At some point when taking pictures of BB, we made the mistake of uttering those evil words, “Say CHEESE!” And now no matter how many times I say instead, simply, “Smile!” this is what we get when she decides to be cooperative – a snarling, vicious pirate with ketchup on her face. And unfortunately, we think pretty much everything she does is adorable, even this.

So instead of trying to nip it in the bud, we laugh and giggle and imitate her tiny little voice saying “Chinggg!!” Because for most of her speech these days, she still prefers Cave Baby Grunting in syllables that sound CLOSE to the word she’s trying to say but don’t actually require she move her mouth much.

And when she’s not feeling cooperative? Then we get this: