Portrait Day

Today was family picture day and I have to say it was exciting. I was afraid things wouldn't go so well considering it rained and poured all day but my hair escaped the frizziness and everyone stayed dry! Yay! While waiting for our pictures to be done, Eric and I wondered how in the world all the babies were so calm in their pictures. We knew our baby was not the only one who cried. So we soon figured that out because our little munchkin decided he wanted to be grumpy for his photo shoot. Fortunately, the photographers were pros at capturing the peaceful moments even though they were rare and short lived. It's all about teasing the baby, they give him his binky (or plug as Mamaw Mary calls it) or bottle for a minute then take it away and click. Pretty genius I thought. I thought modeling came natural to Ethan but I guess he wanted to be stubborn. We got some family portraits of course and then lots of individual ones of him, including ones in his pumpkin costume! They are absolutely beautiful! I'm not the most photogenic so I of course don't like many of the ones I'm included in but the ones with him are incredible. I don't even know how to describe them. I can't wait to show everybody. It was overall a fun day. As if it wasn't great enough, we got an awesome deal on our pictures. It was their training time, which we weren't aware of. And that means, all of their portrait packages were half off, we got free sitting fees, AND four free sheets. So we got tons of pictures to share for ninety bucks and only had to pay a little over twenty out of pocket cause we had a gift card. I'm stoked to get them in. Also, in ten days which will be around the 18th, you can all view them online and also order some of your own copies if you wish. We tried to get enough to share with everyone but it was kinda hard. So if you go to www.smilesbywire.com and type in Chole Milligan (yes, they spelled my name wrong) and the access code LTPP0731101699JCP, you can see them before they even come in. So check them out!