Evolution of a Smile

James is not really into photos.  When the camera is aimed at him, he usually turns his head or squints or puts his hands up to his face.  He's not into the paparazzi and because of that, we have to take about 57 photos before we get one with a smile on his face.  I'm telling you, this kid smiles.  A lot.  We just have a hard time capturing it on film!  It doesn't help that the shutter speed of our camera is slower than molasses but that is an entirely different issue in itself.  So here, I give you, the evolution of a smile.

Here we are, sitting in our chair, playing with our new toy.  We are inspecting it for it's level of fun/will- this-fit-into-my-mouth ability...

... we find the piece of toy that we like but notice the camera hovering over us...

... so we give a wink which says "Mommy, there ain't no way I'm cracking a smile for you!"...

... so we focus back on the task at hand ~ getting this toy in our mouth...

... we continue to tease Mommy by giving her a kiss face ~ but nope, not ready to crack a smile until....

NOW!!

It's a good thing he is cute. :)