Bea the Professional Model

These pictures are a little outdated now, since Beatrice is getting so big, but here are her first portraits. We finally made it over to Sears Portrait studio, and it was a pretty terrible experience. You know when you walk down the aisle at the mall and those hand-lotion kiosk salespeople try to grab you and cajole you into purchasing not one, but two expensive lotions guaranteed to revolutionize your skin? That is what it is like when you are at Sears photo studio.

After a whirlwind minute and a half photo session, the Sears' photo specialist sits you down and shows you about 500 photos of your child until you go googly-eyed looking at the computer screen. Then she presents you with about 250 different packages that you could buy and convinces you that you need at least four dozen wallet sized photos of your child in addition to all the portrait sizes you are getting, plus you really should get your child's picture turned into a canvas piece of art to hang on your wall. Of course. She continues to blabber on about extra special packages and deals and buy one get one free this and that until you just want to get out of there so badly that you spend wayyyyyy too much money on the pictures and are then wracked with guilt as you think about how many diapers that could have just bought.

But then three weeks later you get the pictures and just adore how cute your baby is, and all is forgiven with Sears. We will be heading back soon, I am sure.