I love getting professional family pictures done. I think it's really important to document our family as time progresses. Outdoor sessions are my absolute favorite because I love the green and gorgeous glow from the sun.
However, the best locations for pictures are not always the best for anxiety-prone mommas like myself. Enter, the tick. We had planned on just doing a 30 minute mini-session, which turned out to be a good idea because Stella was done after about 10. Anyway, around the same time Stella was getting restless, I noticed Bryce brushing at his legs, and hesitantly informing me that he saw a TICK. So naturally I freak out a bit, and then we continue with our pictures, because, pictures. But, I only let Stella walk on the rock path. Naturally, while taking a family picture on the rock path, I notice a tick on my own dress. And that, my friends ended our session. Our photographer, who is awesome and has been doing our pictures since our maternity session, wanted to get a few more shots, but I politely declined. And blamed it on the babe being antsy.
Of course when we got home, everyone got undressed in the garage and was inspected for ticks before entering the house. Sure enough, Bryce had one on his leg.
Needless to say, the clothes stayed out in the garage for two or three weeks, even after I fully inspected them, and now, I'm convinced every red mark is a tick bite and that we all have lyme disease. I'm also really up to date on my tick info, so if anyone has questions, hit me up.
Luckily, our photographer did get some great pics after the shit show that was us. Here are a few of my favorites.
And, despite my lamenting "We are never doing outdoor pictures again!" we will very likely do the same type next time we are due for pictures. Just with Deet. Everyone gets a healthy spray of Off with Deet.
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