Smile!

When I took Irene to have pictures done the first few times, it was so easy! She smiled on cue and just generally seemed happy to be there. Not so today. Helen was the easy one. The photographer did have to work a bit to get a smile out of her, but her posture was fine and she wasn't nervous at all. I think the second take was good. Back to Irene, we had probably 10 takes before we got a decent picture, so as soon as I saw that it was decent, I said, "That one's great!" The photographer wanted to get some of the two together, so we tried that, and she saved a couple of takes before Irene said "I'm done. I don't want to hold Helen anymore." I ended up getting one print of the two of them because it did turn out cute and it wasn't as expensive as I remembered it being.

We go to Wal-Mart, and they usually take the package picture then six or so more to try to sell you lots. This time, she didn't take more than a package picture for each child and the two shots of them together. I usually go to a different store, but I'm going back to this one! I don't think they're supposed to let you do two packages in one visit, but she did! This should be the only time I need to do this, at least until I have more children, because I currently do 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, etc. and they were born in May and December.