Christmas Card Rejects

We set out for the dreaded-by-all holiday task of taking Brady's Christmas Card Photo over a week ago. The first idea we tried was Christmas lights. We got some really big laughing smiles and some blurry shots with the flash off. (Please excuse me for not cropping the photos.)














Then Brady got mad at the Christmas lights.














So we tried snowmen.














Which he was quite proud of being able to pull the eyeballs off.














Then he decided to get stubborn.














Next up was colored flashing lights, which he wanted nothing to do with (note the snowman eyeball still in his right hand.)














We then decided our backdrop wasn't quite big enough on the couch, even after cropping, so we moved locations and tried a rocking horse he wouldn't stay on.














And a stocking that we hid oreos in an attempt to get him to sit still. Unfortunately he got the oreos out too fast before we got a good picture.














We gave up for a week, switched backdrops, and tried again. First try this round was ornaments. The only way we could get him to smile was by putting them down the front of his bibs. Since we weren't really sending out an explanation with the card, that one got nixed.


















Then we tried garland, but Brady wouldn't ever put his hands down.


















We did finally get a decent picture, which will be coming soon to a house/blog posting near you.