Big like Mommy and Daddy

I told you I'd be posting them!  Actually that's WHY I told you I'd post them.  Once I put it on the blog, I HAD to do it.  I couldn't make a liar of myself!

Neither of the kids were very into dressing up this time, so I had a hard time pulling any smiles out of them.  As I'm experimenting and learning how to take my pictures in RAW format I'm having a hard time getting things set just right so I can get clearly focused pictures of my kids, in a hurry.  They don't sit still at all!  So when I am adjusting my settings so I don't need to use a flash, I struggle with getting the shutter speed fast enough.  I'm learning though.  Slowly!  I think the manual stuff will be easier to use outside, rather than in my 'studio'.  But I haven't tried to corral the kids into a photo shoot outside yet this year.  I should get on it or the new calendar is going to sneak up on me and I won't have anything ready for it.  (For those who might not know, I put together a calendar of the kids, and Jen's kids, for the grandparents and us every year.)  On that note, I'll leave you with these pictures of our precious children.

 She is actually freaking out here and trying to get the dress off.

 Laughing gleefully that he successfully got one arm out of the jacket,

regardless of my begging him to stay in it and stay still.

 

Hope you enjoyed these pictures even half as much as I do!