party of five…

  

pajamas. glow sticks. balloons. dance party.

our happy new year.

hope yours was wonderful.

the joy…

christmas lights in shorts, santa baby and FIVE stockings

bed head, BELIEVE and last day of pig tails

sassy bob, polka dot princess and sweet smiles

reading together, epitome of silliness and santa’s lil’ helper

painting ornaments, comfort food and sleepy head

somber smiles, sweet cheeks and cheer squad for belly time

mustache fun, playground and cookies with the cousins

flower child, abi-haus awesomeness and a fav quote

sisters, connect four and rowdy Rudolph

still wants to be the baby, gummy smiles and Perini lunch

brave boy

 

I made it.

365 photo days of us.

the ups and downs, and ins and outs.

the wild ride that was 2012.

little elves…

last year these two elves wouldn’t come within 10 feet of the jolly ol’ man and the visit the year before was pretty disastrous as well, so we really didn’t know what to expect. they’ve been talking about going to see him for weeks and seemed excited, so we practiced and role played what each would say at least a dozen times. we went first thing this morning to avoid the crowd and when it was almost our turn, they both got that look of terror and i thought we were about to go into full blown double melt down.

but they conquered their fears and without hesitation jumped onto his lap to tell him just how good they have been this year. reese slept through the whole thing, everyone is looking at the camera, and there were no tears, so I’d deem the 2012 visit with Santa Claus an absolute success.