One Take Wonder

You know how when you do construction you say, "Measure twice, cut once"?  Well, in childhood photography, the saying is:  "Set up during his nap, take 4000 shots, and maybe one will be good."  Granted, it's not as catchy of a saying, but it's true nonetheless.

Even with the most adorable kid on the planet (Carter Edwards, in case you were wondering), you are still bound to find some seriously unfortunate outtakes in your pile of quickly captured images.

For your viewing pleasure:

The "No Neck Newborn" Pose



 The "I'm Too Sexy for my Onesie" Pose

 

The "I am NOT Amused" Pose

 

 

The "Not by the Hair on My (Double) Chinny-Chin-Chin" Pose

 

The "Rollover Beethoven" Pose

 

And don't even get me started on those balloon pictures.  I can't even tell you how many frames of those get ruined by yawns...

sneezes...

and, of course, balloons.

 

But through it all, we have prevailed.  We own the digital rights to approximately 300 excellent, adorable, majorly cute pictures of Carter (and approximately 1000 photos of him that range from mediocre to comically terrible).  At the end of the day, though, it's hard to even pick out some "bad" ones because this mama finds her boy adorable even when he's got an 18 inch-long string of slobber running from his bottom lip right onto her fancy comforter.

You are so handsome, dude.