Jacob's First Christmas Pictures

So this is Jacob's first Christmas as if that what was difficult to deduce... ;)! Of course, we wanted to document his first Christmas with a photo or two. Fortunately for us, we didn't need to make any appointments with any photography studios and then wait for two hours past our appointment time to get pictures taken (yes, this happened to a cousin. I'm assuming this could be a common occurrence).

Why didn't we cross our fingers and hope that Jacob wouldn't be fussy and would be a very happy boy at the right time so we could get great pictures? Simply because we are able to take pictures in our own bedroom. Yes, our bedroom may be a mess for a few days because of the equipment all over, but it allows us to have a few mini shoots while Jacob is "cooperating". This potentially avoids all of the turmoil of bundling up and heading out to a local business and can also potentially save money too! Not making any sense yet?!?! We are taking advantage of putting together our own studio. Only drawback that we found is not having some one behind the camera instead of everyone in front of it can cause the need for more pictures to be taken. It still beats waiting beyond our scheduled time and hoping Jacob cooperates. We also then have all the rights to the pictures so that we can do whatever we wish with them.
Here are some more of the photos that we took during several photo shoots this year. Some of which was trial and error and others just trying to get what we wanted...