Author's Note: I wrote this for Kristen3's birthday. Even though it's past her actual birthday, I'm sure she won't mind having it up after! *hugs* Thanks for all the friendship & support of my writing for all these 10 years and going! Love ya like a sister! :)
Daphne sighed. This wasn't supposed to be so aggravating. She and Niles were trying to pick a photographer for David's first family picture. He was almost a year old now, so they thought it was time to take a professional picture. They were even talking about having Frasier fly in from Chicago to take part in it. Of course, Niles was making everything so difficult.
They were sitting on the fainting couch, looking over brochures of the different packages and photographers for the hundredth time.
"Oh, Niles, darling, does it really have to be this hard to decide?" Daphne moaned.
"I just want it to be perfect. What if we had this bad picture of us that David doesn't want to look at the rest of his life? What if this ruins his life forever?"
Daphne rolled her eyes. "It's just a picture."
"But it's more than that. It's supposed to show what our family is all about. Don't you want our son to look at it and know how much we love him?"
"I don't think he needs a picture to know that. Now, come on. It's late. Let's forget about it for now."
But Niles couldn't let it go. He tossed and turned that night, and more than once woke up Daphne. She did her best to reassure him, but he kept remembering something from his past. Every year, he hated having his picture taken. They always had picture days at school, which caused the other kids to make fun of him even more. He and Frasier always had to wear fancy tuxedos while the other boys didn't dress up half as much. The other kids would tease him and hurt him that left him scarred for life. He didn't want David to go through that. While this was a different kind of picture, the result was still the same. He knew he shouldn't be worrying about it so much, but he couldn't help it.
The next morning was just a continuation of the night before. "Niles, why don't we just skip it?"
"We can't, Daphne."
"Whatever. I'm going to go check on David."
Daphne went up the stairs to the nursery, where David was sleeping peacefully in his crib. Suddenly, his eyes started fluttering open when she walked in the room.
"Morning, Sunshine. You must have inherited some of me powers, huh? It'll just be our secret though."
She picked up her son and took him in his arms. She'll never forget how this feels as long as she lives. "Your dad can be so difficult when deciding on things. But it's all because of you, David. You coming into our lives was the best miracle ever."
Back in the living room, Niles was still engrossed over the brochures when he came upon one that seemed to jump out at him. The photographer made sure the experience would be a thing to remember for the family. There could even be a theme of the picture, if the family so chooses. And they were located in downtown Seattle. Most of the other choices didn't have offices in Seattle. This was it.
He ran up the stairs. "Daphne! Daphne!"
He found Daphne sitting in the chair in the nursery with David. "Find something, did you?"
"Take a look at this one." He handed her the brochure.
Daphne looked it over and smiled. "It looks good, sweetheart."
"I'm going to call Frasier." Niles kissed his son, and then Daphne, and went out of the room.