Eric at 2 and Drake at 3 months

My mom and I took the kids in last week to get their pictures taken. Picking out outfits was the easy part this time around. Getting three kids to cooperate during a photo shoot was a little harder.

Drake was up first and he is not a very smilely baby at this point.


Mommy and Drake. We've had this picture taken with all three kids and they're hanging in our bedroom. I have a feeling they will be there for a very long time and will always be some of my favorite photos.

Erickson's 2-year-old pictures were my second priority. He was very interested in what he could find behind the curtain. It was hard to keep him still (not a surprise). At one point he laid down and said, "nap" so I knew we didn't have much time left.


Sylvia was all dressed up for our sibling picture so we went ahead and got her picture taken as well. These pictures actually turned out very good from a very goofy little girl that was having trouble following mommy's directions. I didn't order any individuals of these since we had school pictures taken in November but I did get a photo collage so I could get a copy of it.

These are our attempts at a sibling picture. Yep...that's all we got. I guess it will remind me of what it was like to take three kids under five-years-old to get their pictures taken.
I almost ordered this one but I chickened out at the last minute.

6 Months (and a couple of weeks)

I finally got around to taking Erickson in for his 6 month pictures. I'm only two weeks late. My mom came along and planned to take Sylvia to the play land. However, Sylvia wanted to watch Eric get his pictures taken. She then said she also wanted to get her picture taken. I wish she would have felt this way three months ago when I wanted her to get her picture taken.

Erickson is so photogenic which made it difficult to pick which pictures to order. I am very good at not ordering any extras or letting them sell me on any of their fancy ones they put together since it adds up quickly. The photographer said something about his wild hair and I laughed inside because his hair usually stands up way more than this. I did a little work on it before pictures but I didn't want it flat against his head because I don't think we would have recognized him.

Big goofy smile
Happy to see you
Sweet little boy
Let's go Hawks!
We did end up letting Sylvia get a couple of pictures taken. This one turned out great but I didn't order. You have have to pay extra for the black and white and her outfit didn't quite look great in color. Before we left for the mall she took of the shirt she had been wearing all day and said, "This shirt isn't for the mall. I need my orange shirt." She then picked out navy blue pants and teal aqua socks to wear.

Mommy and Kids

Sylvia
Erickson

Sylvia (2.5 years) and Erickson (3 months)

Sylvia and Erickson had their pictures taken at Sears a couple of weeks ago. We got quite a few good pictures even though Sylvia had a little trouble cooperating. My mom came along again which was a huge help. She helped out during the photo shoot and took the kids to the playland while I ordered pictures.

Best Friends...

Linda and I took Henry and Sylvia to Sears to get their pictures taken together. They played together at our house before heading out and did their share of arguing. However, on the way to the Sears Sylvia asked for Henry the whole time. We had a great photographer this time and both of the kids did a great job. They really liked being there.



Henry and his family will be moving to New York this summer so I'm glad we've got these pictures (and all of the memories).

1 Year Pictures

Dan and I took Sylvia to get her 1 year pictures taken yesterday as well as a family. This was by far the easiest photo shoot to schedule now that she has establised a napping scheduule. We went at 5:00 so she could have her afternoon nap and dinner ahead of time. Dan had to take off from work a little early, but it was well worth it for a happy baby. Our photographer did not do as good of a job as ones we have had previously but the pictures turned out nicely. My one complaint about photo studios is that they deleat some of the pictures before they show them to you. They only left two of our family pictures to choose from and Sylvia had a funny face in one of them so that narrowed it down. Enjoy our cutie pie. I know we sure do.

9 Month Pictures

Sylvia turned 9 months old this week. She is learning to do so many things. She now crawls, pulls herself up on furniture, walks around furniture, pushes the kitchen chairs around, and climbs the stairs. She also got her 6th tooth in today. Eating is going very well now. She enjoys being fed but also feeds herself pretty well. We've still only tried fruits and vegetables but we'll be adding more to her diet soon. Sylvia now enjoys breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as nursing 5 times a day. That will probably change to 4 times now that she's cutting out a nap.

Our picture shoot today went very well as you can see below. It's still difficult for me to figure out what the best time is to take her. Sylvia just moved from three naps to two a day this week. She fell asleep in the car on the way to the studio but woke up happy after a 30 minute nap. Hopefully she'll still sleep well tonight but at least we got some good pictures.

If you want to take a look at how she's changed you can check out her 3 month and 6 month pictures.

6 Month Pictures

Dan and I took Sylvia to get her 6 month pictures taken today. Sylvia is a pretty good napper but she doesn't have a set schedule yet. That makes it difficult to schedule a good time to get pictures taken. I called a couple of times when she woke up happy from a nap but they never had an immediate opening. So, we made an appoinment and ended up having to get her up a little early. She wasn't quite awake by picture time so we didn't get her biggest smiles but we still think she's cute. It's good to document all the faces she makes...not just the smiles.