Sweet, Pink Baby Girl

Here's a sweet newborn I had the privilege of photographing just before Christmas. She is just so sweet, cuddly, alert and pink!

{Sleep, baby sleep. I love being a photographer!! Thanks H. fam!}

Christmas Day

My oldest DD is 5, and was just thrilled to wake up Christmas morning. She woke up at 7:30 a.m. (Santa & Mrs. C went to sleep just three hours before) and for the first year ever, I was one of those mean old parents who in a groggy, sleep-deprived state of being, asked her if she could go back to bed for a while to let us have a chance to wake up. She was patient for about 15 minutes, but soon little sis. and "the buddy" awoke . . and eventually Mom & Dad just had to get it together and join in the fun.

{Santa was here, and left a little webkinz friend.}

{white Christmas}

{the beginnings of a great photographer...}

{catchin' up on some zzzzzzz's . . . I wish I could get in a good nap!}

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve

Snow. Blowing Sideways. Cold outside. Cozy inside. Dinner. Family. Peppermint Pig. Singing songs. Guitar playing. Fondue. Games. The Santa Clause. Santa baiting. Gift wrapping. Gift Assembling. Stocking stuffing. Not much sleeping. Lots of Anticipation.

Christmas Nativity & the Card

We hope you all had a wonderful holiday! Here's our Christmas card that didn't make it out on time, but is forthcoming (we encountered some unexpected printing delays).

{Shortly after a frustrating phone conversation with my printing company, I received another call from a marketing rep from this same company requesting permission to use this card as a sample at their tradeshows- 20+ shows this year alone. I was quite flattered that they noticed my card out of the thousands they print . . . and they did correct the printing mishap, so my new cards are on their way.}

We had a wonderful holiday- we kept things pretty low key and I like it that way. This morning I am experiencing day two of my Christmsas recovery. The process includes catching up a little on some zzzzzz's, wading through new toys scattered about as I head to the kitchen to polish off the remaining morsels of homemade goodies, trying to forget how much $$ left our bank accounts in such a short time, and now repeatedly reviewing fun photos that will soon be the main source of our holiday memories.

First I will take to you the first day of Christmas: (dinner, a cousins' gift exchange and a nativity acted out by the cousins). Here's a glimpse:

{Beautiful.}

Episode ONE of Brown, Pink & Grey

Three sessions today . . . going backwards, we'll start with "Brown" (based on what they're wearing). These kids should be familiar faces by now if you have followed my blog or the website. They are growing up so fast and I just love what we captured in a quick session today.

{Where'd the doggy go?}

{He's just thinking about it . . .}

{Isn't she dazzling?}

{Killer good looks. Can you believe those curls?}

{I'm loving the catchlights here. He's got such beautiful eyes!}

{Lovely}

{My favorite! Catch me if you can!}

T'is the Season

. . . and we are not quite ready for Christmas, but that's okay. This has been our busiest season yet as far as photos and cards go. We're officially done taking orders for Christmas cards (and our family cards are finally off to print!) I am now taking a few moments to enjoy the beauty of the season too. You may notice the new blog header (with snow-t-rex and snow-baby . . . we had a blast playing in the snow last week!)

I'm still trying to meet my goal of 100 posts before the end of the year. I thought I would add some photos from the past week of interesting textures, colors and elves. :)

{Have you ever seen such darling elves? S. did a great job in her program . . . she didn't have a problem finding me in the audience . . . I was the mom with the huge lens in front of her face.}

{Mr. Snow Rex survived the night despite severe cracking at the base of his tail. He actually lasted nearly a week before he toppled over!}

{"Mom! Come see the train!"}

{Innocent baby brother}

{"Don't ruin my train!!" ~ A. attempts to thwart M's efforts to displace her toy arrangement.}

One quick story: A couple of days ago we decided to pick up some fast food for dinner at Burger King. Usually DH drives and I distribute food to the family from the passenger seat. For some reason, I was in the driver's seat this night. I snacked on french fries while K. proceeded to pass food to the kids and to eat his Whopper and such. He complained several times that his burger didnt' didn't taste right, like it had some weird sauce on it . . . or something. Perhaps it tasted weird because he had a cold? He finished it off and then looked through the paper sack again. To his surprise, he found an extra burger. I said, "No, that one is my garden burger." (I am a vegetarian and have been since I was about 3 years old). Then at the same time we both burst out in laughter, as we realized he had eaten my veggie burger (all the while thinking it was a whopper-gone-bad.). So I ate his whopper (minus the meat patty) and he thinks we're even now. (If you count eating a veggie burger as punishment enough for eating someone else's dinner!) :)