Rule #42: A picture is worth a thousand miles

It has taken almost a month to get happy, non slobbery pictures of Evan for the contest. I had set aside a day to bathe him and take his pictures before I had to put lotion in his hair....and wouldn't you know it? That was the worst day of teething we had ever had! Evan was having none of it.

I got some great crying pictures,

TONS of slobbery pictures, but none with that special smile and twinkle in his eye.

But tonight, he was finally happy again! It didn't occur to me to change his shirt at first, truthfully I didn't think I'd get any good pictures, I was just taking pictures for the fun/practice. After a while I realized he was really enjoying having his picture taken, so I changed his outfit. No bath though, so his hair isn't perfect...but he's a baby, and it's just never going to be perfect. I'm pretty sure these are as good as I'm going to get.

I do realize that he has a scratch on his forehead, but I've put off shaving his head long enough. He won't stop attacking it, and now has ginormous scrapes on his scalp...I just can't treat the eczema with all of his beautiful hair. It makes me sad to say it, but his hair has got to be shorter! I feel bad postponing his comfort for the "perfect shot"....so here's what you have to choose from.

I plan on submitting his picture later this week, but I wanted to get every one's input on which pic has the best chance of getting us to New York!

Picture #1

Picture #2

Picture #3 Picture #4