The Christmas Card photos

This year Ginger and I finally joined the ranks of the "photo Christmas card" families. And what better time to do so with many of our friends and family who may have not yet had a chance to see little Scarlet. Plus even those who had would still love to see how big she has grown and how she looks at 6.5 months old.

So on the second weekend in December we had our little photo session. We got Scarlet a cute little red dress and both Momma and Daddy wore red to match. Of course it is no problem taking pictures of just Scarlet - Daddy has had LOTS of practice with that. But to get all three of us in a photo, there's a problem. What is going to get Scarlet to look at the camera? Normally that is one of us, but how do you work that in a family photo you're taking from home? Fortunately we have a super nice family as next-door neighbors and they helped us out by coming over that day and playing the role of getting Scarlet's attention and getting her to smile for the camera. It still took quite a few attempts, but in the end we got the shot we were looking for. Here's both the pics that we used on the card along with a few "bonus" shots that were good too - but couldn't land one of the four spots on the card.