3 month pics

I really wrestled with whether or not I should make an appointment somewhere to get Madelyn's 3 month pictures taken. I knew I would not be happy with department store pics (nor was I ready yet to have Maddie exposed to the germy props since she just got over her cold). On the other hand, it did not seem practical (financially speaking) to pay a pro to come take some at our house considering I want 6 month, 9 month and 12 month pics done as well. See the predicament I was in?

After a little encouragement, I decided I would give it a shot myself. It's not like I don't take tons of pics of her everyday anyway...these would just be more formal in nature.

Madelyn and I spent our morning utilizing the natural morning light in the sun room and ended up with some really sweet shots of the baby girl. It's kind of hard to get a bad shot of such a cute little thing anyways.

Here are a few of my favorites after I played with them in photoshop...

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I definitely wish I was a little better with the manual settings on my camera (considering the first half of my pics seemed to be a little out of focus because of a silly mistake), but I am pretty happy with how they turned out. I can't wait to print them tomorrow so we can hang them in her room!

What do you think?

Madelyn has really started to talk a lot (like her mommy) these days...whenever I whip out the flip video camera to film her she stops...just about every single time.

Not tonight...see for yourself...