1, 4, 6, 8...Who do we appreciate?

So I have been trying all fall to get the kids' 8, 6, 4, and 1 year old pics made. (Thank goodness all their birthdays are within 2 months of each other so we can knock it out at once!) Well, I have this hang-up about wanting everything for Tag to be the same as it was for his big brother and sisters...you know, just wanting him to feel special and not ever left out. So wouldn't you know, just so Tag's one-year pic would match all the other kids' one-year pics, I took them to the same mall portrait studio that I took Logan to 7 years ago. Ha! I really would have preferred some gorgeous outdoor pic, but oh no....

They actually turned out pretty good.  This studio has come a long way from the days of the supersaver 50 prints of the same pose for only $9.99 (hey, we were poor grad students back then!)...to actually doing some really nice digital stuff.  The fun thing now is you can play around with the color....sepia, black and white, you name it.

Beth looks so sweet in this one.

And Faith Anna looks so grown-up in this one!

I could just eat him with a spoon... look at those yummy toes!

This is one of my favorites....it's just soooo Beth!

And our handsome boy... 

So the hilarious thing was that Faith Anna's two front teeth have been loose for months...and she's been wiggling them daily of course.  Well, I had really wanted to get these pics done before those teeth came out...so the night before she let me know this was it.  So we scheduled the pics for the next day....took them....and then right there in the lobby of the studio as we were waiting for the proofs to load on the computer, she and her Daddy pulled the first one out.  She was so proud, bloody kleenex and all!  Walking around showing the photographer and anyone else who cared to look....that she just lost her front tooth!  Then when we got home, they got to wiggling the other one....and out it came too.  Hilarious!  She is too cute.