Birthday portraits

We went to a photographer to have 2nd birthday portraits done. Grace had on a beautiful dress that was given to her as a present last year. She doesn't wear dresses very often and, even though she looked adorable, I could tell she wasn't comfortable. At the photographer's studio, Grace was cautious of the new people doing lots of silly things to make her smile. And, when she went to choose toys to play with they were the cars, the soccer ball, and the football. I told the photographer I might have to bring her back next week in jeans! So here are some of the 47 pictures from my tomboy's photo session today:

Cautious at first and a little afraid of the white screen
they pulled down behind her.

We switched to the black background which Grace
seemed to like more. She was saying "happy"
and started to relax and smile.

They changed to a garden background -
perfect for the floral dress she was wearing.
There was a stuffed frog that Grace seemed to
like and we were hoping to get her
kissing the "Frog Prince" but it didn't happen.
Gotta love this cheesy smile!

The last background was a deep red curtain.
Elmo was with us so we thought Grace
would take some pictures with him. But she was done!
She sat on this chair long enough for me to
step out of the way and then wiggled off it.