Outtakes

As you can probably tell, one of our new favorite passtimes from the past 8 months has become taking pictures of Gavin Cox...much to the detriment of our computer's memory space and those of you who read this blog that are nauseated by all of our picture taking (to which I might reply, "Why did you click on the link?")  What you might be surprised to find out is that Matthew and I are NOT professional photographers (gasp!) and Gavin is NOT a professional baby model (double gasp) which means that from time to time we have the occassional outtake photo that doesn't quite make it to the blog...but today it does becuase this blog post is called "outtakes!"  This post also includes helpful tips for when you want to get that perfect shot! Photographers, take heed.

Warning: the following photo is not meant for the weak stomach or the faint of heart.  What was meant to turn out like this:

Somehow turned out like this:  

I guess the moral of that story is not to do photo shoots on a full tummy.

j

Some other rules of thumb might include not doing photo shoots when you're sleepy

or sneezy

Or busy chewing on your jacket

Also- do not be surprised if occassionally a picture is taken with someone's arm down someone else's shirt.

That's completely normal.

j

Last but not least:

If you are in the picture with Gavin, your one mission, your task...your sacred duty...is this:

JUST  

KEEP  

SMILING 

No matter what Gavin does

Where he looks

or what face he makes 

just look ahead with a smile on your face.

You do NOT want to be the one that makes the picture an outtake when Gavin finally does decide to get the perfect shot. 

Because that's just embarrassing.