a sad, sad baby

The other day I was a bad mother and dropped Emily as I was picking her up. She was tantruming because I was taking her inside after a fun-filled afternoon of hole digging and she threw herself against my arms which unfortunately were not holding her tight enough. Anyhow, she ended up with a mouthful of dirt and a scrape on her cheek.
She was a sad, sad baby as you can see from these pictures. Actually, I was trying to get a normal picture of her but she heard the beep every time and gave us her camera "smile."


We've been pretty lucky until now with scrapes and baby injuries. I really hope her face is back to normal for her Christmas pictures next week.
I have no idea how to control baby tantrums besides ignoring them and not letting her get her way when she throws them. I can only hope that they'll always be as brief as they are now (about 10 seconds).

On a more positive note, is everyone loving that clementines are back in season?