I do NOT <3 Olan Mills

What a freakin' fiasco! So, it's time for the church directory - no biggie - you sign up for a time slot, go in, say cheese, be on your way. Riiiight... Our original time slot was for tomorrow night, but Todd's games got rained out last week so he has to play tomorrow. At first, I was going to just cancel the appointment and figured we'd get in the directory the next time around, but when I looked on the site today at lunch-time, they actually had several spots open for early evening. I talked to Todd and we decided that we'd scramble around and get stuff ready so that we could make it to the church for our 5:25 appointment. I was kind of excited seeing as how we haven't had any professional pictures of the kids since November (I know - such bad parents). We get there and check-in and the volunteer (from the church) says that they're running a little behind and that there are four families in front of us. Now, mind you - this is at 5:20 (a few minutes before our scheduled appointment time) - and we have seriously busted A$$ to get there on time, all ironed, diapers changed, kids happy, etc.

An HOUR later, we finally get called back to get our picture done. The kids had been doing really well, but I could tell that Kate was tetering on the point of no return, and I was right. She did really well for the family shot - laughing at the goofy photographer, etc. Brett was as cooperative as you would expect a 2 year old to be, and Todd and I just sat there and smiled at the frog on the camera like we were told to do. Then he put Kate & Brett on this little bench together, playing nicely, while he took a picture of just Todd & I. Fine, no big deal. Then he moves the bench from the floor up onto the table and Kate FREAKED OUT! That was officially the point of no return. Needless to say, we didn't get any pictures at all with just the kids. Kate was upset, Brett didn't want to sit beside her, etc. etc. etc.. What a night!

After all of that, we had to look at our pictures. The family picture was decent, and we got one free 8x10 out of the deal, so we signed up for that and left. Thank GOD for Portrait Innovations and early morning appointments when both kiddos are happy :)