Beautiful Mia. We did not have the happiest evening of her life, but she sure was a little trooper as we set her down in different places and thought up all sorts of ways to get her to smile. She is teething right now, and I think that, combined with it being close to bedtime, just made her a little  upset that we were photographing her. But I don’t think you can tell by the photos. We had mama walk away, and then…walk back! Yes, it was that exciting and got us some giggles from Mia. Mama goes away, and…..she’s back! Big smile every time. She was also just like my Amelia, who is turning ONE next week by the way, where she got VERY happy when she found a stray piece of clothing-and immediately put it right over her head. And yes, that is pure happiness to an almost-one-year-old. I still love every single one of her photos. Even if she was not super happy, she was super sweet. But, my favorite is the last one, where she is just SO tired she can’t stand it anymore.  At what age do they stop rubbing their eyes with the backs of the hands when they are tired? My five year old does not do that. So I am glad I captured that, because that is definitely part of her babyhood. Don’t worry that she was teething, mom and dad, you are going to love every photo! Oh, and don’t you love those two long hairs sticking out in the second one? Priceless.