Family photos are often more a miss than a hit...
By the time you've gotten everyone dressed (and probably re-dressed, after milk spills on t-shirts and toddler tantrums), posing happily for a photo is just about the most impossible thing in the world.
And while it might not always be so funny in the moment, the snaps definitely age well.
Take a look through our hand-picked 'most hilarious' family photos ever.
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We've all been there - you think you have the perfect photo set up, only for your child to form their face into some half grimace/half smirk that looks like they either need the toilet or are being tortured.
No matter how many times you plead for a smile, they give you the opposite.
But one dad might just have the solution - so long as you're OK with a bit of loud toilet talk in public.
Dad Adam Perry took to Twitter to share his hack, showing a before and after photo of a 'back to school' photo with his son.
The before shows the half-grimace, the second a beaming boy. The secret?
"My son when I tell him to smile vs when I yell out 'Poop!'," he captioned the photos.
"Poop and fart jokes are universally funny. Don't be acting like you didn't la?ugh at that stuff back in the day," agreed one follower.
The moment dad realised that parenthood is very messy...
Babies, so sweet, yet so stealth in their vomit/wee/poo explosion attacks.
As one mum shared - all too joyously on Awkward Family Photos, her husband learnt this lesson the hard way.
"This is my husband holding my daughter. He lifted her up and got it in the eye," she captioned the perfectly timed snap.
Dads-to-be have one job in the delivery room, to support their partner - especially if the process of bringing new life into the world is not going smoothly.
This dad, however, chose to take a selfie.
"My husband decided to do a selfie while I was having multiple unsuccessful attempts to run an IV in my hand while being prepped for a C-Section," the man's wife wrote when sharing the picture on the Awkward Family Photos Instagram page.
"This was nurse number three and the ninth time they attempted to run the IV."?
Let's hope the dad redeemed himself by taking a beautiful, more appropriate, family selfie once the couple's new baby arrived.
As every boy mum can tell you, little boys sure do love weeing freely outside whenever the moment feels right.
For this family, trying to capture a lovely family shot in the pool, unfortunately, ended up with a surprise cameo in the background.
"I was taking a photo of my daughter and her family at a pool party for Memorial Day," explained the US grandma to the Awkward Family Photos page. "The sun was in my eyes so I was just blindly taking the pics hoping I could get a decent shot. I guess I did."
People loved the hilarious shot.
"When you gotta go, you gotta go", said one.
"OMG, this is my son! Boys will be boys!", commented another.
"At least he didn't pee in the pool!", declared a third.
All parents aim to get a photo of their baby crawling, however the movement makes it a little tricky and, in this case, hilarious.
This dad was just trying to capture a casual moment at home with his baby but managed to make his little one look like a cross between human and caterpillar.
"Another win for the panoramic camera function," the photo was captioned when he shared it on Reddit.
It left fellow Redditers in hysterics, with some labelling the child a 'baby human centipede'.
Leaving your partner in charge of capturing photos during your labour can either be a great idea or in this case, a terrible one.
The memory these parents have of welcoming their child into the world will forever be associated with this hilarious picture the new dad captured at a very awkward post-birth moment.
"This is when they started to sew me up and apparently the most opportune time to take a selfie," the mum captioned the post which was shared to Instagram.
She said that while her husband was taking photos the entire time, this was one of the more unique snaps he got of the experience.
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Who doesn't love a nice family photo to celebrate the arrival of a new baby?
Unfortunately, things didn't quite go to plan when this mum's young son jumped up on her hospital bed to take part in the happy snap.
"When my son hopped on the bed and his elbow nailed me right on my c-section incision," the mum wrote when she submitted the photo to the Awkward Family Photos Instagram page.
We feel you mumma, we feel you!
Mum-of-one Jasmine Stefanovic experienced quite the photo fail on the weekend trying to get a nice family photo with her 18-month-old daughter Harper - who was certainly not in the mood.
Posting the picture to her Instagram, Jasmine is pictured holding little Harper who is dressed in an adorable denim dress with a big white bow-tie in her hair, crying as her mum tried to get a nice snap of the duo.
She captioned the photo, "The reality of trying to get some family portraits with a toddler". Also tagging the photographer hired for the shoot Suzanne Stevenson.
It seems the mum tried her best to smile and laugh to try to get her daughter to do the same for the photo, but she refused. Instead crying her way through the shoot.
Dad Karl Stefanovic commented on the photo saying, "that's my girl". And fellow mum Ksenja Lukich tried to look on the bright side, "The outfit is darling though".
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'I don't know why my then six-year-old decided this, (right after his little brother hurt his foot) was the perfect time to take a family photo...'
'When mum wants the baby cousin in the pic.'
'Mum, dad, I'm out.'
At least he is in the shot...
This baby was so over it, he almost turned himself purple.