Wow! I can't believe it's that time of year again! It seems like the holidays come earlier and earlier each year. Stores are already selling Christmas decorations and holiday music is playing everywhere you go. We decided to get a head start this year by taking the boys to get their picture made for our Christmas cards. Eric and I decided to sit this one out this year and just send pictures of the boys. Thanks to our VERY patient photographer, we were able to snap some great ones.

Lynette, our photographer, pulled out her candy box to try and get Ethan to cooperate and pose for some pictures. This seemed like a great idea until he decided not to let go of the sucker just to try and get one good picture. I took this shot of him laying on the bench in the studio. Meanwhile we were getting shots of the twins individually while I pleaded with Ethan to come and take his picture. He wasn't going to budge!

This picture cracks me up! I love the way he got so comfortable on the bench. He knows he has won the battle at this point. This is where I decided to leave him alone, thinking maybe he would get bored and decide he wanted to have his picture taken after all.

Finally! He finished his two lollipops by now and we persuaded him to come over and sit with the boys. We had to use a little bit of reverse psychology to get him to smile. We kept saying, "Don't you smile at us!" He thought this was hysterical and finally gave in. Yes! We may just have a Christmas card to send this year after all.

If only Ethan would have been in this one throwing a fit, this picture would have been the one I would have chosen for the card. It amuses me that every year I have these ideas of taking the perfect picture. I can see it clearly in my mind. Ethan hugging the twins while they all flash bright smiles for the camera. It never seems to go as planned but I love it anyway. That is part of the fun of trying to take pictures of three kids two and under. You never know what you'll end up with. As this holiday season begins already we wish you lots of J O Y!