Maddison Earley looked like a princess on her mum's wedding day, dressed in an elegant white dress and holding a beautiful basket of flowers. She smiled sweetly as she stood with all her family, including bride Hannah and her new husband Nathan, for the professional photos. But what the family didn't know is that three-year-old Maddison used one of the photos to show off a 'new trick' she had learnt - sticking her middle finger up. Hannah, from New South Wales in Australia, was shocked when she realised what her little girl had been up to.
The 33-year-old said: Hannah said: "It was a beautiful day and I was so excited about the wedding. I'd hired a photographer to take some photos of everyone."At that point, we'd just had the ceremony, and then we decided to go off to the side to have some family photos taken."All of a sudden she just popped it up to show everyone. There were lots of people standing around watching her, so I think she just thought why not do it."She had learned that little trick just a few days before but had no idea what it meant. But she knew that she would get a strong reaction from it.
"All my wedding guests who were watching us get the photos done started cracking up laughing. I'll never forget it."The professional photographer deleted the picture, but Hannah’s sister Sharon luckily had been snapping away the entire time and managed to capture the priceless moment on camera. Community strengthening officer Hannah said the 'whole family' cracked up laughing when they saw the photograph and her other kids Ashton, 15, Tyler, 8, and Halle, 5, all through their little sister was hilarious. Hannah said this was not the first time the tot had made the obscene gesture and had made a habit of it after witnessing a family friend doing it a few days before the wedding.
Cheeky Maddison even popped up her finger during a 'girls selfie' at her sister Halle's graduation from daycare just two weeks after the wedding photo was captured. The mum added that Maddison had 'absolutely no idea' what it meant but said she must have thought it was funny because it always evoked a strong reaction from people. Thankfully nowadays the tot has stopped putting her middle finger up with Hannah admitting she is 'relieved' that the phase is over. She said: "She did it for nearly a month straight. It was funny but I'm glad she's stopped doing it now.
