School Pictures - Fall 2016

Connor had school pictures taken this fall and I'm not going to lie. I completely forgot.

It was scheduled for a Monday (I can't remember anything all weekend.)

Luckily I didn't hate his outfit, but he was in desperate need of a haircut and they helped me out by giving him a severe comb-over ;)

 

I'm going to show you our three favorites that we picked,

and then the other ones they showed at the bottom.

 

You can see his previous school pictures here:

Fall 2015

Spring 2016

 

These are the three that we chose:

 

 His little hand in his pocket. :)

 

These are the other ones:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm hoping one day I will actually remember picture day
and have him in a planned outfit with a fresh haircut! :)

Spring Pictures - 2016

When I saw that our favorite photographer was having Spring Mini sessions, I asked my SIL if she would want to do a cousin picture for my MIL's Mother's Day gift.

 

We had to reschedule a couple times due to bad weather in April,

but we were able to go the first Sunday in May.

 

Connor was in a MOOD. Oftentimes he is not happy/sad/mad, just confused and stares at the camera.

This time.......he was MAD!

He was all smiles and giggles on the way there (of course).

 

For the mini package we got to chose 5 images that we were able to download.

We paid a little extra to chose six because the last one was just too funny.

 

1) My favorite picture of the day.

We had a tough time getting this because Connor would not go from me or Cecil to Austin,

but my genius SIL figured out he would go from Cecil to her to Austin.

Anyways, this is the money shot that we got for Nana.

 

 

2) Connor at 15 months.

 

3) Austin at 14. He is leaving middle school this year and heading to high school

Such a handsome guy!

 

4) Group picture.

I should have jumped in here too, but I wasn't thinking straight after dealing with Connor's tantrum.

Anyways, I still think it is sweet of Nana's four babies

 

5) Boy Picture

 

6) And finally, if you can't beat them - join them!!! hahaha

I felt like crying too!

 

Here are the other ones that we didn't select:

 

This is about when I wanted to lose my mind! Happy Mother's Day Nana!! gahhhh

 

I had really wanted Connor to get one in the teepee because it was so beautiful but he would not sit by himself.

 

And our family ones. I need to learn how to stand and smile. gahhhhh

 

I might like this one if Connor was smiling.  

 

So this was our toughest photo session yet, but I am forever thankful for the five good images.

 Motherhood sure is interesting.

I'm pretty sure Nana enjoyed her photos and that is what matters. :)

School Pictures - Spring 2016

Connor had his school pictures taken last week. I'm going to show you our three favorites that we picked and then the other ones they showed up at the bottom.

 

Now they are LIGHT YEARS better than his school pictures from the fall.

 

I just love school pictures so much. I love that everyone has awkward ones.

They took pictures on a Monday and of course I forgot about it Monday morning and didn't remember until I was walking into the school. I like his little striped shirt from my sweet friend Michelle, but would have put different pants and shoes on him if I had remembered.

 

This is my favorite because it is reminiscent of the standard school photo taken for yearbooks.

I mean! Where did my baby go??

 

These two are Cecil's favorites. 

 

And these are the other ones they showed us:

Sorry for all the wonky pictures. They are clearly pictures of pictures.

 

 

 

Connor's One Year Pictures

 We took Connor's One Year pictures with Jen. I can't believe he is already one! For some reason he was in a mood (most likely confused by what on earth we were doing) and he wouldn't smile. He wasn't upset - just not throwing around any smiles. This seems to be a theme - he was in a similar mood in his 9 month pictures and at our Christmas mini session.

 

Like before, we were able to choose six pictures that we have the rights to and then can order copies of the other ones from her site.

 

First Jen had a little Valentine session set up. I had actually brought his valentine shirt that says "Heart Breaker" in hopes that we might get one good enough for a Valentine's Card.

I love love love how this turned out. It looks like he is ready to doll out those free kisses.

We definitely chose this as one of our picks.

 

One more where you can read his shirt.

 

Next, I took this CONNOR banner that I had strung up using the letter pennants I got from Hobby Lobby for $1 each. #score.   

 

 

 

 Cecil insisted on us choosing this one as one of our six. I'm not in love with it because he isn't smiling but Cecil thought it was super cute because it looks like Connor is posing. I do love those little knuckle dimples on his hand.

 

This is my favorite from the whole session. I had seen a picture with a baby in boots at a restaurant back when we celebrated my Nana's 95th birthday and I took note. These are Cecil's boots that I gave him for his birthday the year we got married. He loves them and I love seeing Connor in his Daddy's shoes. Of course I love each and every dimple in that booty and his sweet profile. I was actually to his right and he was looking up at me. I couldn't believe that we got him to stand, but I'm not sure he could have bent his knees if he had wanted to.  

 

Next we headed outside and got a few pictures outdoors. This is where it got more tricky. He WOULD NOT sit on that silly box. Or sit still in general. He just wanted to crawl towards us.

 

We chose this one as one of our downloads and I think its pretty cute, but I haven't figured out how to print it yet because its so long.

 

When we got the pictures I scrolled through and LOLed at this one. Look at those chins!

 

 

This is one we chose

 

While Jen was getting her camera ready I was sitting with Connor on this bench and let him play in the leaves. She told me that it was cute and to get out of the shot. It ended up being one of my favorites of the whole session - an actual smile!

 

 

 Looking back now, I don't love the shirtless bow tie look and should have said something. But he was NOT HAVING this sign and would knock it down the second I put it back up.

 

 

 

 

 

 After this we brought out the smash cake and this is the part I was most looking forward to. Connor does love sweets (because duh!) so I wasn't sure what he would think of the mess, but I thought he would be at least into it and interested - possibly happy. haha

Yeah right, Mom!

 

So first we put him a little far away from the cake so that we could get some pictures of him with the birthday banner I made in the background and the pretty cake set up front. Well - no. He was full charge ahead - go boy!

 

He tasted it a little

 

 

 

Then he was like ickk

 

And lost. it. I mean he LOST IT.

 

 

  

 

I had my heart set on a naked booty icing smothered pic so we tried. But it just got worse. Poor guy. Cake is just so awful.

 

 

 

 I carefully carried him to the sink and cleaned him up before we got him redressed and we all headed home. Goodness! That was the most stressful session we have had and I think it's just because he is on the move more. He didn't understand what we were doing and definitely didn't understand he should stay still and smile.

 

And for fun, here are a few behind the scene pictures.

I love this bench and wish some of these would have turned out well.

 

And the cake 

We loved our experience with Jen and highly recommend her to anyone in Fort Worth looking for a photographer. Her passion is newborn pictures and we will definitely use her for our next one (whenever we are blessed with another -- no announcement here).

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY! You keep us on our toes!