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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?

Friday, December 23, 2011

Dovewood Court Holiday Lights 2011

Dovewood Court Holiday Lights 2011

Beautiful lights and holiday cheer on Dovewood Court

Alina's 1st holiday season; she loved all the Christmas lights

Mr. Grinch 2011; I want one for our yard!!

Alice and Wonderland holiday light display

The 2011 holiday light tunnel

The crowd all in the Christmas spirit

Great polar theme display

Walking through the huge holiday light tunnel

Love it!

Alina enjoyed her first Dovewood holiday light experience

Cute little sisters sharing their first holiday season together

Run Charlie, it's Red Baron Rudolph Snoopy

Monday, December 19, 2011

Holiday Festivities 2011

Enjoying babydoll Alina's first Christmas season

Happy kids while waiting to meet Santa

Alina and mommy by the supersized Christmas tree

The girls seem to be daydreaming in this one; I like it :)

The babydoll and the caterpillar

Elise's first preschool Christmas party. Santa brought special gifts!

Sweet little Elise excited to get her present from Santa

The kids loved the puppet show; it was a hit with us adults too!


All ready to decorate her first Gingerbread house


Adding the finishing touches


Mmmm, gingerbread house sweets!


The finished gingerbread house, trees and couple


Gingerbready goodness


Beware gingerbread house, we have a candy loving toddler!

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Rocklin Christmas Lights at Pebble Creek and Strand Drive - 2011


Santa Claus amidst the festive lights

Santa's sleigh, workshop and toy factory

Santa and his sleigh taking flight upon a well lit runway

Great Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer cartoon display

Santa, Rudolph, Abominable Snowman and Hermey

Beautiful reindeer Christmas light display

The girls posing by the lights

All four of us enjoying the evening 

Disney princesses and Bambi light displays

Elise was so excited to pose by Snow White - she loves her!

Cutie pie Elise with 101 Dalmations

Elise loved the Disney themed Christmas light displays

Tangled Christmas lights - love her glowing hair!

Peanuts Christmas

Scooby Doo Christmas lights

Calvin & Hobbes holiday display - great protesting snowmen!

Fun Toy Story Christmas light display

Pixar themed holiday light displays