Annual family picture time

Two weeks ago, we had our annual informal photo session. It's funny to think that last year, we thought it was difficult with a barely-walking 1-year-old. But 2-year-old Gavin really gave this photographer a run for her money! We met her at McMenamins Roadhouse, where there is an open field with flowers and a rustic barn where Gavin ran around almost non-stop for 30 minutes. The only time he did stop was to play with door handles. Have I mentioned before how he is obsessed with doors and their hardware? These doors happened to be locked, so it was extremely frustrating that he couldn't open and shut them repeatedly. After about 40 minutes of running around and refusing to go where instructed, he threw a huuuuuuuuge tantrum and we had to cut our session short and leave in a hurry. The photographer actually managed to get a few decent shots with what she was given. And we'll take what we can get, just so we don't have to go through that again for another year. :) Maybe by next year he will actually smile on command?!




She took this one while Gavin was on the loose

This is just before the tantrum set in...

First ever photo of Gavin laughing

This part, he thoroughly enjoyed :)