Timothy's 1 year old pictures

Several weeks ago I found a coupon for Target's Portrait Studio. This was a VERY good coupon which included a free 8x10 and a traditional package for $7.95. Since Timothy just turned a year old I thought I would make an appointment and take him to get his pictures taken.

Well, the making of the appointment was not as easy as I thought it would be. You can do it on-line but I wanted to call. Well, evidently Target's phone system is still in the dark ages. Trying to reach someone is impossible. Their voice mail system may or may not be working at any given time and if someone does call you back - well lets just say we played phone tag.

I eventually gave up on the phone appointment so I went to the internet. I knew I was going to have Timothy one Sunday so on Saturday night I made an appointment for the next day. On the site it said "same day appointments call to set up". Well I already tried the phone thing and I was making the appointment for the next day so I'm fine - right?

Wrong!

The next day the portrait studio called a few hours before the appointment to confirm that I was scheduled for the NEXT Sunday. Not a happy person was I. Here to find out it should not say "same day please call" but rather "within 24 hours, please call".

So, I scheduled for the next Sunday in the hopes that I would get him again. Yes, basically I gave up and hoped for the best. Sometimes they just beat you down until you can't fight any more. But I felt that I was getting the last laugh - I had a coupon!!!

It all worked out in the end but I think that if the coupon wasn't as good as it was - I would have given up and never taken him out there.

So, Amanda Emma and I took him out there and he was very happy when we left but he fell asleep almost immediately. We were going to Roseville and it was raining cats and dogs. When we got there I had to wake him up and run to the building through the rain. Lets just say he wasn't a happy guy when we got inside. He clung to Amanda and was NOT going to do the picture thing.

Luckily one of the many pictures turned out ok. (Notice how he bites the bottom lip? Totally Anthony!) I wasn't real happy but then I gave the lady my coupon and paid $8. Ok, I guess I can live with it for that price.

He was still a little put off on the way home but once we got there and started feeding him he perked up. That's when I took this picture:

Oh sure! Now you're happy!!

(BTW, we were feeding him Ravioli and he loved it! Can you tell?)