Sweet William

My nephew, William, is staying with us this weekend while his parents are at a marriage retreat. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to take all four boys to the studio for pictures and scheduled the photos for today. Everything leading up to the appointment was going very well; I had outfits picked out for the all the boys, they had lunch, dinner was ready for when we got back, and William had a two hour nap right before we left and woke up in a great mood! I was hopeful that things would go well. Once we got to the studio William became very serious and reserved. I had the photographer take picture of my boys first so that William could see what was happening and get used to the idea. Nope. I tried showing him the pictures of the boys on the monitor and told him he could see himself too. Nope. I told him I wanted to surprise his Mommy. Nope. I told him that his blankie wanted to be in the picture. Nope. Just the mention of pictures brought him to tears. Poor little guy; he was a puddle on the floor. Fortunately he perked right back up as soon as we left the studio. I guess I didn't traumatize him too much.



Here are some happier times during his visit: