And the winners are…

… but first, a few kind words.

This is our seventh year with this contest.  We’ve enjoyed them all.  Half the fun is meeting new people, and the other half is all the great kids we see.

As many of you know, the contest awards prizes for first, second, and third places, and two honorable mentions.  Here they are, in reverse order:

Brennan and Grant are 9 months and 22 months respectively.  They were both a lot of fun, and just seemed to shine in front of the camera.  Our Honorable Mentions:

Grant

Brennan

Our third place winner has been here a few times already, including for Easter Portraits, Halloween pictures, and holiday portraits.  We’ve gotten used to seeing her around here, so when she showed up for the contest, she was a natural.  Introducing Miss Morgan:

Morgan

Moving on to our second place winner, I need to first say that she was probably the most friendly baby almost instantly.  Even her dad said “I can’t believe she is this cooperative.”  And she was a lot of fun, because she was just so ready to play and have fun.  Our second place winner, Miss Brylee:

Brylee

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Pretty much before she set up the portrait sitting, our first place winner’s mom told us “this is THE most beautiful baby.”  Well, everyone says that… and they were all beautiful babies.  Really.  But because our judges are independent and chosen almost at the last minute to do the judging, we know that they are being fair in their assessment for the photos submitted.  With that little disclaimer (sorry 🙂 ), I give you the First Prize winner of our Seventh Annual Most Beautiful Baby Contest, Mister Ethan:

Ethan

Prizes for this year’s winners were generously provided by the following.  Please support them for supporting our fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital:

• Reverend Di’s Weddings
• Summit Community Bank
• Purple Iris
• Hair Cuttery
• Blockbuster Video
• Shoney’s
• JayDee’s Family Fun Center
• Pikeside Bowling
• Chick-Fil-A
• Hoss’s Steak & Sea House
• Hair Designs
• China Kitchen
• Hair Central
• Clydes Karate
• 9West Hair Salon
• Tupperware
• MVB Bank
• Around The Panhandle Magazine
• Pampered Chef
• Orchidstrated Designs
• Regal Cinemas

We also want to thank all our judges, the wonderful parents, our incredibly patient staff and especially Suzanne who got the ball rolling on vendors back in November.  This has been another great year with the contest, and we look forward to it again in 2011.