Family Photos: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

I thought that I had the best idea ever when I scheduled family photos during our vacation in Mexico.  WRONG.  Ha, it was probably one of my worst experiences as a parent and maybe even in my life in general.  Sloan woke up right before our evening session MASSIVELY TEETHING.  She was cutting a molar, had a low-grade fever, and the worst runny nose.  She basically cried and chewed on her hands the entire shoot.  It got so bad that I said, "ENOUGH!  I cannot do this to her anymore!"  So the photographer said that she would come back the next day and try again.  Well... Sloan was still teething the next day and it was effing hot outside!  Eric and I sweated while Sloan chewed on her hands some more.  For those of you who know Sloan well, you know that she is quite the social butterfly and really enjoys meeting new people.  I don't know what was up with our photographer, but Sloan became VERY UNCOMFORTABLE and UPSET whenever the photographer would speak or really even look at her.  It was like an energy thing... I've never seen Sloan so upset by someone... ever!  As soon as our shoot was over and the photographer was gone, Sloan returned to her perfect happy self.  I am truly shocked the photographer got any photos of Sloan smiling at all.  I learned my lesson though, and we will not be doing family photos on another vacation!