and they were gonna charge me 15 bucks for this?

oh please, i've got skills.  

 

a few weeks ago, honey and baby and i jumped through all the hoops to get baby a passport.  and believe me.  there are a lot of hoops.  make appointment, bring self, baby, and baby daddy.  bring front and back photo copies of both parents' drivers licenses, original birth certificate, all forms completely filled out, passport picture of baby against white background that is not over or under exposed where baby is looking straight ahead, eyes open, mouth shut, no shadow, and non blurry.  seriously?  and the most difficult part... coordinating the appointment time with honey's schedule.  i normally don't see him during daylight hours.  anyways, it ended up being the biggest disaster ever but we got it done.  ohmygoodnesswhatapain.

 

anyways, it already costs over $100 to get this kid a passport that's going to expire in a few years anyways, i was not about to pay $15 more to have someone click a picture of her.  i mean, i do that like eighty million times a day and no one pays me $15 a photo.  who knew infant passport photos were so grossly overpriced... even more so than regular adult passport photos?  

 

so baby and i had a little photo shoot.  i placed her on her beautiful baby blessing dress and snapped away, startling baby with my uncontrollable bursts of laughter.  my favorite is the one directly to the right of the center picture.  fabulous.  BUT i didn't think the government would enjoy it as much as i, SO i picked the most normal photo i could find and went with that.  i really hope they approve it because we kinda need this by christmas or else i'm leaving baby in the states while honey and i head to cancun...