So we got our first family pictures taken about a month ago! They were taken by Mandy Carroll of Mandy Carroll Photography. She makes us look much cuter than we actually are. Ok, so the babies are pretty darn cute on their own, but I'm sure Chris and I required a bit of editing. ;) We may look all calm and collected here, but it was quite a trial getting us all ready for this casual-looking photo shoot. I think our house was a disaster by the time we were ready to go. We had finally decided what to wear that morning, so I had some laundry to do so everything would be clean. Little did I know, that after I put the jeans in the washing machine, the babies went in and pressed a bunch of buttons on the machine, causing it to stop spinning the water out of the clothes. When I figured out what they did, I ran the machine through a rinse cycle, hoping to get more of the water out. No luck. It still wouldn't spin the clothes out! So I just put them in the dryer. Two hours later, the clothes were still saturated! By then, there was barely enough time to dry the clothes we needed, so I just tossed a bunch of wet laundry on the laundry room floor and put the few pieces we needed back in the dryer. In the mean time, the girls got into a jar of petroleum jelly which they rubbed all over the (brand new) pants I was wearing before I even realized what they were doing. Also, at some point during the day, we realized there was going to be a solar eclipse at precisely the time we were supposed to be taking pictures. Luckily, it was only a partial eclipse and didn't really have any noticeable negative impact on the light.
I think all of the adults at this shoot pretty much did every foolish thing possible to get these girls to smile and look at the camera. It probably would have been entertaining to watch. Lili couldn't hardly stand to let Rose be the center of attention when it was time for Rose's pictures. She had to run over and try to get in all of the pictures and she threw a fit when I tried to get her attention on something else. Their favorite part was sitting in the tall grass pulling up as much as they could. Their second favorite part was getting as dirty as possible. These girls love the outside! When we got home that evening, we arrived to a huge mess of clothes (wet and dry) and a bunch of smeared petroleum jelly. Worth it!
