Our First Family Portrait

Several weeks ago, we decided to finally have our family portrait taken professionally. Benjamin's mohawk was looking good, Vince's coif was neat and trimmed, my eyebrows were freshly waxed, and Calliope - six weeks old at the time - was finally starting to plump up and look less like a fetus. So bright and early on a Saturday morning, we met up with the wonderful Gloria Plunkett and got to posing.
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Ever the ham, Benjamin immediately jumped into action and started vogueing his little tushy off. At one point, I was even starting to wonder if the rest of us would make it into any of the photos!

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But Benjamin graciously shared the spotlight with Mom and Dad, and we captured several priceless pics with our firstborn.

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And though she was only a newborn, Calliope did her best to act fierce for the camera. Sorry, I've been watching too much America's Next Top Model.

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And, lest we think that this photo shoot was all about the kids, we managed to get it together enough to capture a few sweet moments with all four of us.

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After we got the proofs from our photo session with Gloria, I started thinking about the last time we had our pictures professionally taken:
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So much changes in three short years!