Home Photo Shoot with the kids

I like to try to see if I can get some cute pictures of the kids before I break down and take them to a photo studio. It all started because as a small boy Elias would freak out everytime we would go to take photos. I feel we get some pretty good photos and with shutterfly and their neat cropping and effects to add to the pictures they turn out cute. However I hate the whole edit and order process.