How hard can it be?

[I already posted these on Facebook, but wanted to include these here for posterity.  :)]

Our Sunday small group is made up of eight couples.  All told, we have six babies -- two 2-year-olds, and four babies born within the last nine months.  One whole side of the room is usually taken up by playing babies... We're seriously looking into starting a nursery of some sort, and soon!

Last Sunday, all six babies were there, for the first time in a while, what with summer travel plans and all.  So after the study was over, I was taking some photos of the cuteness of our kiddos all playing together, and one of the moms asked if we could take a big group photo of all six of them.

Sure, I thought, how hard can it be?


Natalie: (Not pictured because she didn't want to be on the futon.)
Jemina: If Natalie doesn't have to be here, why do I?
Aliina: Look at my pretty knees!
Joshua: Wait, you're not mama...
Phil: Hey guys, what's happenin'?
Caleb: Don't wanna sit -- wanna eat this book!

Natalie: (Laughing hysterically because of her mom's tickling)
Jemina: Crazy lady, what are you doing to my friend?
Aliina: If you must scream, don't invade my personal space whilst doing so.
Joshua: YOU'RE NOT MAMA!! WHAT'S GOING ON??
Phil: Is it time for my close-up?
Caleb: Sitting is for suckers, I'm a new crawler on the move!

Natalie: OK, the tickling was fun, but I'm outta here.
Jemina: Seriously. Crazy lady. What are you doing to my friend?
Aliina: I said, stop invading my personal space!
Joshua: I DON'T LIKE THIS! PICK ME UP! PICK ME UP!
Phil: La dee da, ready for my close-up...
Caleb: Hmm, how does one crawl off a futon?

Natalie: Whee! More tickles!
Jemina: Can I get a little of that action?
Aliina: If you're going to cry, I'm going to cry, too!
Joshua: GET ME OUT OF HERE!!
Phil: Dum dee dum, still looking good for my close-up...
Caleb: Commencing scouting operations!

And the very, very best of the bunch -- where all of the babies are at least sort of looking in my general direction, and none of them are full-out crying (though Joshua is definitely still thinking about it...):


At least they're all super cute.  :)  I'm glad we got at least that one shot at the end (and the whole sequence is pretty funny, in retrospect), but I'm thinking it's going to be a while before we try this again... Six- and eight-year-olds are easier, right?  Right??