Photoshoot for Christmas---New Year's Cards

Since my camera was on the fritz and I didn't get on the ball quick enough to schedule a photographer, I waited until today to take pictures for Christmas cards. (make that New Year's cards) with my amazing new camera!!!!! Canon 50D. Gotta learn how to use the thing now. SO, I caught my goofball daughters. Emma made me promise that I would only take 6 pictures. I had to take a few more. I love the lighting in my living room, but I had to put them on stools on a table to get them out of the direct sunlight. Funny, huh? Genuine laughing smiles. Love it.

What is it with sticking the tongue out? It's much cuter on a baby boy.

Then there's my little HB. He's such a character. He loves attention, and will sometimes initiate the interaction by smiling so hard that he squirms. It's so cute. He's also pretty content to watch what's going on. As you can imagine, there is plenty going on to watch.

This picture says, "I'm done smiling at you...you can't make me smile...in fact, I'm not even going to look at you."

Love the bubbles. He is always blowing bubbles with his drool.

And the tongue. He's always sticking his tongue out. Especially when he smiles.

Yes, I do have two other children who are now in school, and until they got their haircut on Tuesday night, they were looking pretty shaggy. Now is the challenge of capturing them in the daylight hours. Goal: Have the card ready for the printer before Saturday.

PS Got it done!!! As soon as we walked in the door from school, I had them change and fix their handsome, freshly cut hair, and of course that took 1/2 hour, but then we got some great ones. Unfortunately, I had to tell them to stick their tongues out. They were being too nice.

I love how chummy Clay is. The first thing he did was put his arm around Sam for the picture.

Then I have him put his arm down, and Sam leans away. He's more like me.