Photo Shoot

Last time Jack and I were in town we tried to arrange a photo shoot with him and Gabriella, but it didn't work out. This time we were determined! Thursday morning Betsy and Gabriella drove in from New Orleans to meet us at Portrait Innovations to get pictures of the two of them taken. They were running a $9.95 special (no sitting fee & a huge package of prints of the pose of your choice).

No photo shoot is enjoyable...you have to stress about naps, meals, outfits, and for us the hardest stress-making Jack smile. It doesn't help when the place is full of people with children, things are moving way too fast, and Jack has a fever. When has he gotten professional photos without a fever?!?

By the time we left we were all in need of some therapy, medication, and drinks. Good thing Betsy was there to deal with the ordering aspect because by the time we made it to that part...I was DONE! And of course we went WAY over the $9.95 package just as they hoped we would.

This was pretty much the precious smile that Gabriella had on, as usual, in all the pictures. Jack was the opposite-no smiles, trying to crawl towards us, and even a few tears. We did manage to get a few cute pictures of them together though.

I love, love these close ups of Jack in his Baptism outfit.
My little angel!
Can you tell that Jack is so not into this photo shoot...the props were brought out in hopes to make him smile...didn't work-only yawns!
Gabriella was such a trooper...she kept producing those smiles just in case Jack decided to join in so they would both be ready. Again...no smiles...but lots of more yawns!
Yikes! We asked Jack to give Gabriella a kiss and this is what the photographer captured on film. Although it looks like he is pulling a Mike Tyson and biting her ear...the ear is still there...it was just an awkward kiss.
Now this is a first- Gabriella was not smiling in this picture...pretty sure it was because Jack pushed her. Even her pout is cute. Sorry Gabriella!
Despite biting at her ear and pushing her- we were able to get a few sweet poses of the two of them. Jack was giving her a kiss here.
And how sweet...they were holding hands.

Glad we survived and for sure need some time to recoup before our next photo shoot. Mom probably needs to go ahead and start putting money into savings account for it too. :)