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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Holiday Photo Shoot 2011

Cute little Elise loves her candy canes

Beautiful babydoll Alina

Adorable sisters happy together


Elise posing by the tree; more candy cane love

  
I LOVE this photo of bright-eyed 3-1/2-month-old baby Alina




Elise gave kisses to all the ornaments. How cute is that!




Cute and cuddly baby girl. It's nearly impossible to resist picking her up



The, borderline impossible to achieve, family shot

Daddy and his littlest girl

My good friend Christy, was nice enough to take some beautiful holiday photos of the girls. I love how they turned out! I will always look back on these photos and remember just how little, adorable and sweet they once were.

As great as these shots are, let me just add that it is INSANE trying to get family photos with a toddler AND baby. Thankfully, Christy was able to capture some incredibly sweet moments, in between both girl's squirminess, silly expressions and dueling fuss sessions. We also had an uphill battle against Alina's inhumanly massive amounts of spit-up and Elise's constant fidgeting, running away and writhing on the ground in fits of toddler angst and frustration. I thought we had it hard last year, but man this year was indeed crazier. Props to Christy for pulling out some great shots in spite of all this. Thanks for giving us these beautiful family memories, and for making my girls look like the little angels, that I know deep down, they really are.


Alina smiling for her big sister Elise; LOVE these two!



Such adorable sisters


Sweet little girls



Aren't they precious? These photos are definitely favorites


Looking a bit more mischievous; I love Elise's little smirk



 Beautiful baby in her crochet teddy bear hat - Gotta love Etsy




 
 The early stages of crawling. I'm not ready for her to go mobile just yet!




 Elise playing peek-a-boo under the quilt


  
Her heart-melting baby smile; nothing in this world beats it!




Our adorable thumbsucker.
Can she just stay this little and sweet forever?