before the party photo shoot

we dangled this ball to try to get him to look the right way...

"guys, are you going to give me that ball??"

"seriously. are they just going to keep holding it?"

"maybe if i pull the tablecloth off they'll give it to me."

"fine. here's a good smile. will that work??"

cheeese!

{you'll have to wait til his actual birthday to see the favorite of this series :-)}