The Story of Portraits

The boys have only had their portraits taken together professionally once over the past two and a half years, which is practically a sin against mommies. I wasn't even the person to take them the first time! Grandma took them to Picture People awhile back, because Mommy knows better than to try to wrestle in public with two alligators who are on different nap schedules. Actually, considering that they were both being photographed during what should have been nap time, the photographer managed to get a few cute pictures that time around (good work, Grandma!).


Lately the boys are starting to work their way towards being on the same schedule, so I decided that it was time for me to finally gather up enough energy and courage to attemp to venture into the world of mall portraits myself. Besides, I had bought cute matching shirts for them to wear to Jessi's wedding, and since we didn't end up taking them with us to the wedding, I ended up with cutesy shirts and no occasion to wear them. I just wanted an excuse to dress them up (nevermind the fact that they both look like they could desperately use a haircut!)!


I scheduled the appointment confidently and then begged Holly and Hattie to come with us in case I needed an extra set of hands. Thank goodness I had them with me, because I definitely needed both the physical and mental backup! It was pretty much the nightmare I had worried it would be - mid-session poopy diapers, neither kid wanting to hold still or sit down, and both kids completely freaked out by the photographer (trust me, lady, thrusting a rainbow mini-blinds duster in my kid's face is NOT a good way to make a cranky toddler laugh). They were far more interested in running out of the studio and back into the lobby to punch the buttons on the portrait preview computer than they were in sitting on a fake rock and having some crazy lady with a rubber duck on her head trying to make them smile and hug each other. I guess that's what you can expect when you use the coupon for the discount portrait package. Believe it or not we still managed to get a few good moments. This is what we ended up with...




Brotherly Love on the Rocks LOL



Collage Portrait of the Other Poses
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I'm actually decently happy with what we got, considering I know how hard it was to even keep them in the same spot for more than 2 seconds! I have several sizes of these, and I'm going to possibly order more if needed, so if you want one just let me know what size you'd like...seriously, you may want to place an order and stock up now. It might be another few years before I'm willing to try taking portraits again ;)