in just about every photograph. Back in November I had a fabulous idea to capture that perfect holiday moment in our picturesque backyard. I was going to find the perfect outfits for us. A few times we were even taunted by snow predictions. Even a dusting of snow in a Christmas card in Alabama is a rare opportunity. But alas- mid November the Mr. decided to have a dead tree cut down and we have yet to find a team of pack mules to drag it out of there. And let's face it- not even a dusting of snow and a rustic garland can make piles of rotting foliage appear festive. Fa la la. . .

So next I thought it would be darling if I took some shots of KC at Tannehill State Park. They were advertising some craft open houses so I thought I might find so cute decorations. I dragged my mother and child and made the trek out there. Lesson two - One year olds cannot be trusted amongst the fruits of the labor of folk artists. They seemed less than thrilled at the prospect of having their art redesigned by my darling. My attempts to keep KC in check sort of killed my creative liberty for photography. But we had fun.

Defeated, I thought I would try to recreate KC's picture from last year. I tried to park her in front of the Christmas Tree and gave her some things to play with. Unfrotunatly, my camera has a delay. It only takes her 1.2 seconds for her to lose interest in looking holiday precious. You can see those results above.

I thought about trying it again every day until I got it right. But what for ?

When I get home from work I can't wait to see her. I like to get comfortable and I secretly confess to holding her entirely too much. The past several weeks I have tried to include her in my christmas preparations. I've loved watching her touch the tree, move the ornaments and inspect the needles. It thrills me to look on as she gleefully wrinkles the wrapping paper, sits on the presents and fingers the tangles of ribbon. It was way too hard to enjoy all this from behind a camera. So while I may not have gotten the perfect picture of all the holiday fun, trust me when I say it was had.