What (We) Wore Wednesday

While we were out in AZ, we had a fancy smanchy photographer take real family pictures for us.

I found Sierra Studios Photography from Melissa at MEL{V} Designs and instantly LOVED her work.

So I called and pleaded with her to squeeze us into her overbooked schedule and she was sweet enough to do it!

I love family pictures, but deciding what to wear throws me into a tail spin of panic.

I sent my friends a billion options of what we could all wear and spent way too much time shopping for outfits.

I wanted us to match, but not match.

Be dressy, but still us.

Bright or Neutral?

It was rough.

I finally found exactly what I wanted for Josie and then the rest just came together with what we had in our closets.

Here's what we ended up wearing:

Simple pops of color and basic patterns.

(dang that baby for not looking at the camera)

Gabe was still sporting a very black eye.  Good work in Photoshop Jessica!

These were supposed to be his One Year Pics, but he was not very cooperative.  This was the best we got.

Josie's dress was from Crew Cuts.  I got it for $8 as opposed to the $75 they wanted on the website.  

I love The Butterfly Barn in Locust Grove!

Andrew hate, hate, hates taking pictures.  But he's an amazing husband and humors me a couple times a year. 

 I wanted him to be super comfy and relaxed so we went with what he already owned and I even let him wear his flip flops that totally didn't match.

I wore his favorite dress of mine.  It's from Urban Outfitters.  I didn't want to wear leggings but I knew I'd be down on the ground, leggings it was!

Aren't they cute?!?!

My Mom was so excited to wear their cowboy hats and I think it turned out super cute!  They hadn't ever had professional pictures done together.  Love them!

So after all that stressing, we ended up wearing pretty much what we always wear!

But don't worry, I'm already thinking of what we'll wear for our Fall Pictures!