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We got Ben's 6 month pictures at Portrait Innovations this weekend. The pictures turned out pretty good- mostly because he's the cutest thing EVER... but I wasn't super impressed with our visit. We (Delinda and I) were late because I thought they were in the mall and it turns out they are NEAR the mall, not in it. So I called to let them know we were late and while on the phone asked if I needed to schedule for another time or if I could still come in. She said they weren't "that busy" and that we could still come. We got there around 12:15 and our appt was for 12. My first frustration was when on the phone with them I asked the girl where they were and she just kept saying we're here by Ross or by Target. This is how our conversation went:

Me: "so those are RIGHT next door to you?"

Her: "well they're down the street"

Me: "Can you tell me what's right next to you?"

Her: "well, we're near Panera and Carter's"

Me: "okay, so Carter's is right next to you?"

Her: "No... it's close to us though."

Seriously- she could NOT just tell me what store was exactly right next to her store and was getting annoyed with me because I kept asking. Anyway- luckily we found it. And when we got there we waited and waited and finally at about 1pm I decided to just leave, and right then someone came to get us. It wasn't just the wait that made me want to leave, the people were SO rude! They were rude when I asked if there was a time frame of how long it was going to be. Also, Delinda was sitting next to me on the couch and one of the workers said something to me about how much longer it was going to be, then as I was talking to Delinda asked if her she had an appt. I said "she's with me" and I guess the girl didn't hear me (and obviously didn't pick up that we were sitting next to each other talking) and asked Delinda AGAIN and I said "She's with me..." and kind of gave her a look. Her response was "okay! I was just wondering!" and walked off all put out. Um, okay...? Anyway- the photographer was new and she did a pretty good job. The lighting was a little crazy- but the pictures turned out fine. Luckily Ben was AWESOME and obviously smiled lots. But by the time we were done, he was hot (it was warm in there) and hungry. We waited for the pictures to be uploaded and the photographer told us it would just be like 15 minutes. Well, 15 mins had come and gone and she was just sitting at the front while we were sitting next to the computer that had our pictures up wondering why we weren't looking at them yet. By this time it was around 2, and so I asked her if we could look at them and she looked at me (again put out- and this was a different girl than the first) and said "my manager has to go through them with me". Hmmm. WHY? So finally we start looking at the photos, and the manager comes over to "help". He's not letting the new girl do her thing at all, kept picking different pictures for us to look at then she picked- really kind of being rude to her and making her looking bad. He's also telling me the different package options and not making ANY sense about it at all, and then again acting put out that I don't understand. SO, anyway- the moral of the story is, I'll never take Ben or any of my other kids there to get pictures again. Luckily the pictures did turn out well... but you're probably asking why didn't I do them? Well, I wanted pictures in a studio, and I don't have a studio or good enough lighting yet. SO I'll have to figure that part out for future photos. Anyway- hopefully other people wont have a bad experience with them- but for the one over here at Perimeter, I wouldn't suggest it.

Ryan took Ben to his 6 month check up and he's doing really good! He's still in the 25% for both weight and height, but between the two he's proportionate. That's what he gets for being born to not-so-tall parents! He's trying to sit up these days, I bet with in a week or two he will be. He's also rolling ALL over the place and his new favorite thing is to be on his tummy. He only rolls on his left side though... makes me wonder if he's going to be a lefty! No teeth, YET. And he's just a good kid. We've had two almost 12 hour nights of him sleeping. Although a couple of times during those two nights I've found him either somehow sleeping on his tummy or sideways in the crib. He's a cutie pie.

Okay. That's all. OH WAIT! Ryan is like 2 or 3 tiles away from being done with the tub!!! He rocks. Well, okay technically he still needs to seal them, then grout and then seal them again. But they're all up! He's amazing, that man of mine. Delinda leaves for Africa (Johannesburg, Angola and Ethiopia) this weekend for 3 months. We will miss her TONS.

Okay, NOW that's all. We're boring. :)