Family portrait at 18 months

We bought a photo package from Holly McCaig and have just taken the last of those photos -- 18 month pics. I must say, I don't know why I bother trying to get a "family" shot. By the time I iron their clothes, get them fed, get them dressed, calm Joe down from the chaos, welcome Holly and jump up and down to beg them to smile and laugh, I am EXHAUSTED, sweaty, red and nasty -- nothing I want to see in a picture! But, nonetheless, that is a true "image" of the day -- I love all of the kids and Joe in this picture and it truly illustrates the joy we each bring to one another. I am SO blessed!