Friday, December 07, 2001
Our photo plans busted
So, the photo session didn't go well ... in fact, it didn't go at all. We got to Sears early, and I wanted to make sure Parker was calm, so I nursed him in the car while Jeff took the other car and got dinner (I was going to work after the photo shoot). He gets back and we get to the photo studio just in time for our session appointment. The waiting room was chock-full of people so we let them know we were here, sat down and filled out what photos we wanted when and with what backgrounds, etc. And which coupon we wanted to use. Parker was absolutely adorable! He was cooing and wide-eyes, and happy. The photo session is supposed to take 15 minutes. He was this way for 25 minutes. But we hadn't been taken into a studio yet. He started to get fussy, but was manageable for the next 10 ... still no studio. Then 10 more minutes of him crying before I tell Jeff I've had it and we're leaving. As we are heading out, I tell the receptionist we are leaving, because we made an appointment, and had prepared him for that time, and now 45 minutes had passed, and he was inconsolable and there was no way we would get any good pictures. I was in tears, Parker's beet red face was covered in them, and we left. The woman tried to get us to stay, saying we'd be seen immediately, and that we shouldn't have had to wait, and I told her it was pointless. We went out to the car, as quickly as possible, Parker and I crying and Jeff pushing all of our stuff in the stroller behind us. We got to the car, and to calm him down, I nursed him again. He must have been very upset ... he stayed on for 20+ minutes, before I decided we needed to leave the parking lot. In the interim, Jeff went back in to get our coupon (we may have been upset, but we wanted that coupon, especially since unfortunately the backgrounds we really wanted were at this store). They apologized and gave us a card for two free sheets of prints ($24 value) and told us that it should never have happened, appointments are seen at their time no matter what, and if we decided to reschedule and come back ,they would make sure things went that way. Well, whatever. We'll still probably go, because, as I said, I wanted those backgrounds. Poor Parker has been in a tissy ever since, though. Intermittently spitting up (probably from over-eating if that's possible ... I hear it isn't but I am not sure I agree) and turning beet red from gas presumably, though I think he just had too much today. Anyway, he has been up since 5:30 pm, with only occasional naps in the car ... he should sleep pretty soundly tonight, I'd guess, once he falls asleep. The swing is trying its darndest to work its magic. Cross your fingers for me.
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