Bookworms

This past week we'd been trying, unsuccessfully, to get a picture of both girls. Together. Looking at the camera. And smiling. Challenging, right? But we thought it would be possible. Except after 3 painful days of attempts, we had nothing but fuzzy/pouty/blurry photos to show.

One night they were so squirmy the only time they'd sit still was when reading books. The only problem was we couldn't get them to look up for a pic. We tried everything: singing, clapping, whistling, calling them each by name. Nothing worked. They'd just finish a book then grab the next one closest to them. Oh, and both girls were "reading" their books out-loud. With Emily following Charlotte's lead and speaking gibberish. They were cracking us up, so we gave up on smiling pics and took some of them in their element.

After our failed attempts, imagine our surprise when, in some sort of Thanksgiving miracle, Matt got a pic of the two smiling and looking squarely at the camera. It was perfect. But for now, these really are the truest portraits of them together :)