Sad Little Fashion Show

As you probably know, we recently went and got our family pictures taken at FotoFly. We hadn't had the best experience when we went there for Lydia's newborn photos, but through a couple of things that happened - we ended up getting a free photo session for her 1 year pictures. I was incredibly nervous - but I wasn't going to turn down a free photo-shoot! About a month before we were scheduled for our family pictures I started hunting for the perfect outfits for our family pictures. I kept being drawn to the yellow and blue outfits although I did love THIS coral/taupe outfit - but they didn't have it in her size. I wasn't sure what we would wear to match her, but I was pretty sure that she was going to end up in yellow and blue because it is just so darling. I ended up ordering a cute outfit online that had a pretty yellow top and blue polka-dot pants. I thought that it was definitely a possibility and it was better to order it and make sure it got here in time for pictures. I wasn't set on it though and so I kept looking. I wanted to go to the new Traverse Mountain Outlets right across the freeway from our house, and luckily my sweet Ashley friend was willing to help me on the hunt. It was only a week and a half or so before the pictures and I was getting a little nervous. We found another blue and yellow set and I bought that one too. (I swear I was looking at ALL colors - but those are just the ones that stood out to me.) I was pretty sure that it would be one of the two outfits that I bought (and I told myself that I would just take the other outfit back. 

So the week before our pictures I decided that it was time to decide on which outfit she was going to wear. She was relatively cheerful and so we decided to have a little fashion show so I could take pictures and David and I could look at them and decide later that night. 

First up, the yellow top/blue bottoms. 

As you can see, that wasn't exactly a.. success. She was SO upset! I couldn't help but laugh - and still as I look at these pictures I kind of feel like giggling. She was just being SO dramatic. (Please don't think I'm a bad mom.) I had originally thought that this was going to be the outfit - but because Lydia is just a little on the short side the tunic top seemed just a bit too long. In person it was obvious that it didn't fit her well. Doesn't she have the saddest sad face you've ever seen?

I took off that outfit and she calmed right down. I took that as a sign that we could move on with our fashion show. After all, she must just not like that outfit - right? So on to the Navy top, yellow bottoms:

"Mom, why do you insist on torturing me like this????" 

Haha. I see these pictures and I have to giggle. Don't worry though, the whole ordeal lasted less than ten minutes. Probably closer to five. And then as soon as I had snapped my pictures I changed her back out and we cuddled and read books and played with toys for the rest of the day. 

And, it was worth it! I think that the pictures turned out quite nicely - don't you? 

Yep! I'm definitely pleased with the way that the pictures turned out. I couldn't have done it without my little fashion model.