Portraits

A few days after the 4th of July, I took the boys to get their pictures professionally taken at Portrait Innovations. I was pleasantly surprised at how smooth this whole process went, especially because I had decided to take them by myself while Michael was working. I knew one or both of them wouldn't want to cooperate and I was dreading keeping them occupied while a very indecisive me tried to pick out the best poses and sizes. I was half right. Mikie was in a great mood and very obedient; however, Zachary was not willing to cooperate at all. I hadn't intended on being in any of these pictures, but Zachary wouldn't leave my side so they snapped them anyway and they turned out great! I eventually got Zach to smile by telling him I'd give him a lollipop if he sat by his big brother. Then the process of picking was so systematical and quick! They really made it very easy by showing 3 pictures at a time and asking me to choose my favorite one from that pose. They took 100 pictures and I managed to walk out of there only spending $100 and getting a ton of prints! Here are a few of my favorites:

I just had to put this one in there. This was generally Zach's attitude throughout the session.