Beach "Portraits"

Because I am a glutton for punishment apparently, I took Katie out to the beach on our last morning to try to snap a few pictures that were worthy of printing and framing. I'll let Katie tell you what she thought of our "photo session."

Mom told me I could run a little bit and that would be cute. So I took off from right about here and ran about 30 feet past that trash can in the distance. Mom was about 29 weeks pregnant and she definitely couldn't keep up. This is as close as she got and then she was eating my dust (er, sand) after that.

But don't worry. I eventually came back. And I came back with a devious look on my face and a masterful plan to ruin her attempt at getting any decent pictures. 

I stood still for just a moment allowing mom to think I was going to cooperate. But I made sure to never look directly at her and definitely not smile with anything other than a straight lipped "I'm up to something" smile.

Then I bargained with her. I'm good at that and she hasn't caught on to me yet. I told her I'd smile if she'd take some pictures of me and my friends. So Max and Dolly hopped in the picture and I smiled great but made sure to block mom from seeing it.

So at this point, mommy and daddy are both a little frustrated with me and trying to get me to take some better pictures. Daddy suggests we go out to the water, but I have to stop and complain for 5 minutes about yucky the sand feels on my toes.

Enough complaining...The water feels great and I'm ready to splash around! I decide to let mom get a few good shots too!

I run back and forth stomping in the waves and giggling and having a blast.

I make sure to get my dress good and soaked to ensure these are the last pictures she'll want to take!

I zoom past her a few more times daring her to try to catch a smile on my face. (I think she got a few!)

I also make sure to splash as much as I can because I like it when she reminds me over and over and over not to mess up her "precious" camera.

And finally, to cap it all off - I give mom and dad a glimpse of my "Thriller" moves. These moves ended my show and didn't even call for an encore!