Picture Day

Today I took Daniel to get his one year pictures taken. We had a 10:00 appointment, which is their first appointment of the day. We got there a couple minutes after the store opened and as we walked back to the studio I could see a few other people back there as well.

There was a lady there wanting to get pictures taken of her paintings. There was only one lady working so she was going to do that quickly, which was fine. There was also a guy who was probably in his late 30's and another man that I assume was his dad. This younger guy was holding a picture and told her that he tried to scan it at CVS and they wouldn't let him because he needed permission because of the copyright. The lady explained that she couldn't do that because he did not own the rights to the picture. Then he asked if she could just order him a copy? She told him they only save pictures for 90 days and then asked when the picture was taken. He replied that it was 2 years ago and then demanded that she order a copy for him! Duh. She JUST said they only keep copies for 90 days. She was being so nice to him and he got irate! Yelling and swearing and calling her fat and ugly. It was sick. His dad kept trying to get him to walk away while she was trying to call security. He finally left before security came back, but was still yelling obscenities all through the store!

I was seriously just standing there with my jaw hanging open. The other lady who was getting the pictures of her photos and I were just looking at the photographer in disbelief. She was shaken, but kept apologizing to us for having to witness that. We assured her that she was in the right! She was so nice and she waived the sitting fees for both of us because of it! (Of course...I ended up buying a collage that made up for the cost,  but oh well!) I just thought it was nice of her.

The pictures went well. I mean as well as they can with Daniel. He did what I predicted and booked it out of there a couple times. He just won't sit. We had to do a lot of distracting and bribing with fruit snacks, but she got some really cute shots.

They have the full CD's on sale right now so I got that plus the collage picture. Because I bought the CD, I WILL own the copyright, unlike Mr. Temper.

Once we were done there I went down to the kids section in search of a plain white long sleeved shirt for Daniel. That's harder than you would think! They didn't have one so we headed to one of my happy places. Target! I got lucky and found a shirt there. Woohoo! Plus I got a few more things as well.

By the time we left my back was aching pretty bad, so it was time to go home! Daniel fell asleep 15 minutes from home, which resulted in no nap when we got home...but he did play in bed for a long time so I could have a break!

Tomorrow I'm heading back to the Y. Hopefully it goes well and I don't come home in pain!