Picture (Im)perfect Christmas

When I get an idea in my head I want it to happen immediately. So when I decided I wanted to get some cute Christmas card pictures of The Boy I had to execute it that minute, without waiting for the right light or the right mood. A few weekends ago I put The Boy in 2 different holiday outfits (which The Husband hates, BTW) and took him out in the back yard to try to get some good shots for this year's Christmas card. I just let him play and tried to catch him in action doing something completely toddler and cute. It didn't go over too well. Here's what I ended up with:

Giant baby with regular sized wagon:

which looked kind of like....

The scarecrow:

Little baby calisthenics:

Baby cockatoo: 

I actually really liked that one but the grill was in the background and I felt like it looked a little......

I don't know why but something about this shot reminded me of Biff from Back to the Future. Maybe it's his hair:

Think, McFly, Think!

Boy eating a stick:

Jail break Christmas:

And a bunch more that I deleted before I thought to share them with you. Although I'm sure it's a fire hazard, I ended up using these three of him playing in the lights. Shutterfly was kind enough to let me share our finished product with you:

Patterned Pretty Holiday Card

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