Christmas Photos

No one will know how hard Christmas photos are to take until they try to take it of three dogs. All three are puppies.

To start, I took Vieve to the potty to make sure she's okay. I got my little "studio" set up and had the two dogs lay down in their spots. I turn the camera on, and the battery light is flashing. Crud. I need to power up the battery. So I have the "big" puppies down-stay. 

Genevieve is bouncing all over the place. Belle gets up when I accidentally say "Let's go." Crud. So I let them up, try to keep Vieve from chewing their Christmas collars apart, and try to keep them from wrecking the "set". 

The camera is now powered up, a little. I put the big dogs in their spot and make sure they are all lined up. Vieve has had an accident at this point. Crud. At this point my mom has come home, distracting ALL the dogs. Crud. I clean up le petite accidente. I put the camera battery on the power for a moment. I put all the dogs back in their positions. 

At this point Belle is refusing to 'sit' she wants to lay down. Lazy dog. So I reposition them so that I can throw Vieve in and have a great photo. Everything gets positioned. I get the treats out and Belle crawls forward a half a foot to get closer to the treat. Crud. She gets put back into position. Sunke is now drooling over the treat. Crud. I wipe that up. 

Two of the three are now in position. I tell mom to get Vieve ready. She hands me Vieve and I toss her in. Of course Belle and Sunk now need to sniff her. My camera is running out of power. They finally ignore Vieve and I push her into position, forcing her tush down. I snap a photo before she wanders away. I put her back snap another photo. Then another. I got maybe six photos of all three, only two are suitable for the holiday card. But at least it's done!