Oh my goodness!!! I must have sounded completely crazy the other night. While you would never know it based on the fantastic expressions below, the little guy was very reluctant to sport a smile! I should say EXTREMELY reluctant! He wanted no part of the camera at all! We talked about Thomas the Train, Diego, Dora, Santa Claus, fire engines, police cars, motor cycles, etc. — nothing mattered! That was until I let out a roar of a burp! Yes that’s right — I belched to get him to smile and laugh! Before you think it was accidentall and I was just covering for myself, I promise it was completely planned. It was my final attempt to get a smile before I stood on my head (and of course it would have been pretty hard for me to snap any pics standing on my head! lol In any event, my efforts worked. He smiled, and I got some terrific shots. These little ones are absolutely adorable and while, it may not be a great thing, I can now add “deliberate belching” to my repertoire of ways to make children laugh and avoiding those fake smiles that result from saying “cheese”!!! (I hate saying chesse — it does NOT work!) Well here you have it…… a a few burps that resulted in some great shots! Oh and by the way, I did say “excuse me”! ha ha ha