Picture Time... Finally!

As we stood in the emergency room in late October, D and I (planners that we are) were looking at M in the body cast and make mental lists of things that would have to be cancelled or put off until a much later date. Pictures for Christmas/M's 3rd bitrthday were one of the things on the list. But happily this weekend we finally got to go have pictures taken.

I love Portrait Innovations. Inexpensive and good solid shots of the kids without being too posed (as long as you step in a bit). I don't know if they love or hate parents like me. When we met our photographer I told her that I would like to get the shots done first that I knew we would want to use. Then we could do an extra stuff or other backgrounds. I know my kids. The longer it drags on, the less likely we are to get anything usable out of them.
Picture one:
M was barely cooperating at thebeginning. He lay there for a few shots and then leaned in to E.....
And soon after was pulled from the room by D.
E went on to do his individual shots and I have to say this time he was terrific, best of the bunch. No rabid dog, over practiced smile. No hunched shoulder and raised eyebrow suprise shots. All natural and happy looking and really hard to pick the best shots of him.

G has reached the age of the camera curse. He is now fighting the fake smiles as well as he is now burdened with glasses and the glare that goes along with them. We could've done pics without the glasses but they are really a part of him now. He is so good about wearing them.

M sat outside the portrait room and pouted, but when he started to cry I had to step in and bribe (sorry D, but I couldn't have him with red eyes, runny nose, and face red from rubbing). A few gummies and he slowly warmed up to the idea of pictures.

What you can't see on his individual pose is that M wouldn't so it without his guys so big brothers are standing on either side just outside the frame. Cute! Cute! Cute! I only chose the white background pics. There were sets done on black background and gray background, but I really got attached to these of my pasty white children on the pasty white background. The other set of outfits was not as coordinated for group shots and I just didn't like any, the kids didn't seem as fresh as they did in the first. Here's an example:

And we basically knew we were done when G reached for his weapon:

When D pointed out that G's hand looked like he was reaching for a gun I knew we were all too punchy to go on. We got what we wanted and I have to say the price is right for professional portraits. I used the disk they gave us to put these on the blog and hopefully D will add new pics to his FB.

"Soup"er bowl Sunday was terrific; neighbors came over for fun and chili. I don't know if any of us really tried to watch the game. I didn't even watch commercials this year. But fun was had by all.

love and hugs, B