Ella's Birthday Meltdown

Happy First Birthday, Ella Marie!
(a bit belated)

Oh, the days pass by so quickly! I am just getting around to posting Ella's 1st birthday pictures. As you may have seen on my Facebook post, the pictures did not do so well...in fact I believe I said that my normally content and happy child turned into a "crying puddle of fit throwing fury". I think that this is an accurate assessment. About 4 minutes into the session Ella was over having her picture taken. She was a happy-go-lucky kid while waiting, but as soon as there was soft lighting and pink and white tulle set up, she was a total DIVA! Here are a couple of the smiling shots that we were able to snap quickly between breakdowns...

Ella and her Daddy...

Ella in her serious, Mom get me out of here look....


A little collage of "propped pictures" that Ella found silly.....check out her goofy grin in the top left picture, love it!

While she looks happy, she was trying to take off towards me to help save her. Its now an "action shot"...

The 1st picture we took when she was willing to pose.
I figured that about 15 minutes into the pictures that it wasnt worth getting frustrated over and said that we were done. Deep breath in, take a tylenol, get a margarita...