I came across this old photo last night and saw how hysterical it is (I’m sure it wasn’t at the time). Our seventh child was six days old and my MIL was trying (I stress the word trying) to get a good family photo with the new addition. This is new-baby-stressed-out-family at its finest: mom is swollen and sleep-deprived; dad is trying vainly to make everyone smile and get happy; second-to-youngest child (dad’s lap) is still happy and too young to know his world’s just been turned upside down; third-to-youngest child (in floor) knows exactly what’s going on (this has happened once before, remember?) and behaves accordingly; fourth-to-youngest (next to mom) wears a deer-in-the-headlights expression; fifth-to-youngest (next to dad) looks resigned; two oldest boys have “been there, done that” many times before and just want the photo shoot to end.
Remember the total chaos of the first week at home with a new baby? Do you have any delightful family photos like this in your collection?
Thanks for the chuckle, I love the picture.
This makes me love you all the more! What a great photo, and love how you captioned the expressions! Mah-ve-lous, Mommy Dearest!
This picture is a great “real life” shot! What a crack up!
I juts love the 3 older boys’ expressions 😛
And third-to-youngest…classic.
What a great family portait. It’s great to see pictures of the kids when they were younger. Oh, and thanks for the pie. It was great…and gone!
Hi mommy i relly like the picture of me the older girl as a space out 🙂
I laughed and laughed at this one. I can understand. I am pregnant with my 5th child.
I get sad sometimes because so many people are against me wanting to have more children. It can be weary to hear it so often. It’s refreshing to find someone like you.
This was a great laugh! I had older kids too, when I had my last and the boys looked very Blah about it. LOL Totally can relate.
We have six little ones (although the oldest is not so little anymore — he’s 10) and I remember the days following a new kiddos arrival! Talk about insanity! You seemed to have handled it with grace! I, on the other hand, might have been as upset as the third youngest in your pic. Thanks for sharing!
always loved this photo, seen it laying around the house in some odd, unexplainable place as i cleaned numerous numerous occasions. always made me feel grateful that the family would never be back ‘there’ again. surely our lives and family have only become increasingly blessed. hope all is going well for ya’ll and church issues start to smooth out. btw, especially during summer, what the church really needs is just more fellowship throughout the week. mention it to the parents/mothers and start planning ! not just special little dinky things that are all good fun, but regular, more than once a week times of fellowship where everyone (or guys playing painting ball or something at Farrin’s, girls all.. blah blah) can get together and just be with eachother throughout the week. make it a regular thing, but have fun with it and just ask and see what ‘everyone’, kids included, would like to do. i promise you, you all will NOT regret it.