{"id":2979,"date":"2012-05-05T19:01:12","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T01:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcusandshona.com\/?p=2979"},"modified":"2022-02-15T09:09:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T16:09:30","slug":"a-few-months-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcusandshona.com\/?p=2979","title":{"rendered":"A Few Months Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in February, my mom and dad came to visit for a few days. As usual, I didn’t think to take any pictures until my parents were about to leave! So shortly before their departure, which was on Valentine’s Day, I sat Emrick and his grandparents on the living room sofa and made them stay there until I could get the perfect shot. Hat tip to Dad.<\/p>\n

As one would expect when there is a toddler in the mix, getting everyone to look at the camera at the same time was no easy feat. At first, Mom was the only one to be “on”:<\/p>\n

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Mom's all over it. Dad and Emrick, not so much. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

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Once again, Mom keeps it together despite the antics of Emrick and his gramps \ud83d\ude09<\/p><\/div>\n

After a few more shots, we finally got Mom and Dad both<\/em>\u00a0looking at the camera. Cheese!:<\/p>\n

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Looking pretty good here. Now if Emrick would just flash a grin at the camera.<\/p><\/div>\n

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All right, so Emrick wouldn’t look at the camera even when everyone else was. He’s still a toddler after all, and he was just too enthralled with his grandparents<\/del> Grandpa’s Blackberry. That’s okay, though, because in some of my favorite pictures here, NOBODY is on their game! Have a look:<\/p>\n

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Believe it or not, I omitted the most unflattering pictures there :p<\/p>\n

But then something amazing happened. Perfection came. And it came when we stopped trying to get everyone looking at the camera. See for yourself:<\/p>\n

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So, so sweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in February, my mom and dad came to visit for a few days. As usual, I didn’t think to take any pictures until my parents were about to leave! So shortly before their departure, which was on Valentine’s Day, I sat Emrick and his grandparents on the living room sofa and made them stay … <\/p>\n

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