picture day

it worked out sort of nice that madelyn (4 year), mason (2 year) and maddux' (6 month) pictures could all be done in a single session. the only problem was that maddux would not smile. the most smiley boy ever would not smile for the camera - at all! in fact he cried. it probably had more to do with the fact that we waited at least 30 minutes and i didn't get to feed him lunch before we left the house - just nursed, but it was still very uncharacteristic.

mason and madelyn we perfect angels.  they followed instructions, waited patiently, smiled nicely and kept their clothes clean.  (although mason did trip while going to the van and skinned his knee to bleeding.)  mason probably got the best pictures of the day.  the staff person was a little jealous because she can't even bring her two-year-old in for pictures.  i was quite proud of him; he even covered his bandaid like he was asked.  and i love the pictures they got!  i wish that there was at least one of maddux smiling, but we will bring him back soon for 9-month pictures and can get a better head shot.
here are head shots:
 

and then they got out numbers and letters for the two birthday kids!  this jcp is wonderful.  they make lots of recommendations and have a photographer and a separate person to get the kids to smile (instead of one person trying to do both).

 

and last is a slide show with all of the pictures.  love.