smile. (normally please).

                                          
My parents told me that when I was little whenever someone pointed a camera at me and said "Smile!" I would drop my jaw wide open. Thus, if you flip thru albums of me as a baby and toddler, I had my mouth wide open in many of them.
I decided I better teach Natallie how to smile on command, this would make taking photos of her so much easier. It didn't take long for Natallie to learn how to smile when I said 'smile' but for some reason, she scrunches up her shoulders. It's like she's trying to show off how many chin folds she can create. Ha ha. My friend Kristin said it's because I smile like that. Do I? Do I really? I don't think I do but she had to of learned the weird smile thing from someone! Anyways, its great that when I take photos Natallie will smile, but look at all these pictures, she has no neck in ALL these pictures, how do I get her to smile normally??

 

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OK so after posting this blog, my friend Kristin, showed me several photos of me smiling with my shoulders shrugged up to prove that she is right that Natallie's weird smiling is because of me. And I went through some of my old photos and sadly, I have to admit that on more than one occasion I am smiling with my shoulders up. Kristin said it's suprising Natallie isn't also doing the asian peace sign when I say 'smile' too. Ha ha. Just wait til Natallie has the fine motor coordination to do that, then she'll be a gleeful replica of her shruggy smiling mom!