Our adoption process is under way.  The next major step for us is to make a portfolio that will be shown to expecting mothers.  The mothers-to-be will page through our portfolio (along with about 40 other portfolios from 40 other families) and if the expecting mothers like what they see (and read), we’ll have made the cut to the next round.  So, the portfolio is like the first impression, which needs to be real positive for us since I have the obvious negative of being a funeral director (who wants their kid to be adopted by a funeral director?).

My sister, Emma, graciously gave us a couple hours yesterday and took some photos of us.  Below are some of the better ones.  We have not edited the photos … they are in the raw.

So, here’s the question: help us determine which photos should go into our portfolio by telling us which photos you like the best. And, if you’re a photo smarty, give us some of your insight and/or ideas as to different, fun and creative shoots we could do that would help our portfolio stand out from the rest (as you can tell, we’re not looking for studio shots, but fun, creative photos that capture our fun-loving nature and hopefully appeal to those looking at the photos).  Any fun ideas you could share with us would be SUPER helpful!

BTW, you may need to click on the photo if you want the full effect.  Also, for the sake of clarity, just pretend they’re numbered, with “1″ starting at the top left through “8″ at the bottom right.

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