Sophie’s American Passport Photo
We busy (lazy) folks finally got around to pulling together all the paperwork necessary to get Sophie fully Americanized… actually, it’s not the paperwork that’s such a deterrent, it’s the 1 1/2 hour drive to the US Consulate in Bremen that kept us procrastinating. Sophie, not being a big fan of the car seat, is not someone you necessarily want to spend 3 hours in a car with unless you have a sturdy singing voice and a robust selection of children’s tunes at your fingertips.
With Sophie’s 1-year birthday around the corner, enough was enough. My girl needed a blue passport! But the night before our patriotic sojourn, I realized that I couldn’t locate the passport photos we previously had taken at the local photography studio. So, at the recommendation of a friend, we attempted to recreate our own with the magic of technology.
The following pictoral dialogue should give you a good idea of what one endures when trying to capture a government-approved photo of a baby:
(The last one was so cute, I printed a bunch of copies and handed them out to anyone I thought might like to put a photo of my daughter in their wallet!)
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:26 pm
She’s so cute !!
April 24th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Way to cute, I think babies having passports is so cute. And she will have more stamps in her passport by the time she starts school then most will ever have in their life time.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Wow these are great. If you look at them quickly in sequence, it’s like a little Sophie rock video!
April 24th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
its like trying to take a picture of Calvin. ( … do i need to explain that? Hobbes?)
April 29th, 2008 at 12:07 am
The third picture is fantastic! (actually, SHE is fantastic!)