2010 Holiday bloopers and a pooper

A wonderful accident.

When I bought this hand made angle by one of my favorite people,

I imagined she would make a fantastic ornament to the kids tree.

My proportions were slightly distorted, I though she was smaller.

Doesn't she look great as she takes over the whole tree

...like a guardian angle?

Pecking order.
I don't know what the story is with Mr. Nutcracker.

How did his helmet get this way.

I asked Aidan and Aidan said "

ask the big bird who pecked him".

I love you Aidan, so logical!

Who would ever eat a two year old pretzel ornament?

Ethan would, that's who.

This is the face Elise makes when she has to go potty

...right in Santa's hand!

(so much for the white gloves)

Here's the holiday card that did not happen.

It was raining outside so you can see the reflection of my umbrella in the window.

I turned into Godzilla photog mom, screaming at my husband to get the kids faces to fit between the grid. What was I thinking...

The first picture of the post is the one that made the holiday card. It was way easier to take. Aidan and Ethan totally took to the fun concept of sitting on a sleigh together and they laughed as if they were really going down a hill in snow.

Lump of love

Before Elise was born I planned on doing a photo shoot of our family with her as a new born. She's eight week old tomorrow and growing into a big lump of love. Elise is happiest in the morning. After the princess gets her beauty rest her brothers greet her with kisses and lots of hugs. Aidan likes to hold her while he watch cartoons on the couch while I prepare breakfast and stuff their lunch boxes. Both Aidan and Ethan are in love with their sister. They fight over everything else in the house, but when it comes to Elise, they just know to take turns. When she coos Aidan narrates what she could possible be saying. Ethan loves helping out at diaper duty and asks to put the velcro strap on her diaper. He takes her laundry and puts in the proper place without being asked. When I am nursing Aidan and Ethan both bring me a tissue. It's the sweetest thing to watch how they love and care for their baby sister daily. So while the professional photo shoot of our family never happen, the images in these pictures happen everyday.

Ethan's bad morning

The scowl to no Lucky Charms for breakfast.

tres amigos..

2011

Wrapped around her pinky

This little hand tugs on our hear strings.
When she cries at night, Kyle jumps up out of bed as if he's been up the night waiting for her. It's so very sweet.
Aidan and Ethan always fight over her holding their pinky.
Usually one of them holds her in their lap while sitting down and
the other has Elise hold grip their pink.
I can see how she calms them even for just a moment.
This image for ingrained in my mind.

Shhh, beauty sleep in progress

Day two

The best part about being a parent of a new born is taking naps together.

Week two

Little Elise sound asleep while her super hero brothers fly through the house making fighter jet noises.

Week Three

I thought I was getting away with a photo shoot until the phone rang and woke Elise up. This was the first and last shot of the session.

Here's our sleeping beauty once she is well rested. All calm and oh so pretty. I love capturing the changes in her features as she grows.