Taking professional pictures...

We planned to do 4, 6, 9 and 12m. We missed his 12m pictures.

I wish we had done 3m instead of 4m.

There are many places to go and maybe try a few. We went to Sears due to cost. Even only going this amount gets expensive. Plus, they try to sell you packages and really YOU want pictures, but your family doesn't need a picture of your little one every 2 months. :) I know my father-in-law loved pictures, but really he was overloaded with pictures. (plus he got ones in between for the holidays...)

Sears was ok. The people there are mainly teens, but they are usually good at getting smiles.

My friend was always strong and got the $7.99 package at sears (or 9.99), but she could only pick one pose. I was NEVER that strong. These places are strong in their sales appeal. :) I usually went during the week as Sears has discounts during the week. I usually got a collage each time so I didn't have to stick to one pose. The collages are $29.99 I think and I got buy one get one free (due to the sears club that I joined). I really liked the collages and then stuck to one pose for the other package. This was more than enough pictures.

I haven't tried JcPenney but I know they are similar to Sears. I know my friend goes to Picture People, but they are more pricey than sears since they usually sell you the pics with the frames. I was told to try Portrait Innovations, but I haven't tried them.

Oh, at Sears, they usually try to upsell additional pictures when I pick them up (the pics are never ready the same day - at least at the sears that I go to). It is hard to resist the upsell, but usually I do.