Squinting eyes when a recorded motion using motion library is in use

Hello,

I have added the motion library behavior to one of my puppets in a scene where I used a walking recorded motion so the character walks into the scene. However, when the recorded piece is placed at the start of the scene, both puppets eyes are squinting or almost closed during the motion. When I move the the motion to later in the scene, this issue does not happen. I'm pretty green at using Character Animator and not sure what I may be doing wrong. I've attached a snippet of the issue I am experiencing (note: the sound is muted intentionally). Any advice would be helpful.