picture day

today we went and had Ella's first birthday pictures taken and my was it fun... NOT! :P no it wasn't that bad, but it definitely wasn't as easy as it was 9 months ago when we had her 3 month/halloween pictures taken. we had to bribe her with goldfish, and we both had to sit on either side of the backdrop so she'd walk in between us and right while she was in the middle the photographer would call her name or make funny noises to get her to look at the camera for a split second, and even then most of the time that didn't work out. but all in all the pictures that we did get were great! even though we only got her to really smile in one, we love them all. we ended up spending quite a bit more then we wanted, but she only turns 1 once. but i definitely don't plan on doing that all the time..

now for pictures, the first few are the ones we purchased and i scanned them onto the computer so the white is a little blown out. the others with the sears writing on them are the ones i saved from the website that we decided not to get. but it's still nice to have them..

ENJOY! :)♥