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bridetobe9132013

Two random questions:
1. Convertible car seat recommendations?
2. When should I have Christmas pics done to get cards made and sent out?

Sorry for the randomness!

NorthernGal248

1 - Combi Concoro. Compact, goes from 5 to 65 pounds. L prefers it over her bucket seat

2 - Would you look at that... It's almost the holidays!!

bridetobe9132013

Ive never had xmas cards made. I haven't even thought of where to get pics done. I don't want to spend alot of money!

deanna1313

I have no idea about carseats.

I'm a FTM, but have ordered cards from shutterfly many times! They aren't as cheap as if you did the basic ones at the store, but they're a little nicer at least the last time I checked the in store ones.
I noticed during the holidays they send you emails that tell you last day to order if you want your cards by a certain date. They normally take a week and a half or so to ship from shutterfly from my area.

bridetobe9132013

Thanks @deanna1313‌ I was planning on having them make them. We got a coupon when we ordered our birth announcements. Im just trying to find an affordable place to take the pictures

gutsysneakers

bridetobe9132013 said:

Thanks @deanna1313‌ I was planning on having them make them. We got a coupon when we ordered our birth announcements. Im just trying to find an affordable place to take the pictures

Picture People. They are usually located in malls and there is always a Groupon for it. 

https://www.groupon.com/deals/picture-people-65-washington-dc

bridetobe9132013

Thank you!

spinsoffresonance

We have the chicco nextfit. Love it! Check out carseat recs on lucieslist.com

bumpuser10194737

We have a Britax convertible and love it.  

Check around area photographers.  Some offer Christmas mini sessions this time of year and depending on the skill level of the photographer they can be very affordable.  It's usually a 20-30 minute session with a cute Christmas background and you will get a few images you can use for Christmas cards. If you have one in your area I have some friends who use Portrait Innovations studio and like them a lot.

bridetobe9132013

@Mamarazziof3‌ we do have a portrait innovations but I dont want to get sheets of pics. I want a disc and print them myself. Not sure if they just do a disc. I found a photographer I'll probably use.

I will check out lucieslist

momo214

No recs on convertible car seats but we just took family pictures for our Christmas cards last weekend. I got a groupon for a local family photographer and we did our session in a park. Her groupon includes one digital file and a sheet of prints for like $30. I'm sure I can purchase more if we like them when we sit down for the viewing.

deanna1313

Oh boy! I read that completely wrong! @bridetobe9132013‌ sorry about that! Too early in the morning when I read it I guess.

I live picture people and just had his pictures done there. It was great! They print them while you wait! I used the groupon coupon and you get right sheets for $16( one pose) and then it also gives you 50% off of the cd and framed pictures. I know they make christmas cards there, too.

bridetobe9132013

No problem @deanna1313 We are getting pictures done this weekend I picked up such a cute outfit for the christmas pics. We are also getting 6 month pics done at the same time. I was thinking of using DD's thanksgiving outfit for one of the 6 month pics since she'll be 6 months on Nov 20th. Thoughts?

britab

Check out Car Seats for the Littles for convertible recommendations. If you join their facebook group, you can post your kid's stats and your vehicle and they will give you some ideas.

Haven't thought about Christmas but might take our own picture and get cards from snapfish or shutterfly. 

Junebug060609

Britax Boulevard

I do the pics myself and use my pampers points for shutterfly cards. Take like two weeks to arrive.

apinkpelican

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NorthernGal248

I'm cheap. I'm going get everyone dressed up, pintrest diy backgrounds, put my camera on the tripod, and hope I can get back into the portrait before the 10 second timer expires.

Are my pictures going to turn out half as good as they would if a professional had taken them? Nope!

hbird0723

We usually just use a photo we've taken recently and order from shutterfly. Last year we went with walmart though. I wasn't real impressed with the quality so I will probably do shutterfly again this year. We get her pictures don't every 3 months so we will get them done next month through jcpenny and probably use one of those this year.